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  • January 2008

    • State Tolls Rising—Some by 50%

      USA Today  |  Jan 28, 08 7:28 PM CST

      State Tolls Rising&mdash;Some by 50%

      (Newser) - As subprime fallout ripples across the country, several states are planning to increase road, bridge, and tunnel tolls, and not by mere pennies, USA Today reports. The George Washington Bridge, for example—which lets New Jerseyites into the Big Apple—will raise its rush hour price from $5 to $8 for cars, and $35 for trucks. One official defended the move, saying, "People view highways as free, but they're not." More »

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      California  • New York  • New Jersey  • Pennsylvania  • Indiana  • highways  • Indiana Toll Road  • toll

    • States, Sellers Drooling Over Gift Card Sales

      BusinessWeek  |  Jan 27, 08 2:19 PM CST

      States, Sellers Drooling Over Gift Card Sales

      (Newser) - After enduring tepid holiday sales, retailers are happily awaiting $8 billion from shoppers with unused gift cards—because only then can sellers claim the added revenue, BusinessWeek reports. But some US states say that their unclaimed-property laws enable them to extract a piece of the left-over card pie. What's really up for grabs is revenue from millions of cards that are lost or forgotten and go unspent. More »

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      US economy  • Florida  • New York  • retail sales  • Virginia  • retail stores  • Best Buy  • retail shopping  • US states  • Delaware  • retail technology  • gift cards

    • Giuliani Can't Connect in Fla.

      Washington Post  |  Jan 26, 08 6:26 PM CST

      Giuliani Can't Connect in Fla.

      (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani isn't the type to kiss babies in Florida—or even shake hands. The former mayor has run a detached, tightly controlled campaign, eschewing personal contact, avoiding questions, and rushing past crowds after events, the Washington Post reports. His brusque style is leaving uninspired voters in his wake. “There was just no energy, you know?” said one. More »

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      election 2008  • New York  • Florida primary  • voters  • Rudolph Giuliani

    • Dems Do Their Math on Feb. 5 Primary States

      Washington Post  |  Jan 23, 08 4:39 PM CST

      Dems Do Their Math on Feb. 5 Primary States

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is all but ceding Saturday's South Carolina primary to Barack Obama, just one variation of the political calculus Democratic presidential candidates are using ahead of Super Tuesday primaries February 5, the Washington Post reports. Clinton will spotlight states with personal history—Arkansas and New York—and two with delegate counts—California and New Jersey. More »

    • Rudy Trails McCain in NY: Poll

      NBC 4 New York  |  Jan 21, 08 2:09 PM CST

      Rudy Trails McCain in NY: Poll

      (Newser) - Onetime favorite Rudy Giuliani lags John McCain in his home state, two polls out today report, in another blow to the ex-New York mayor's sputtering campaign. In a Siena College poll, 36% of New York Republicans support McCain, to Giuliani's 24%, while a WNBC poll put the split at 34% to 23%. Only last month, Giuliani held a 33-point lead over McCain. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • John McCain  • Rudy Giuliani  • New York  • Super Tuesday  • African Americans

    • Rudy Needs Florida to Take NY

      New York Times  |  Jan 17, 08 2:00 PM CST

      Rudy Needs Florida to Take NY

      (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's supporters predict a distant finish in Florida's Jan. 29 primary will cost him in Feb. 5 voting in strongholds New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A strategy of focusing on Florida while ignoring early states has seen Giuliani plummet in Republican polls. "If he carries Florida, he carries New York," one former adviser told the New York Times , but "I wouldn't bet on it." More »

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      election 2008  • Rudy Giuliani  • New York  • Florida primary  • Super Tuesday

    • Missing NY Woman's Blood Found in Suspect's Car

      Miami Herald  |  Jan 16, 08 1:38 PM CST

      Missing NY Woman's Blood Found in Suspect's Car

      (Newser) - With Stepha Henry missing for months after a trip to south Florida, New York police yesterday arrested a suspect whose abandoned car held so much of Henry's blood that police, declaring "no one could survive with that loss of blood," charged the man with second-degree murder, the Miami Herald reports. Henry, 22, went missing from a Florida nightclub last spring. More »

