A man was stabbed to death early Sunday outside a Bronx McDonald's.

A BRONX MAN was stabbed to death in a McDonalds parking lot early Sunday, police said. Hansel Arias, 22, was stabbed in the torso a few blocks from his home, outside the McDonalds on Webster Ave. near Claremont Park about 2:10 a.m., cops said. The victim was on probation for robbery, cops said, and had prior arrests for assault and disorderly conduct. Arias was taken to Lincoln Hospital but could not be saved. There were no arrests. Meanwhile, Marvin Mann, 39, was charged Sunday with killing a Brooklyn hospital worker in an unrelated fatal stabbing. Mann faces murder charges for allegedly stabbing Michael Tillary, 44, in the abdomen on Tompkins Ave. in BedfordStuyvesant about 9:50 p.m. Saturday. Mann has more than 10 prior arrests, including for robbery, larceny and menacing. 2 Prosion Young, a 39-year-old black man, died Sunday, Aug. 5, two weeks after being shot in the 1000 block of West 93rd Street in Westmont, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.

[Correction: An earlier version of the post, based on information from the coroner's office, incorrectly listed the incident as having occurred in the BroadwayManchester neighborhood.] Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroners office, said Young was shot July 22. The victim was then admitted to the hospital where he died after surgery Aug. 5 about 8:45 a.m. A preliminary coroner report shows he sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Anyone with details about the shooting is asked to contact Dets. Todd Anderson or Sam Dendekker at the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500 Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 . 3 Speech (NEWSER) Barack Obama gave a speech today outlining his argument for extending the Bush tax cuts for everyone making less than $250,000 a year, while allowing cuts for the wealthiest Americans"folks like myself"to expire on Jan 1. Republicans, of course, want to keep the cuts in place for the wealthy, which Obama cast as a fundamental disagreement about how to create wealth. "We've tried it their way. It didn't work," he said. But "that argument shouldn't threaten you," Obama said. "Let's not hold the vast majority of Americans hostage while we debate the merits of tax cuts for the wealthy." He called on Congress to pass a bill extending the cuts

for everyone below the $250,000 mark, since everyone feels we should do at least that. "Let's agree to do what we agree on. That's what compromise is all about." He also noted that 97% of small businesses fell under the $250,000 threshold, preempting GOP attacks on that frontand, indeed, moments after the speech, Senate Republicans sent out a statement accusing Obama of proposing a tax hike on small businesses, Wall Street Journal reports. 4.presscon NEWSER) A fourth woman came forward to accuse Herman Cain of sexual harassment today, and it was a sordid tale, reports Politico. Speaking alongside attorney Gloria Allred at a press conference today, Sharon Bialek said she met with Cain for help finding a job after being dismissed from the National Restaurant Association. When she arrived in Washington, she found herself in a palatial hotel room. Mr. Cain kind of smirked and said, I upgraded you, Bialek recalled. The two then had dinner, after which Cain offered to drive her to his office. Instead, Bialek says Cain pulled over. He suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. He also grabbed my head and brought it toward his crotch." When she asked what he was doing, Mr. Cain said, You want a job, right? She says Cain stopped when told to, and that she never filed a complaint because she wasn't with the NRA anymore. Mr. Cain, I implore you, make this right, she said today. Cains campaign responded with a statement saying that all allegations of harassment against Mr.

Cain are completely false. It continued: "Fortunately the American people will not allow Mr. Cains bold '9-9-9 Plan', clear foreign policy vision, and plans for energy independence to be overshadowed by these bogus attacks." 5.speech. Mitt Romney publicly tapped Gov.Chris Christie of New Jersey as the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention, and within hours, Mr. Christie promised to deliver very direct and hard truths to the American people. Fixing these problems is not going to be easy for any of them, he warned USA Today. If the governor is in a mood for genuine candor about the economy, he could make one hell of a speech. His once prosperous state has lately become a national laggard. Last year, New Jersey ranked 47th in economic growth, and as The Record newspaper noted, its economy shrank by 0.5 percent, even as the economies of 43 other states grew. State employment figures also do not offer much comfort. Mr. Christie took office in 2010, when the state unemployment rate was 9.7 percent, 35th in the nation. Now it is 9.6 percent, ranking 48th. Mr. Christie has passed the summer traveling the length of the Jersey Shore, stomping into towns like a sideshow barker. He thumps about the New Jersey comeback and

grouses that Corzine Democrats (a reference to Jon S. Corzine, the former governor) prevent him from delivering a 10 percent income tax cut for all residents. Unfortunately, the governor confronts a more pressing problem. His state does not possess nearly enough tax revenue to afford such a cut. Its unemployment fund is exhausted; its coffers are nearly empty. Analyst after analyst presses an ear to the chest of this state, and none particularly like what they hear. Mr. Christie likes to note that private-sector jobs are growing. This is true. Its also true that leisure and hospitality jobs are growing fastest. Such jobs tend to be seasonal, temporary, low paying and accompanied by weak benefits. The comeback is rolling, Mr. Christie told a crowd in Brant Beach a few weeks back. We just need to pour gasoline on it. The image could call to mind a bonfire, or a funeral pyre. Mr. Christie can talk at the convention of hard-earned victories. He led a bruising and successful effort to rein in pension and health costs. And, after battering the teachers union, he cut a deal to reform tenure, tying job security more directly to performance. The governor, too, is a boisterous guardian of his public image; his video team follows him everywhere and spins out product as if it is a runaway MTV unit. (Heres the Guv shouting down a man in Seaside Heights. Heres the Guv rolling his eyes at a teacher in Woodbridge.)

There are some admirable Christie outtakes, as well. As Matt Katz of The Philadelphia Inquirer writes, the governor has been quite stand-up in defending Muslim Americans against attacks from critics in his own party. So during Ramadan he addressed a crowd gathered for an Iftar dinner at the governors mansion. In many publications around this country Im now called an Islamist, Mr. Christie said. Listen, Ive been called worse things usually on the boardwalk on Seaside Heights. Yall saw my reaction to that. He spoke of bigots and a gaze of intolerance that is going around our country that is disturbing to me. So hes complicated, this blustery, Springsteen-loving governor who harbors presidential ambitions. Weve not even touched on his considerable taste for patronage The Record made an admirable attempt to count the governors many friends, admirers, party loyalists and contributors tucked away in the recesses of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. My personal favorite was the food broker and party loyalist who landed a job as an $85,000 financial analyst. In the end, of course, none of this really matters. Any keynote is about myth and narrative and storytelling. And no doubt a glimmer of future possibility attends. A hitherto little known Democratic candidate for the Senate gave a thumper of a speech in 2004, and that worked out all right for Barack Obama. But Mr. Christie would do well to dampen expectations. Most keynote speakers exit into historys shadow.

Consider recent Republican keynote speakers: former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani remains a former mayor; former Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia is in private practice; and rising House star Susan Molinari is no longer rising and no longer in Congress. Perhaps Mr. Christie should plan on a few more years traveling up and down the Jersey Shore.