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  • July 2008

    • NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 7, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      NYC Biz Leaders Search for Next Mayor/CEO

      New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will vacate his office in 18 months, the New York Times reports, and local business honchos are already hunting for a replacement candidate who shares Bloomberg's financial independence and city-as-a-business approach. "What the business community wants is not just a businessman but a Bloomberg-type businessman, who is not beholden to special interests," said one corporate bigwig. More »

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      New York City  • business  • politics  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • Donald Trump  • billionaires  • Richard Parsons

  • June 2008

    • Mayors Call for Middle Ground on Guns

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Mayors Call for Middle Ground on Guns

      Extremist-driven debate over gun control “made for good political theater,” but it hasn’t accomplished much, mayors Michael Bloomberg of New York and Thomas Menino of Boston write in the Wall Street Journal. Now that the Supreme Court has clarified the issue, it’s time to implement some common-sense consensus changes to the nation's gun laws. More »

    • Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

      newser  |  Philadelphia Daily News  |  Jun 20, 08 4:15 PM CDT

      Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

      Philadelphia took a step toward entering America's mega-skyscraper club today, the Daily News reports, with a city councilman introducing zoning legislation for a building that, at 1,500 feet, would eclipse Chicago's Sears Tower. Plenty of bureaucratic hurdles remain for the proposed American Commerce Center, including retooling the city's planning commission.  More »

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      real estate  • Philadelphia  • mayor  • skyscraper  • Michael Nutter  • development

    • Detroit Mayor's Blunders Hurt Mom's Reelection Chances

      newser  |  Detroit Free Press  |  Jun 11, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Detroit Mayor's Blunders Hurt Mom's Reelection Chances

      She’s a popular 11-year incumbent with a $500,000 war chest facing two cash-strapped two opponents, but Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick still faces a challenge in defending her House seat, the Detroit Free Press reports. Why? Her son is Kwame Kilpatrick, the Detroit mayor recently charged with perjury in a highly public scandal involving an affair with his chief of staff. More »

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      Congress  • House of Representatives  • Detroit  • sex scandal  • mayor  • Kwame Kilpatrick  • re-election

  • May 2008

    • New Yorkers See a Saltier Bloomberg

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 20, 08 1:19 PM CDT

      New Yorkers See a Saltier Bloomberg

      In his 6 years in office, Michael Bloomberg has enjoyed a reputation as the cool, collected CEO of the Big Apple. But as setbacks have mounted and his presidential ambitions have been shelved, another side is showing: the temperamental, sometimes explosive antagonist. Bloomberg's mood is "the worst I've ever seen it," one top pol told the New York Times . More »

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      New York City  • New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • temper tantrums

    • Bloomberg to Greet New Mayor in London

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 5, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      Bloomberg to Greet New Mayor in London

      New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will visit London on Friday to meet with new mayor Boris Johnson, the Guardian reports, giving UK conservatives another boost in momentum. Bloomberg will dispense advice on the early days of a mayoralty, and help the gaffe-prone Johnson dodge “pitfalls,” an aide said. Johnson won his post last week amid his party’s biggest showing in 16 years. More »

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      London  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • Conservative Party  • Boris Johnson  • Tories

  • April 2008

    • Chilean Mayor Beefs Up Support With Free Viagra

      newser  |  BBC  |  Apr 30, 08 3:21 AM CDT

      Chilean Mayor Beefs Up Support With Free Viagra

      The mayor of a Chilean town has come up with a new way of securing support among voters: he's is handing out free Viagra. The mayor  of a working class suburb of the capital of Santiago has ordered physicians to hand out batches of the blue sex potency pills four times a month to men over 60. More »

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      mayor  • Chile  • Viagra  • Santiago

    • Former Newark Mayor Guilty of Fraud

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Apr 16, 08 11:30 AM CDT

      Former Newark Mayor Guilty of Fraud

      Sharpe James, who was the mayor of Newark, NJ, for two decades, has been convicted of fraud by a federal jury. James conspired to sell city lots on the cheap to his mistress, who then sold them for hundreds of thousands in profit, reports the Star-Ledger . James and the former mistress, Tamika Riley, were both found guilty on all counts, and could spend several years behind bars. More »

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      crime  • fraud  • mayor  • Newark  • Sharpe James

    • Wal-Mart OKs Plan to Film Gun Buyers

      newser  |  New York Daily News  |  Apr 14, 08 8:12 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart OKs Plan to Film Gun Buyers

