Friday’s Links Worth Clicking

• Sanitation workers selfishly slowed down the cleanup – NYPOST.com
  Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts — a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles
• Dear Andrew: Tax The Rich
  Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins, whose debate performance and campaign gave him the needed 52,000 votes in order for the party to appear on the ballot next time, is offering Democratic winner Andrew Cuomo some advice.
• Hunter wants law to allow wounded deer kills after dark
  Not many people would find the proverbial “silver lining” after being fined $175, but Mike Bush believes he has.
• Public's Top Stories of the Decade — 9/11 and Katrina – Pew Research Center
  The 9/11 terrorist attacks drew more public interest than any other story in the past decade. In October 2001, a month after the attacks, 78% said they were following news about the story very closely, up slightly from the week after the attacks (74%).
• Hitwise: Facebook Overtakes Google To Become Most Visited Website In 2010
  This is the first time Facebook has been named most visited site of the year (crowding out last year’s winner Google).
• Cuomo to get a head start on being governor
  Andrew Cuomo is so stoked to take office that he will be sworn in two hours before actually, becoming governor,
• Paterson Cuts Deal Over ICE Enforcement
  Governor David Paterson just announced that he has reached a deal with the Department of Homeland Security to make sure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials focus their attention on illegal aliens who pose the greatest risk to public safety.
• Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo's girlfriend coming to Syracuse to talk about hunger
  Two days after Andrew Cuomo becomes governor, his girlfriend, Sandra Lee, will be in Syracuse to talk about hunger.
• CDC: Flu season picks up, widespread in 5 states
  Flu season appears to be picking up.
• Here's the print blooper of the week
• Gov Says Sanitation Bosses Actions Could Be Criminal
  Governor Paterson thinks an investigation should be launched into today’s NY Post report that some sanitation department bosses specifically told workers to take off routes ..
• Unemployment benefit applications drop sharply | theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal
  The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest point in more than two years, a positive sign that the job market is slowly improving.
• Hi-tech industries in disarray as China rations vital minerals – Green Living, Environment – The Independent
  China has struck fear into Western governments and electronics giants by slashing exports of a highly sought-after array of metals which are crucial for electronics products ranging from iPads and X-ray systems, to low-energy lightbulbs and hybrid cars.
• NY's new voting process already questioned
  More than a decade after the 2000 presidential election forced states to toss out century-old voting technology, the League of Women Voters finds New York's new machines are fine..
• Paterson says being governor was "spectacular experience."
  In his final appearance as governor on WOR's "The John Gambling Show," Gov. David Paterson said it was a "spectacular experience" to be the state's governor and boasted that his handling of the economic crisis will be what defines his leadership.

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