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Video: Bagpipes play for crowds at Ground Zero celebrating Osama bin Laden's death

By: Charlie Spiering 05/02/11 6:33 AM
As crowds celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden, bagpipers joined the throngs of cheering New Yorkers. Watch below:   Read More

Audited: New York State spending plagued by waste and bewildering inefficiency

By: Staff report 04/30/11 9:00 PM
WHAT: A series of audits ordered by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo as New York State tries to cut $1 billion a year from its $3 billion operations budget revealed astonishing duplication and lack of oversight. Read More

Faker: Bogus disabled veteran ripped off feds to the tune of $16 million

By: Staff report 04/21/11 11:27 PM
What: A New York federal jury convicted John White of posing as a disabled veteran to fraudulently obtain $16 million in Veterans Administration contracts awarded under the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program.How: White at different times claimed he hurt his back either while in the Navy ROTC or in the special forces. His biggest job was building a $5.7 million flood wall around the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Manhattan. Read More

Giants – the New York version – were first to get rings

By: Dan Schreiber 04/09/11 5:31 PM
As the Giants prepare to get their World Series rings at a ceremony before tonight’s game at AT&T Park, here’s a little something to chew on: It might be some new jewelry to San Francisco, but the first World Series ring in 1922 was minted for the New York Giants. Read More

Lawyer charged with selling client secrets as stock tips

By: 04/06/11 7:23 PM
WHAT: Matthew H. Kluger, 50, who worked at three of the nation’s leading corporate law firms, was arrested for alleged involvement in a $100 million insider trading scheme based on his stolen confidential client information about pending mergers or acquisitions. Read More

California and DC could learn from Andrew Cuomo

By: Deroy Murdock 03/31/11 10:44 PM
A newly elected governor just persuaded his dysfunctional state legislature to close a multibillion-dollar deficit, keep taxes in check and limit annual Medicaid spending. Unfortunately for Californians, it wasn’t Jerry Brown. Read More

Blacks fleeing blue states

By: Michael Barone 03/29/11 9:25 AM
Like me, Walter Russell Mead has been studying the 2010 Census figures with the aid of this excellent interactive graphic by the New York Times. Read More

When even Cuomo attacks NY's spending disease without tax hikes, the game has completely changed

By: Mark Tapscott 03/19/11 4:24 PM
With public employee unions mounting desperate struggles to preserve excessively generous compensation and benefits in Wisconsin, Ohio, California, and a growing list of other states, check out this video that illustrates what is happening in New York where Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo is showing genuine leadership:   Read More

Charlie Sheen bringing his ‘act’ to San Francisco

By: Mike Aldax 03/18/11 8:41 AM
Will Charlie Sheen smoke a bit of Charlie Sheen in San Francisco this April?The man who has injected the nation with a heavy dose of crazy is bringing his one-man show to the Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium on April 30, according to LiveNation.  Read More

New York’s Mayor Bloomberg to receive his very own San Francisco Giants cap

By: Brent Begin 03/11/11 12:51 PM
He’s probably already got one, seeing as how they are the World Champions and all, but just in case, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will receive his very own San Francisco Giants baseball cap from Mayor Ed Lee today.It’s all part of a warm welcome to The City planned at the Civic Center BART Station. Read More
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