Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska won re-election, using write-in votes to beat the businessman who had defeated her for the party’s nomination, the Associated Press said. Murkowski, 53,
House Republicans have officially elected Ohio Republican John Boehner as its nominee for speaker of the House. The unanimous voice vote came in a closed-door conference meeting in the Longworth
Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi as their minority leader on Wednesday, but only after a brutal two days of arguing behind closed doors and a 150-43 vote that revealed a bloc
In a speech on the floor of the House earlier today, Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr., of Tennessee, dropped the boom on the Transportation Security Administration for its invasive “pat-downs”
The NY Post reports: Mike Tyson is in talks with Moshe Malamud of the Franklin Mint to launch a high-end restaurant chain, a source said. The two talked shop at
New Yorkers didn’t make a very strong showing at the polls on Election Day, according to an analysis from the United States Election Project at George Mason University. The analysis
A laboratory milling device for improving stored grain management has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and an industry cooperator. The system, called the “insect-o-graph,” can detect internal
The NY Daily News reports: A group called Save the Graves wants to bury real estate developer Aby Rosen in protests. After staging demonstrations outside the Lever House headquarters of
WBAL Reports: Baltimore City fire units are in the 2200 block of Fleetwood Ave for reports of extensive damage to about 100 homes and several injuries to residents. Around 1:30-1:50
Mayor Bloomberg contributed an eye-bulging $420 million to his charitable foundation last year, catapulting it to the 17th largest in the United States, with assets of more than $2.2 billion,
Los Angeles – The Los Angles County board of supervisors voted today to ban stores from using plastic bags. The board approved the measure in hopes of curbing pollution, saying
The following was written by Mark Hemmingway, a staff writer at the Beltway Confidential: Two weeks ago, my wife flew alone out to Colorado with our two young children. Unaware
Plans to reduce the great divide caused by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in one part of Brooklyn are now a reality, but as CBS 2HD’s Magee Hickey reports, three big questions
Monticello, NY – Governor David Paterson and other government officials are expected in Monticello early next week to sign a contract with the Stockbridge Munsee Indians to operate a gaming
Joined by an all-star cast from his days in the White House, former President George W. Bush plunged a shovel into dirt on Tuesday and kicked off construction of his
Brooklyn – Last week Councilman David G. Greenfield, joined by Councilmembers Steve Levin and Brad Lander, hosted an emergency meeting at Greenfield’s office with administrators from over 40 yeshivas to
Nearly 15 percent of the world’s Internet traffic — including data from the Pentagon, the office of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and other U.S. government websites — was briefly
A secret NYPD effort to evaluate the impact of proposed security measures at the new World Trade Center is giving site participants and other downtown players the jitters. Executives and
Mispalilim coming to Skver’s main Bais Medrash have been Davening in the dark since Monday morning after Orange and Rockland Utilities cut off power when bills were not paid. Congregation
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) has been found guilty on 11 ethics charges, ending a two-year investigation into his personal finances. A special eight-member panel of the House ethics committee, after
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