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Pope Prays for Healing After Abuse Scandal

Apr 19, 2008 11:37 AM CDT

Pope Prays for Healing After Abuse Scandal

Reassures clergy of his "spiritual closeness" in NYC

(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI spent the third anniversary of his election to the papacy trying to comfort clergy still weathering the fallout from the priest sex abuse scandal, the AP reports. “I simply wish to assure you of my spiritual closeness,” Benedict said. The pontiff, addressing 3,000 people...

Pope Warns Against Tyranny

Apr 18, 2008 11:45 AM CDT

Pope Warns Against Tyranny

Entire international community must promote human rights, pontiff tells UN

(Newser) - Pope Benedict addressed the UN for the first time today, calling human rights the solution to many of the world’s problems, the AP reports. Speaking in French, the pontiff praised the UN, stressing the importance of international cooperation. But he also warned, “Multilateral consensus continues to be in...

Bloomberg Looks Forward to 'Adult' in the White House

Apr 18, 2008 6:56 AM CDT

Bloomberg Looks Forward to 'Adult' in the White House

NYC mayor sees light at end of the tunnel

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn't decided whom he'll vote for in the presidential election, but he's glad that the next occupant of the Oval Office will be "an adult," reports CNN. The Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent mayor offered a thinly veiled rebuke of President Bush when he noted: "...

Cynthia Nixon:
I Survived
Breast Cancer

Apr 16, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Cynthia Nixon: I Survived Breast Cancer

'Sex and the City' star comes clean about her battle 2 years ago

(Newser) - "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon quietly fought breast cancer two years ago while performing on Broadway, she revealed for the first time yesterday. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it. I didn't want paparazzi at the hospital," the...

Jilted Lover Charged in Contract Hit on Teen Mom

Apr 16, 2008 10:38 AM CDT

Jilted Lover Charged in Contract Hit on Teen Mom

Man hired cousin to kill girlfriend and make it look like a mugging

(Newser) - The shooting death of an 18-year-old mom and wounding of her boyfriend as they sat with their baby son in a car was set up by the beau, cops now say. The boyfriend initially insisted the two had been shot by a robber in the Bronx, but now he and...

Spitzer-Like
Sex Saga
Tapped for TV

Apr 13, 2008 7:53 AM CDT

Spitzer-Like Sex Saga Tapped for TV

Familiar-sounding tale to feature in Law & Order episode

(Newser) - An Elliot Spitzer-like sex saga is headed to the small screen, reports the New York Daily News. TV's Law & Order has begun casting for an episode that will feature a politician nabbed in a prostitution ring. Meanwhile, life is getting harder for Silda Spitzer, wife of the disgraced former...

SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included

TRAVEL

Apr 3, 2008 9:46 AM CDT

SATC Tour: Mr. Big Not Included

Carrie Bradshaw wannabes can re-create her life for $24K

(Newser) - Whether you’re a Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, or Samantha, you can live out your own Sex and the City fantasy—for $24,000. That’s the price for one travel company’s five-night re-creation of the ultra-popular TV show. The posh tour, limited to 12 women at a time, includes...

Madame Governor?

Mar 29, 2008 4:12 PM CDT

Madame Governor?

Hillary may take Spitzer's old job if race remains close, insiders say

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton could soon be chief executive… of New York. With Clinton’s presidential chances looking slim, party insiders are floating the idea of a gubernatorial run, Newsweek reports. And David Paterson may not stay governor for long in Clinton’s state; Eliot Spitzer’s scandal-plagued successor may even need...

Appeals Court Strikes Down NY's Passenger 'Bill of Rights'

Mar 25, 2008 5:30 PM CDT

Appeals Court Strikes Down NY's Passenger 'Bill of Rights'

Federal deregulation law takes precedence

(Newser) - A New York law, known as the airline “passenger bill of rights,” was rejected today by a US appeals court, Bloomberg reports. The measure required airlines to provide food and water when their delayed plane has sat on the tarmac for more than three hours. The court said...

I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

Mar 25, 2008 4:37 AM CDT

I Used Cocaine: NY Governor

Spitzer's successor under fire again

(Newser) - One week after revealing he had extramarital affairs, New York Gov. David Paterson has also admitted using marijuana and cocaine. Patterson used drugs in the 70s when he was 23, he said in an interview on TV news channel New York 1. Paterson, the state's first black and first blind...

