Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator said Thursday that the companies could end up costing the government $363 billion as they absorb losses from bad mortgages. The Federal Housing Finance
Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans. It will allow security services and the
Lakewood, NJ – For a man who had lived here only one year, Bill Hobday felt remarkably secure as a candidate for Township Committee in early 2002. He already had
If you thought the race between Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Councilman David Greenfield was over, you haven’t seen anything yet. In their first public break since they made amends after
NPR News has terminated the contract of longtime news analyst Juan Williams after remarks he made on the Fox News Channel about Muslims. Williams appeared Monday on The O’Reilly Factor,
The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi troy for Politico: For decades, conservative Jews have been wondering when the traditionally Democratic Jewish voter would make the same migration as other
Toyota on Thursday announced the recall of 1.5 million vehicles for possible brake and fuel system problems. The automaker submitted a recall notice to Japan’s transport ministry for about 599,000
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, has claimed the 10th victim in California, in what health officials are calling the worst outbreak in 60 years. Since the beginning of the
Only 26 percent of New York City voters want Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for president in 2012, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Marist College poll found that
The campaign to recall Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has erupted into a pitched battle, with the mayor drawing significant funding from the police union as his chief critic said recall
In a speech at the University of Texas at Tyler, former President George W. Bush told a packed house that he misses the creature comforts of the White House. “I
From the IRS: The IRS is warning New York taxpayers about a new phishing scam. Phishing, a word play on “fishing” for information, is a scam in which Internet fraudsters
The Obama administration has notified Congress of plans for a multiyear, multibillion-dollar weapons deal with Saudi Arabia, a State Department official said Wednesday. The sale is meant to further align
New York is instituting new filing requirements in order to ensure the integrity of the home foreclosure process, the state’s chief judge said Wednesday. Lawyers bringing foreclosure claims will now
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, will start selling Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Tab tablet computer next month, introducing one of the first competitors to Apple Inc.’s iPad in
Carl Paladino needs “more than a minor miracle” to catch up to Andrew Cuomo, according to the pollster for Siena College Research Institute, which this morning said the Buffalo business
Atlanta-based Graco Children’s Products Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling 2 million strollers because of strangulation and entrapment risks. The recall follows reports of at least
A half dozen New York officials today strongly endorsed Attorney General nominee Eric Schneiderman’s plan to create a “New York Sanctions And Financing the Enemy” (NY-SAFE) task force to investigate
A controversial sculpture of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon in a coma is to be exhibited in Tel Aviv. The life-size sculpture is part of an installation by Israeli
A senior official in Ottawa denied early Wednesday Dubai Police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim’s claim that Canada had arrested a suspect in the assassination of senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
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