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  • Pope, Jolie rip Koran-burning

    September 09, 2010

    Bedfellows as strange as Angelina Jolie and the pope joined the growing worldwide chorus denouncing a Florida pastor's vow to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday, the ninth...

  • Obama's tax whacks at GOP

    Obama's tax whacks at GOP

    September 09, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday challenged Republicans to agree to extend tax cuts for families making less than $250,000, and maintained his insistence that tax rates...

  • Pedro's a poster boy of littering

    Pedro's a poster boy of littering

    September 09, 2010

    It's the surest bet in New York state politics: put your money on Pedro Espada to top just about any list of politicians doing something they shouldn't. The much-investigated...

  • NY pols feel safe from national unseat heat

    September 09, 2010

    ALBANY -- With few exceptions, New York incumbents in Tuesday's primary elections can expect to be spared the anti-incumbent anger sweeping the nation. Arcane election laws,...

  • Mat-shock in NC

    Mat-shock in NC

    September 09, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- Public opinion of Democrats has soured so badly that vocal Obama supporters like Sheriff Andy are suffering, even in Mayberry. A new poll shows that Andy...

  • The day I bashed a bully: gov

    The day I bashed a bully: gov

    September 09, 2010

    As a child, Gov. Paterson was teased so mercilessly about being blind that he once smacked one of his pint-sized tormentors in the head with his metal lunch box, he revealed...

  • 9/11 health bill gets new shot

    September 09, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders have reversed course and decided to allow another vote on a 9/11 health bill, this time without the extra requirements blamed for its defeat...

  • Andy to WFP: It's my way or else

    September 09, 2010

    ALBANY -- Andrew Cuomo has issued an ultimatum to the Working Families Party: Come with me if you want to live. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate yesterday called on the...

  • Indie groundswell surging against Dems

    September 08, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- The number of independent voters who disapprove of President Obama has hit an all-time high, and even more now want Democrats to lose control of Congress, according...

  • Espada went bananas buying fruit

    Espada went bananas buying fruit

    September 08, 2010

    That's a lot of bread for fruit and veggies. State Sen. Pedro Espada now claims in his latest campaign financial-disclosure forms that he spent a staggering $17,000 on...

  • GOP on Bam's plan: Return to spender

    GOP on Bam's plan: Return to spender

    September 08, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- Republicans yesterday ripped President Obama's latest spending blitz aimed at perking up the economy, as embattled Democrats headed for the high grass instead of...

  • Pol warns of fine print on ballots

    September 08, 2010

    Primary Day will cause mass confusion as voters grapple with tiny print on ballots that may require a magnifying glass, too few workers at registration tables, and machines that...

  • Hill dumps 'dirty' glass

    September 08, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department has finally killed a $5.4 million contract for custom crystal stemware after the feds announced they are charging the...

  • 'Insider' hit at AG debate

    'Insider' hit at AG debate

    September 08, 2010

    ALBANY -- Eric Schneiderman's long tenure in the state Senate came under fire from all sides in an attorney-general debate last night, as fellow Democrats sought to strip him of...

  • ACLU sues US over electronic search policies

    September 07, 2010

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was sued over its policies that allegedly authorize the search and seizure of laptops, cell phones and other electronic devices without a...

  • Economic gloom, low enthusiasm hurting Democrats: poll

    September 07, 2010

    Mounting economic gloom and a controversial agenda are exacting a heavy toll on Democrats’ prospects for keeping control of Congress in the Nov. 2 elections, according to a new...

  • Mosque protest on SI

    Mosque protest on SI

    September 06, 2010

    Opponents of the proposed Ground Zero mosque rallied under the shadow of Staten Island's 9/11 memorial yesterday, vowing to never give up the battle against the controversial...

  • $timulus fails to get the 'job' done in city

    $timulus fails to get the 'job' done in city

    September 06, 2010

    Major city infrastructure projects undertaken as part of the federal stimulus package have yet to generate even a fraction of the thousands of promised jobs, a Post analysis has...

  • We'll bag Tea racists: foes

    September 06, 2010

    Boiling-mad opponents of the Tea Party plan to out any racist members on a new Web site. Teapartytracker.org, sponsored by the NAACP and other liberal organizations, says it...

  • Pol pays lobby big in AG bid

    September 06, 2010

    Would-be Democratic attorney general Eric Schneiderman, a Man hattan state senator who vows to clean up Albany's ethical swamp, has paid the "queen" of New York lobbying nearly...

  • Wyclef gets hate-y with Sean Penn

    September 06, 2010

    Failed Haitian presidential candidate and hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is turning up his nose at critics -- lashing out at one of the most prominent, Sean Penn, by suggesting the...

  • Brodsky has knack for grabbing headlines

    Brodsky has knack for grabbing headlines

    September 06, 2010

    This is the fourth of five articles focusing on the Democratic candidates for attorney general, a post now held by Andrew Cuomo. ALBANY -- Scourge of the Yankees, defender of...

  • McCain slams O's tax-cut 'flail'-ure

    September 06, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain yesterday blasted President Obama for waiting too long to push a tax-cut package for the ailing economy, calling it a "deathbed conversion." ...

  • Obama to propose $100B research tax credit

    Obama to propose $100B research tax credit

    September 05, 2010

    President Barack Obama will ask Congress Wednesday to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business research as a way of boosting job growth, an administration...

  • Palin 'stalker' author leaving town

    Palin 'stalker' author leaving town

    September 04, 2010

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sarah Palin can take down the fence. Palin's neighbor of three months on Wasilla's Lake Lucille, author Joe McGinniss, is packing his bags and notebooks and...

  • Anti-war protesters throw eggs, shoes at Tony Blair

    September 04, 2010

    DUBLIN — Anti-war protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair on Saturday as he arrived for the first public signing of his fast-selling memoir. Scores of demonstrators...

  • Maloney's big money

    September 04, 2010

    ALBANY -- When it comes to fund raising in the hotly fought Democratic primary battle between incumbent US Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Reshma Saujani in Manhattan's Silk Stocking...

  • Borough gall from Paladino

    September 04, 2010

    Take Manhattan -- please! Republican Carl Paladino supposedly wants to be governor of the entire state, but admitted yesterday he really only likes two of the five Big Apple...

  • Prez is on the 'jobs'

    September 04, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama lauded the modest job-growth numbers released yesterday, but said still-rising unemployment numbers mean there's more that needs to be done -- new...

  • Bubba nod to SI candidate a shot across Bam's bow

    Bubba nod to SI candidate a shot across Bam's bow

    September 04, 2010

    Bill Clinton strongly endorsed "independent" Staten Island Democrat Rep. Mike McMahon's re-election bid yesterday -- even saying it was OK for the incumbent to buck President...

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