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May 8, 2007 5:18 PM CDT

Bloomberg May Take on Spitzer

Source tells NY Post the mayor is pondering a 2010 run for Albany

(Newser) - It may not be Pennyslvania Avenue, but Mike Bloomberg is seriously weighing a run for Albany's top job, a senior Republican operative has told the New York Post. "On two occasions in recent weeks, the mayor brought up the possibility of running for governor, of running against Spitzer in...

Rocket Returns to the Bronx

May 6, 2007 9:45 PM CDT

Rocket Returns to the Bronx

Yanks give Clemens one year, $28 million

(Newser) - Roger Clemens announced on Sunday to an ecstatic crowd at Yankee Stadium that he'd be joining New York this year. The news is well-timed for the best-paid team in baseball, which has suffered a catastrophic string of pitching injuries. Two of his other previous teams, Boston and Houston, had also...

Lunacy Could Be the Ticket For Rudy

May 1, 2007 11:21 AM CDT

Lunacy Could Be the Ticket For Rudy

So what if he was out of control as mayor? Only New Yorkers know that

(Newser) - Most Americans don't know Rudy Giuliani the way New Yorkers do: as an outlandish, manic, mean, and sometimes inspired mayor who ran the city in a style "much closer to that of a banana-republic potentate than to your average city administrator's," writes Michael Wolff. What Wolff wants to...

Steinbrenner Supports Torre

Apr 30, 2007 11:10 PM CDT

Steinbrenner Supports Torre

Yankees boss gives lukewarm support for beleaguered coach, GM

(Newser) - George Steinbrenner is mellowing with age. After a miserable April in which baseball's best-paid team went 9-14 and suffered an ungodly number of pitching injuries, the formerly trigger-happy Yankees owner gave a 127-word statement both supporting his manager, Joe Torre, and making it clear that the status quo was...

Bloomberg
Aims to Take NYC Green

Apr 23, 2007 6:32 AM CDT

Bloomberg Aims to Take NYC Green

Plan calls for $8 fee to drive into Manhattan

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg chose Earth Day to launch an ambitious, expensive and politically uncertain campaign to make New York City “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city.” The most provocative proposal: charging drivers $8 a day for entering Manhattan below 86th Street.

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Mar 31, 2007 4:36 PM CDT

Former Giuliani Partner Faces Felony Charges

Kerik trial could embarrass the GOP frontrunner

(Newser) - Bernie Kerik is about to embarrass his former pal and partner Rudy Giuliani again. Federal prosecutors say they will charge Kerik with with several felonies in connection with the same problems that sank his nomination for secretary of Homeland Security in 2004.

V-Word Gets
Teens Suspended

Mar 8, 2007 2:11 PM CST

V-Word Gets Teens Suspended

"Vagina Monologues" excerpt deemed too racy for children in audience

(Newser) - Three high school girls in a New York City suburb were suspended for reciting the word "vagina" in an excerpt of the "The Vagina Monologues" during a school open-mic night. Faculty had instructed the 16-year-old honors students to delete the word, in deference to children in the audience,...