Diddy Denies Tupac Claim

Mar 18, 2008 7:15 AM CDT

Diddy Denies Tupac Claim

Calls newspaper story 'beyond ridiculous'

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has vehemently denied claims that he, the Notorious BIG, and other rap figures were involved in an attack on Tupac Shakur in 1994. Shakur was shot outside a New York recording studio, triggering the East Coast-West Coast rap wars in which Shakur and others were murdered....

Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops

ANALYSIS

Mar 17, 2008 5:05 PM CDT

Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops

Ex-gov spent career trying to ditch silver spoon image

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer didn't patronize a pricey call girl ring just for the sex, Chris Smith writes in a provocative New York post-mortem. What really attracted him was the covert op. The silver-spoon-fed Ivy Leaguer was always rebelling against being squeaky clean; as a young prosecutor, he got "hooked on...

NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

Mar 17, 2008 2:00 PM CDT

NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

New head of state is funny but also solemn

(Newser) - David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor this afternoon and gave a speech that mixed humor and solemnity, the Albany Times-Union reports. “I never expected to have the honor of serving as governor,” said New York’s first black governor, who repeatedly stressed the importance...

3 Still Missing in Crane Collapse

Mar 17, 2008 8:03 AM CDT

3 Still Missing in Crane Collapse

Search crews searching with dogs, heat-sensors

(Newser) - Two construction workers and a visitor in town for St. Patrick's Day are still missing after the collapse of a construction crane Saturday destroyed a New York townhouse and damaged other nearby buildings. Rescue services yesterday used dogs, heat-sensing devices, and microphones to search for the victims in the wreckage,...

Crane Crash
Among Worst
NY Accidents,
Mayor Says

Mar 15, 2008 7:29 PM CDT

Crane Crash Among Worst NY Accidents, Mayor Says

Ground-level pics depict shocking scene

(Newser) - A towering crane that ripped through two buildings and hit a third is one of the worst construction accidents in New York history, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today. "It is a tragic event," he said. "Our hearts go out to all the victims and their families."...

'Kristen' Lawyer Scolds Media Over Racy Pics

Mar 15, 2008 4:20 PM CDT

'Kristen' Lawyer Scolds Media Over Racy Pics

Photo spreads of call girl may violate copyright law

(Newser) - The lawyer for Ashley Alexandra Dupre—the call girl known as "Kristen" to resigned New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer—blasted the media yesterday for unauthorized use of revealing photos of the 22-year-old. Attorney Don D. Buchwald said the media has thrust Dupre into the "public glare" without her...

'Bikini Anchor' May Sue NYC Over Cop Tussle

Mar 14, 2008 5:20 PM CDT

'Bikini Anchor' May Sue NYC Over Cop Tussle

Fired newscaster lays groundwork for claim of 'economic injuries'

(Newser) - A former Philadelphia news anchor who allegedly punched a New York cop may be preparing to sue the city, the police department, and several individual officers—including the one she was originally charged with hitting. Alycia Lane's lawyer tells the Daily News the move allows her “to keep her...

Did Governor Use
Campaign Funds for Trysts?

Mar 14, 2008 6:33 AM CDT

Did Governor Use Campaign Funds for Trysts?

Feds Probe hotel, travel payments

(Newser) - Disgraced soon-to-be-ex-governor Eliot Spitzer's troubles could get even worse as prosecutors probe whether he used campaign funds for his meetings with prostitutes, the New York Times reports. Criminal charges linked to the payments could follow if federal investigators discover campaign money paid for the hotel rooms and transportation Spitzer used...

Incoming Gov. No Stranger to Establishment

Mar 12, 2008 1:32 PM CDT

Incoming Gov. No Stranger to Establishment

Spitzer successor Paterson is known as progressive, conciliator

(Newser) - He's nothing like the New York governor who precedes him, but David Paterson brings skills that could take him far in Albany—and question marks, too. The lieutenant governor had been ready to move into Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, Politico reports, but arrives instead at the statehouse with a...

Spitzer Resigns,
Effective Monday

Mar 12, 2008 10:42 AM CDT

Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday

'The remorse I feel will always be with me,' New York governor says

(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, with his wife again at his side, announced his resignation in a short press conference this morning. The New York governor apologized for his "private" misconduct, again without making direct reference to the prostitution scandal that has ended his political career. "I am deeply sorry that...