Hurricane Earl took aim at North Carolina on Thursday and is on track to lash its barrier islands with dangerous winds and pounding surf before cutting a path up the U.S. East Coast.If you hear a distant fanfare this weekend as you huddle around the last barbecue of summer, chances are it is Labor Day signaling the start of the home stretch to the Congressional mid-term elections. From here on out, we’ll see more ads, more posturing, more mudslinging, and great herds of political pundits thundering across the land with all the enthusiasm and grace of buffaloes in a rut. And no one will be more aware of all that than a man whose name is not on any ballot, and yet has everything on the line: President Barack Obama.An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames on Thursday and unleashed a mile-long oil sheen into the Gulf of Mexico, in the region’s first major offshore disaster since BP’s oil spill began in April.Coming fresh off of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion (did you all catch that horror show? One word: cray-cray) is the announcement that Bravo is set to release yet another Real Housewives franchise, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” next month.Hollywood loves a good formula, and this fall movie season is rife with tried-and-true plot setups that will give you deja vu.From Baltimore to Lancaster avenues and along Market Street in between, University City is abuzz from the arrivals of college students and professors back after summer vacation.Tiger Woods fans have put up with the philandering, the text messages and the domestic spats. Now comes what may be the hardest thing of all to tolerate: losing.While breast-enhancing surgery has become almost a norm for American women, men are also heading to the plastic surgeon’s office more often — to have their man-boobs (moobs) removed. If you are what you eat, then most Cape Codders would be a clam — or maybe a lobster roll A land named for a type of fish should abound with chances to sample tasty seafood, and Cape Cod does not disappointSo you squandered an estate note on a bachelor’s degree, then trudged through more entry-level hardships and thankless internships than should be legally permissable, only to backslide into a self-esteem shattering, résumé-derailing grind, several tax brackets below your dignity. 
Tuesday, March 2: College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, and Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel in Flushing, Queens
Wednesday, March 3: Paradise Theatre, 2403 Grand Concourse, Bronx, and Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway
Thursday, March 4: Holiday Inn – Suffern and Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Ave. at 27th St.
All hearings begin at 6 p.m. For more info., go to www.mta.info.
As it contends with more than 1,000 employee layoffs, the MTA will kick off a series of public meetings next week to discuss planned cuts to bus and subway service and ending free student MetroCards.
But, because the hearings are booked twice a night throughout the city, some say the process looks like a sham. Others, like Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, accused the MTA of rushing.
“Many people will perceive that the hearings are a farce when they see they’re booked back to back,” said Councilman James Vacca, who chairs the council’s Transportation Committee.
Holding the Bronx and Brooklyn hearings on the same night means the full board and MTA Chairman Jay Walder won’t attend each meeting.
“This is bad for the public,” said Andrew Albert, chair of the New York City Transit Riders Council.
Hearings held last year when service cuts were proposed resulted in “anemic” attendance by some board members, said Gene Russianoff, of the Straphangers Campaign. Some even arrived in chauffeured cars.
It was easiest to hold all hearings in one week, said an MTA spokesperson.
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