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      murder  • Florida  • New York  • missing person  • Brooklyn  • missing woman

    • Rent's Lease Up After 12 Years

      New York Times  |  Jan 16, 08 11:51 AM CST

      Rent's Lease Up After 12 Years

      (Newser) - Rent is preparing to close up shop and move out of the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, its home since 1996. The cutting-edge rock adaptation of La Bohème was written by Jonathan Larson, who died at the age of 35 of an aneurysm the night of the final dress rehearsal. Larson peopled the musical with personalities he knew in the pre-gentrified East Village who were energized by youthful irreverence and exuberance, and shattered by AIDS. More »

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      New York  • AIDS  • theater  • Broadway  • Warner Music

    • Hillary Praises MLK, Gets Tepid Response

      ABC News  |  Jan 14, 08 6:36 PM CST

      Hillary Praises MLK, Gets Tepid Response

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton faced a smattering of applause, scattered boos, and a few walkouts at a Martin Luther King, Jr. event in New York today, ABC reports. "Each of us, no matter who we are and where we started from, is a beneficiary of Dr. King," she told the union crowd, mostly security workers. But the cheers for prior speakers turned to polite clapping for Clinton, whose recent remarks about King and Lyndon Johnson have sparked a heated racial debate. More »

    • New York Latest to Investigate Intel Practices

      Reuters  |  Jan 10, 08 2:09 PM CST

      New York Latest to Investigate Intel Practices

      (Newser) - With proceedings already underway against Intel Corp. in Europe and Asia, New York's attorney general today began formally investigating whether the world's largest computer chip-maker has broken state and federal antitrust laws, Reuters reports. “Our investigation is focused on determining whether Intel has improperly used monopoly power to exclude competitors”—chiefly rival AMD—“or stifle innovation,” Andrew Cuomo said. More »

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      New York  • Intel  • antitrust  • Andrew Cuomo  • European Commission  • AMD  • monopoly

    • 'Could Be' Candidate Bloomberg Crunching Data

      Associated Press  |  Jan 10, 08 10:15 AM CST

      'Could Be' Candidate Bloomberg Crunching Data

      (Newser) - Michael Bloomberg continues to deny that he's going to make an independent bid for the White House, but the billionaire New York mayor has built a colossal database of voter information from all 50 states, reports AP. "They want a hard-headed sense of their chances," said a member of Bloomberg's inner circle. More »

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      election 2008  • New York  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • voter information

    • 31 States Ring In New Laws for New Year

      USA Today  |  Jan 2, 08 3:15 AM CST

      31 States Ring In New Laws for New Year

      (Newser) - Anyone planning to import shoes made of kangaroo hide into California can legally begin this year—but they'd better not try to sell any foreign-made US flags in Minnesota. Both states are among 31 that launched a host of new laws beginning New Year's Day, some of them rather unusual, U SA Today reports. More »

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      California  • New York  • New Hampshire  • Minnesota  • law  • same-sex marriage  • airline passengers

    • Wary World Welcomes 2008

      ABC News  |  Jan 1, 08 5:05 AM CST

      Wary World Welcomes 2008

      (Newser) - From Baghdad to Berlin to Beijing and Boston, the world said farewell to 2007 and cheered the arrival of 2008. The famous Times Square ball descended for the 100th time, and a million revelers gathered to watch. New technology meant the crystal-studded sphere was twice as bright this year. More »

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      New York  • Baghdad  • Times Square  • New Year's Eve