      Wal-Mart approved a plan today to videotape gun-buyers and curb illegal firearm sales in other ways, the New York Daily News reports. The 10-point deal with the bipartisan group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, helmed by New York's Michael Bloomberg, includes inventory controls and a log to trace buyers who have previously bought weapons used in crimes. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • Michael Bloomberg  • gun  • gun control  • mayor  • arms trafficking  • gun sales  • ATF  • firearms

  • March 2008

    • Detroit Mayor Charged in Text-Message Sex Scandal

      newser  |  Detroit News  |  Mar 24, 08 12:32 PM CDT

      Detroit Mayor Charged in Text-Message Sex Scandal

      Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his ex-chief of staff were charged today with perjury, obstruction of justice, and misconduct in office related to their denials under oath that they were romantically involved, the Detroit News reports. Kilpatrick, who faces eight felony counts, said at a press conference shortly after the county prosecutor announced the indictments that he expects "full and complete vindication." More »

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      Detroit  • sex scandal  • mayor  • settlement  • affair  • perjury  • obstruction of justice  • Kwame Kilpatrick

    • Berlusconi Calls Rival an Obama Copycat

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 13, 08 10:26 PM CDT

      Berlusconi Calls Rival an Obama Copycat

      Silvio Berlusconi is calling his election opponent a Barack Obama copycat–and not in a good way. To keep his 7-point lead in the polls, Italy's former leader has distributed a package to his People of Freedom (PDL) candidates on how to bash Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni in the media. They prescribe ridiculing the onetime Roman mayor for "systemically" copying Obama's speeches. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Italy  • election  • mayor  • Rome  • Silvio Berlusconi  • Walter Veltroni

  • February 2008

    • Bloomberg: I'm Not Running

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Feb 27, 08 11:12 PM CST

      Bloomberg: I'm Not Running

      New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will not run for president but will remain active in the campaign and try to "steer the national conversation away from partisanship and toward unity." In an op-ed piece in today's New York Times , Bloomberg puts to rest the long-running speculation on whether he will launch an independent bid for the presidency. More »

    • Doggone! Texas Mayor Resigns After Hiding Neighbor's Pup

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 3, 08 1:41 PM CST

      Doggone! Texas Mayor Resigns After Hiding Neighbor's Pup

      It may have been nothing more than puppy love, but the mayor of a small Texas town has been driven out of office after it was discovered she secretly kept the neighbor's dog she claimed had died, reports the BBC. The Shih Tzu named Puddles was later spotted at a dog groomer's. The dogsitting mayor also reported to police that the pooch, whom she had renamed Panchito, was missing. More »

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      Texas  • dog  • mayor

  • January 2008

    • Saucy Texts Could Sink Detroit Mayor

      newser  |  Detroit News  |  Jan 25, 08 2:59 AM CST

      Saucy Texts Could Sink Detroit Mayor

      Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's continuing administration looks doubtful after the emergence of over 14,000 racy text messages between him and his chief of staff. Kilpatrick and his aide, both married during their steamy affair, testified under oath last year that they weren't sexually involved with one another. They were grilled as part of a lawsuit against Kilpatrick and the city filed by two cops who said they'd been punished for investigating inappropriate behavior by the mayor. More »

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      Detroit  • mayor  • text messaging  • Kwame Kilpatrick

    • 'Could Be' Candidate Bloomberg Crunching Data

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

      'Could Be' Candidate Bloomberg Crunching Data

      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

  • November 2007
  • October 2007

    • Rudy's Blunt Opinions Ruled NYC Airwaves

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 5, 07 11:45 PM CDT

      Rudy's Blunt Opinions Ruled NYC Airwaves

      Rudy Giuliani is a tempered presidential candidate these days, belying the fiery personality displayed on his mayoral radio show in the '90s. Radio Rudy was a loose cannon, known for telling callers to seek psychiatric help, the Times reports. He was unafraid to needle interest groups, once saying “the NRA has lost all credibility” because of its assault weapons support. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • New York  • radio  • mayor  • NRA  • black community  • ferret

    • Identity Thieves Make Play for Mike's Money

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Oct 3, 07 2:56 AM CDT

      Identity Thieves Make Play for Mike's Money

      Well, who wouldn't want to be Michael Bloomberg? The billionaire mayor is the latest casualty of the country's losing war on identity theft, reports the New York Times . Using information from Bloomberg's personal Bank of America account, two men attempted separately to steal a total of $430,000 from the affable mogul-turned-mayor. More »

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      New York City  • Michael Bloomberg  • mayor  • identity theft

  • August 2007

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