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NY's Bloomberg quits Republicans
From our brethren across the waters:"New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has left the Republican Party and changed his political status to unaffiliated. The move has fuelled speculation that he may run as an independent candidate for the US presidency in 2008, although he...
School Criminalizes Kids, Confiscates Electronics
Students at an Upper West Side middle school were marched through metal detectors, and pretty much everything that required batteries was confiscated. Whilst it can be argued that "communication devices" have been...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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490 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
New York City Council Approves Ban on Metal Bats
Proponents of this bill have most likely never been hit by a wooden bat. Not that I suggest that they should queue up for such an experience, but I do suggest that getting hit by a solid, heavy object, well, it... Spitzer to Tie School Funds to Performance
"Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York said today that he would allocate more money to the state’s public education system in his 2008 budget proposal, but he said the increased spending would be tied to better results from schools, educators and students. Skip to next...Mystery Smell Settles over Manhattan
New York officials evacuated a number of buildings and shut down some trains after a mysterious gaslike odor was reported Monday. A New York Police Department spokesman said an air quality test determined that the air is not hazardous, and the U.S. Department of Homeland... NYPD Spent $1.32M to Suppress Critical Mass Bike Rides
via ifny on velolove . This is pure crazy. "Timeâs Up took its campaign for safe bicycling into the economic arena this morning with release of a report documenting the Bloomberg administrationâs... Police questioned after NYC shootings (AP)
" NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg met Tuesday with the family of a man killed outside a strip club on his wedding day by a barrage of police gunfire, the second straight day Bloomberg has reached out to angry community members. The 50-bullet police volley — likened...AWB Executives May Be Charged After Report on Iraq (Update1) - Bloomberg
" Canada China Europe France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America U.K. U.S. Markets Economy Politics Industries Opinion Sports Muse Spend Audio/Video Reports Bloomberg Markets Magazine Special Report RESOURCES Bloomberg TV Bloomberg Radio Bloomberg Podcasts Bloomberg Press...N.Y. police kill groom near strip club [with 50 rounds]
"NEW YORK - Police fired 50 rounds Saturday at a car of unarmed men leaving a bachelor party at a strip club, killing the groom on his wedding day in a shooting that drew a furious outcry from family members and...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago
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1138 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Fiji's Military Leader Bainimarama Says He Won't Stage a Coup - Bloom...
" Canada China Europe France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America U.K. U.S. Markets Economy Politics Industries Opinion Sports Muse Spend Audio/Video Reports Bloomberg Markets Magazine Special Report RESOURCES Bloomberg TV Bloomberg Radio Bloomberg Podcasts Bloomberg Press...Kerry cancels appearances - Boston Globe
" Senator John Kerry, reeling from the fall out over a remark that he calls a "botched joke,'' has canceled campaign appearances with Democratic congressional candidates, Bloomberg news reports. Democrats are distancing themselves from the 2004 presidential nominee. According...Study estimates 655,000 Iraqi deaths due to invasion
This number is an enormous increase over previous estimates. The UN, I believe, has reported over 40,000 deaths due to the Iraq invasion. The US does not provide numbers of total Iraqis killed."LONDON (Reuters) - American and Iraqi public health experts have calculated that...The Rise of Migrant Worker Militancy
"Testifying before the Senate immigration hearings in early July, Mayor Michael Bloomberg affirmed that undocumented immigrants have become indispensable to the economy of New York City: "Although they broke the...NYC mayor takes charge of WTC memorial (AP)
" NEW YORK - The final truckloads of rubble had just left the World Trade Center site in the spring of 2002 when Mayor Michael Bloomberg foretold the difficulties ahead for the process of building a memorial to the victims of the terror attack. The former CEO, in public...Sony to Boost PlayStation 3 Demonstrations Fivefold
"Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. will use five times the number of U.S. demonstration booths to promote the PlayStation 3 as it did for the last console, part of a plan to keep users from defecting to Microsoft...Top Members Today
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