  • December 2007

    • NY Diocese's Coloring Book Warns of Abuse

      Newsweek  |  Dec 5, 07 9:06 AM CST

      NY Diocese's Coloring Book Warns of Abuse

      (Newser) - A coloring book handed out by the Catholic Church to kids in New York warns them not to be alone with an adult in a room with the door shut, Newsweek reports. It doesn't specifically name priests as a risk, but it does depict an angel warning an altar boy not to "be alone in a closed room with an adult." A man with his back turned—possibly a priest—is smiling at the child. More »

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      children  • New York  • Catholic Church  • education  • priest  • priest sex abuse  • clergy abuse scandal  • clergy

    • Bush to Cut Anti-Terror Funding

      Associated Press  |  Dec 1, 07 5:45 PM CST

      Bush to Cut Anti-Terror Funding

      (Newser) - Bush plans to cut counterterror funds in half next year, nixing port and transit security plans altogether, the AP reports. The drop from $3.2 billion to $1.4 billion would slash police, fire, and rescue budgets nationwide—and run counter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's vow of less "bean-counting" after New York and Washington dollars were cut 40% in 2005. More »

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      George W. Bush  • California  • terrorism  • New York  • homeland security  • counterterrorism  • Charles Schumer  • Barbara Boxer  • Peter King

    • 2 Downtowns, 1 New Museum

      New York Times  |  Dec 1, 07 10:22 AM CST

      2 Downtowns, 1 New Museum

      (Newser) - New York's New Museum, the scrappy showcase for contemporary art founded in a SoHo loft 30 years ago, reopens this weekend in a building Nicolai Ouroussoff describes as "a series of mismatched galleries precariously stacked one atop the other." For the New York Times ' architectural critic, the building, designed by the Japanese architectural firm Sanaa, "succeeds on a spectacular range of levels." Not since the Museum of Modern Art opened in the 1930s "has a museum seemed so in touch with the present." More »

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      New York  • art  • architecture  • museums  • Gentrification

  • November 2007

    • Writers, Producers Optimistic as Talks Resume

      Deadline Hollywood Daily  |  Nov 27, 07 9:45 AM CST

      Writers, Producers Optimistic as Talks Resume

      (Newser) - "Reasonableness ruled the day” during yesterday’s renewed negotiations between producers and striking screenwriters, an insider tells Deadline Hollywood Daily scoop artist Nikki Finke. Producers and writers reviewed the status of proposals outlined Nov. 4 before talks broke off and the strike began, with plans to resume today, when "they really start advancing the ball," says a source. More »

    • Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple

      TimeOut  |  Nov 25, 07 5:00 AM CST

      Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple

      (Newser) - New York doesn't slow down just because the weather gets nippy. If anything, there's even more to do in the city that never sleeps. TimeOut recommends catching the Washington Square Tree Lighting Dec. 4. Those seeking a little more flexibility in their plans can check out the origami Christmas tree at the Museum of Natural History, already on display, or attend any one of the Rockettes' daily performances through Dec. 13 More »

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      New York City  • New York  • holiday travel  • Central Park  • Grand Central Station  • Lincoln Center

    • Best and Worst US Airports

      Travel Leisure  |  Nov 20, 07 11:35 AM CST

      Best and Worst US Airports

      (Newser) - Flight delays are peaking, and there's no sure way to dodge them. But fliers can travel smarter with this new list of best and worst airports from Travel + Leisure : Best: Portland, Ore. (PDX) Salt Lake City (SLC) San Diego (SAN) More »

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      list  • New York  • Philadelphia  • airport  • San Diego  • airline delays  • Salt Lake City

    • Spitzer Dumps License Plan for Illegals

      New York Times  |  Nov 14, 07 9:29 AM CST

      Spitzer Dumps License Plan for Illegals

      (Newser) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is giving up on the plan to offer driver's licenses to illegal immigrants that drew a firestorm of criticism. “I am not willing to fight to the bitter end on something that will not ultimately be implemented,” he told the New York Times . The proposal became a hot-button issue in presidential candidate forums and caused Spitzer's popularity to plunge. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • election 2008  • New York  • immigration  • Eliot Spitzer

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