Celebs Sport Eye Patches in Solidarity with Pirates

More than 200 of the nation's most-famous people -- including actors, entertainers, musicians and politicians -- were spotted wearing eye patches last night at a $25,000-a-plate Hollywood fund-raising gala to...

Appeal for Cuban Five Heads to US Supreme Court

The "Cuban Five", arrested in 1998 and convicted by a Miami jury in 2001 on charges they had spied on prominent Cuban-American exile leaders and United States' military bases, are headed to court. " Lawyers for...

Danny Glover on Obama as the lesser of two evils

Glover: There is nothing inconsistent about simultaneously voting for and criticizing a candidate.

Penn and Sarandon among anti-war hunger strikers

"Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan began a hunger strike on Tuesday – and Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn and other stars are joining her in her "Troops Home Fast" protest. "http://www.codepink4peace.org/ 

Token Booth Closings Start in April

The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...

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