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81-year-old New York City woman injured in subway mugging

By: 01/14/11 12:22 AM

WHAT: Madeline Klima, 81, had her shoulder fractured when she was thrown to the ground at a New York subway station by a burly woman who stole her purse.HOW: Subway surveillance video shows Klima being attacked from behind and body-slammed by a female mugger. She had never been a crime victim before.WHY IT’S OUTRAGEOUS: Klima still works cleaning offices and was returning home from the night job. She lost $800 worth of paychecks in the robbery. Read More

Snowplow strikes, kills pregnant woman, dog in New York

By: Staff report 01/09/11 11:14 PM

WHO: Andrea Fernandez-Acevedo, 34 years old and six months pregnant, who was killed when she was struck by a snowplow in New York. Read More

Why New York can't afford enough workers to clean up the snow

By: Mark Hemingway 01/05/11 9:02 AM

New York city's sanitation department is under criminal investigation for possibly staging a work slowdown during last week's big snow storm. Over at City Journal, Nicole Gelinas reports some eye-opening details on why the city's snow removal agency is so corrupt and incapable: Read More

Flights resume at NY airports following blizzard

By: Associated Press 12/27/10 7:41 PM

Travelers wait at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Planes began landing again Monday at two of the nation's busiest airports after a blizzard that clobbered the Northeast with more than 2 feet of snow grounded flights in the New York metropolitan area, stranding thousands of travelers trying to get home after the holidays. Read More

Making sense of the Census

By: David Freddoso 12/21/10 9:05 PM

Remember all the fuss about Ohio in the 2004 election? Had he been running on the new electoral map, released yesterday by the Census Bureau, George W. Bush could have won re-election without even carrying Ohio. That's not to say that Ohio doesn't matter anymore, or that any Republican will have it easy running against President Obama in 2012. Bush had to defeat Sen. Read More

New York may be less hostile for head of Muni

By: Staff report 12/21/10 3:21 AM

Nathaniel Ford, Muni, SFMTA, San Francisco

The Examiner predicts what The City’s leaders, losers, and movers and shakers want from Santa.Who: Nathaniel FordWhat: A job in New York Read More

NY lawmaker charged with embezzling from clinic for party, shows and car

By: 12/14/10 11:42 PM

WHO: Democratic state Sen. Pedro Espada of New YorkWHAT: New York and federal authorities indicted the state senator and his son on six charges that they more than $500,000 from their New York City health clinic for lavish spending, including Broadway shows, a Bentley automobile and a pony for a birthday party. Read More

Eldest Madoff son found dead in apparent suicide

By: Colleen Long 12/11/10 11:28 AM

The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog leash in his apartment Saturday after two years of "unrelenting pressure" following his father's arrest in a multibillion-dollar fraud that enveloped the entire family, law enforcement officials and a family attorney said. Read More

High school sophomore busted for selling pot brownies

By: 11/27/10 10:00 PM

Road map to save cities that fail their citizens

By: SF Examiner Editorial 11/17/10 5:40 PM

While cities have for decades been the biggest victims of failed liberal policies, they now stand a chance to provide America with a lesson in recovery. They also provide an opportunity for conservatives to push for major reforms and make significant political inroads in areas in which they presently have little presence. Read More