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Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel spend a relaxing afternoon together after an exciting “Saturday Night”.

 The happy couple walked arm-in-arm in NYC the day after they appeared together on “Saturday Night Live”.

Justin and Jessica were matching in jeans, jackets and scarves as they took a stroll around their Tribeca neighborhood in New York.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he will still shut the money-losing Off-Track Betting Corporation on Sunday, despite the last-minute state takeover the governor cobbled together on Friday. The OTB is a quasi-governmental agency the city runs. A spokesman for Gov. David Paterson was not immediately available to say what additional measures the state could take.

“The City of New York still has substantial legal and economic issues that need to be settled before the future of off-track betting in the five boroughs is resolved — and it is very disappointing that these concerns have not been addressed,” the mayor, an independent, said in a statement.

Bloomberg, saying the city deserves the same benefits the agency gives other localities, was reacting to the governor’s mid-afternoon Friday announcement of a takeover.

The Democratic governor said the deal will save 1,500 jobs, although the mayor on a Friday morning radio show had said most of the workers would be kept on for the next three months while operations were wound down.

The agency takes in $1.1 billion of wagers a year, 42 percent of the total amount bet on horses in the state, according to Paterson.

But the Off-Track Betting Corporation cost the city $13 million a year, according to mayoral aides.

The reigning Ms. New York United States 2008, Graziella Baratta is a triple- threat performing artist and…. (4)choreographer/ (5)instructor, as well as an (6)image development specialist.  What’s that?  Well, along with her sister Liana, the Baratta sisters offer personal and business- oriented image consulting through their company brand B.YOUneek.  B.Youneek’s services include consulting in fashion, beauty, etiquette, interview techniques, personal training, and graphic/ web design to create the “whole package.”

As a performer, Graziella has been seen on stage for regional and off- Broadway productions such as FAME! The Musical, on MTV, Billboard LIVE, at Madison Square Garden and much more.  See Graziella’s performing artist website at www.graziella.us. Currently, Graziella is working on productions with her dance company G-Volution, such as their original musical, which debuted off- Broadway in September 2007.  How is it that she finds time for all this?  Graziella is a hard- working, passionate person who loves life and loves sharing her talents.

Add some good organizational and time-management skills, and you’ve got the Sextuple Threat!  See what she’s up to next, and track her progress to win the title of Ms. United States 2008 in July at the official Ms. New York US site.
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Graziella Baratta

www.GraziellaBaratta.com
www.G-volutionDance.com
www.Byouneek.com

“We’re in a recession - at a minimum,” Donald Trump told Cramer in a recent interview. The host of NBC’s The Apprentice has been critical of Ben Bernanke and Federal Reserve for some time, saying that the central bank’s conservative rate cuts haven’t been enough.