Wednesday, September 26, 2012

New york politics

  • Rupert Murdoch Joins Independence Party In New York Accidentally

    Under New York state law, any political party receiving 50,000 votes in a gubernatorial election has an automatic ballot slot for four years, as well as the right to cross-endorse candidates for public office.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • NY a busy battleground of competitive House races

    New York state's congressional elections are testing the staying power of Republicans who rode a tea party wave to a House majority two years ago - as well as the resilience of Democrats striving to regain control.

    seattletimes.com

  • Romney makes direct appeal to poor and middle-class

    Poll results released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and the New York Times found Obama beating Romney by 10 points in Ohio, 9 points in Florida and 12 points in Pennsylvania.

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Obama at the UN, in shadow of campaign politics

    NEW YORK - Campaign politics shadowing every word, President Barack Obama will step before the world and declare that anti-American rage and riots among Muslims abroad will never force the United States to backtrack on diplomacy.

    www.cbsnews.com

  • Conservative Group's Ad in New York Subways Arouses Sharp Debate

    NEW YORK - Political ads posted in 10 New York City subway stations that equate criticism of Israel with Islamic terrorism have aroused little response from busy commuters, but a war of words between the group that paid for the ads and activist Muslim ...

    www.voanews.com

  • NEWSMAKER-Iranian president's last hurrah in New York

    Unfazed by walkouts and demonstrations on previous visits to New York, Ahmadinejad has alleged the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks, lambasted Western leaders for being played by "deceitful Zionists", and denied homosexuality exists in Iran ...

    in.reuters.com

  • President Obama speaks at Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York and ...

    ROMNEY TAKES AIM AT MIDDLE EAST AT CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE "It is barbaric and it is evil and it has no place in civilized world," Obama told the rapt audience at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in Midtown. "Nations must speak with one ...

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Players, Fans, Politicians: Hey NFL, Nix The Replacement Refs!

    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - With the Green Bay Packers still seething, fans pondering the possibility of turning off their televisions on NFL Sundays and even the President weighing in, it's official: Overnight, the NFL's replacement referees went from ...

    newyork.cbslocal.com

  • Former local NY political leader pleads guilty

    WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a former suburban New York political leader has pleaded guilty in a residential mortgage fraud scheme.

    www.cbs6albany.com

  • Some kids, and politicians, find new school lunch rules hard to swallow

    ... and teachers at one Kansas school put out a parody music video called 'We are Hungry,' in which kids complain they can't stomach the school lunch anti-obesity efforts of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Clinton, UN mediator seek a path to peace in Syria

    NEW YORK - The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and civil war in the Arab country as President Barack Obama again called for the end of Syrian ...

    www.bradenton.com

  • Morning Read: 'Some Are Speculating There May Be Politics at Play'

    Due to Yom Kippur, New York political news might be on the slower side today. Although some political parties don't seem to mind.

    politicker.com

  • Ann Romney on Leno: 'I love the fact that we have the first African-American ...

    By Kristen A. Lee / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Wednesday ... She described her heart pounding when she met Romney for the first time at a dance and gave what Leno called a "political answer" to a question about his skills on the dance floor. "You know, Jay ...

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Lady Gaga called 'slut' by New York politician

    Molinaro told The New York Times on Tuesday evening that he used the word not to call Lady Gaga promiscuous, but to indicate she had behaved inappropriately.

    www.globalpost.com

  • Obama: Libya assault 'wasn't just mob action'

    NEW YORK - Campaign politics shadowing every word, President Barack Obama will step before the world and declare that anti-American rage and riots among Muslims abroad will never force the United States to backtrack on diplomacy.

    www.bellinghamherald.com

  • Science before politics, New York

    Our opinion: The state Health Department has been selected to assess the impact of hydrofracking. Thorough study is essential. Suspicion is premature.

    blog.timesunion.com

  • N Ways to Apply Algebra With The New York Times

    This summer, the political scientist Andrew Hacker's New York Times Op-Ed essay "Is Algebra Necessary?" set off a national debate on mathematics education.

    learning.blogs.nytimes.com

  • Gay couple sue over photo's use in Colorado attack mailer

    Tom Privitere, left, and his partner Brian Edwards pose at the federal courthouse in Denver on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, with the engagement photo that was altered and used in a political campaign. The New York skyline was replaced with a winter scene.

    www.chieftain.com

  • Politician kept budget vow, now tries to keep job

    First-term Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle is in a close rematch with Democrat Dan Maffei in western New York. Republican Reps. Bobby Schilling of Illinois and Allen West in Florida are also fighting for their seats.

    www.myfoxny.com

  • International Leadership for Women in Business and Politics

    New York is a busy place this week, as heads of state and other notables converge on the UN for the General Assembly meetings and the de rigueur Clinton Global Initiative.

    blogs.cfr.org

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