Saturday, September 29, 2012

New york politics

  • US seeks calm over Asian disputes; won't mediate

    NEW YORK - The Obama administration on Friday pressed U.S. allies Japan and South Korea to continue their cooperation on North Korea and other key issues despite a dispute over a contested islet.

    www.bradenton.com

  • NY's latest sex scandal dogged by sordid past

    In the case of Lopez, a longtime Democratic dealmaker who was lampooned in New York City tabloid headlines as "King Leer" and "Gropez," the allegations that emerged over the summer were found credible by New York's Assembly ethics committee. The panel ...

    seattletimes.com

  • New York May Restart Review of Gas-Drilling Rules

    New York State appears to be further slowing its effort to produce rules governing fracking, shorthand for the suite of drilling methods used to extract natural gas from deep shale deposits.

    dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com

  • BIG NIGHT poet Filip Marinovich on politics, poetics, and being a 'Wolfman ...

    The 37 year-old New York City-based poet with family roots in Belgrade--formerly the capital city of Yugoslavia, now Serbia-- is the author of two much-praised collections of effusive, witty, linguistically-agile and politically engaged work, "Zero ...

    blogs.buffalonews.com

  • Lobbyist in political scandal to be sentenced

    Richard Lipsky, a prominent New York lobbyist who pleaded guilty to bribing a Brooklyn state senator, will learn this afternoon whether cooperation with federal investigators has lightened an expected prison sentence.

    www.crainsnewyork.com

  • A Case of Bad Management: The New York Mets and the US Government

    I was en route to a Mets game with a copy of the latest issue of N+1, an extremely well-written and always provocative politics magazine, tucked under my arm. As the train rumbled towards New York's Citi Field baseball stadium, I started reading the ...

    www.forbes.com

  • Clinton pledges more aid to Syrian rebels

    NEW YORK - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pledging millions more dollars in American assistance to the Syrian opposition as the U.S.

    www.macon.com

  • Ouch! George W. Bush's favorability rating in new poll now tops Mitt Romney's

    The last GOP president left the White House with a dismal 22 percent approval rating, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll from February 2009.

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Clinton, Chinese minister meet amid maritime spats

    By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press. NEW YORK - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged China's top diplomat on Thursday to peacefully resolve increasingly tense maritime disputes with Japan and its smaller neighbors in Southeast Asia.

    www.bellinghamherald.com

  • New York Times Bestselling Author Maggie Sefton Debuts Her New Political ...

    As our presidential election is in high gear, New York Times bestselling author Maggie Sefton is releasing her new novel, Deadly Politics, the first in a new murder mystery series about Washington, D.C. insider Molly Malone. Driven from D.C. years ago ...

    books.broadwayworld.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

  • New York's Debate Over Sugary Drinks Reaches Pawnee, Ind.

    A pragmatic city politician wants to reduce the size of sodas. The soft-drink industry fights back, saying the plan will hurt businesses and infringe on consumers' rights.

    cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com

  • New York News | NYC Breaking NewsAP Interview: Iran opposition chief sees ...

    AUVERS-SUR-OISE, France (AP) - The leader of an Iranian militant group that was taken off the U.S. terror list on Friday says the move will change her group's "balance of power" with the world - predicting a higher profile in politics, fundraising and ...

    www.myfoxny.com

  • New York-style policing may be adopted

    On her recent visit to the city, Yingluck met with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to study the city's town-planning and traffic-management systems, which she said could be used to improve the quality of life in Bangkok.

    www.nationmultimedia.com

  • Mario Cuomo and Andrew Cuomo: Possible 2016 Democratic nominee for ...

    The political trajectories of California and New York have been similar under Democratic father-and-son governors. Edmund G. Brown had the opportunity to govern during the prosperity of California in the 1960s,and his son governed during an entirely ...

    www.allvoices.com

  • Mona Williams' day of fasting for Mitt Romney blossoms into grassroots campaign

    By Kristen A. Lee / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Friday, September 28, 2012, 5:27 PM ... The plan has not been sanctioned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which does not make political endorsements. "We're very silent. We're not very in your ...

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Racing Association faces big week

    (AP) - After a nearly 60-year run of controlling the state's thoroughbred racing that featured historic champions and classic races—as well as countless scandals and bankruptcy—the New York Racing Association is at a crossroad. The Racing Association ...

    www.crainsnewyork.com

  • NY Republican Won't Run Despite Cuomo Endorsement

    New York State Senator Roy McDonald will not try making a third-party run after losing his Republican primary, at least in part because of his vote for marriage equality in the state.

    www.advocate.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

  • Obama Miscalculated Politics of Terrorism

    A "senior American law enforcement official" talking to the New York Times about the fact that the scene of a successful terrorist attack against the U.S.

    www.foxnews.com

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