Cracking down on texting drivers Buffalo News | Motorists who text while driving are more likely to get a traffic ticket in Erie County than in almost any other county in the state -- including Long Island. | Police hope that means serial texters are finally getting the message. | Just-released state statistics show Erie County issued 662 texti...
Trump's NJ cemetery likely wouldn't be costliest Asbury Park Press | NEWARK - A final resting place at Donald Trump's golf course in New Jersey will surely cost a lot, but will be a bargain compared to some of the country's other swanky cemeteries. | Trump announced this week he is considering building a 1.5-acre cemetery next to his high-end golf course in Bedmins...
Wealthy Donors Join Effort to Improve Campaign Finance System The New York Times | ALBANY – The push to improve the state’s campaign finance laws has gained an unlikely ally: some of New York’s wealthiest political donors. | A new group called New York Leadership for Accountable Government unveiled an agenda on Wednesday th...
The Teamsters Union Is Taking Away Our Twinkies Forbes | It is said that, after a nuclear holocaust, nothing will remain except cockroaches, Twinkies and maybe Callista Gingrich’s hairdo. The cockroaches and the laquered locks, though, have never had to face the adversary that is stomping on Twinkies: ...
Dave Matthews Band announce 2012 headlining tour dates The Examiner | On Feb. 15 the Dave Matthews Band (DMB) officially released 2012 spring/summer headlining tour dates in support of their upcoming eighth studio album. Dave Matthews Band's extensive North American headlining tour will begin on May 18 in Woodlands, ...
Criticism of FreshDirect Deal Is Off Base, City Officials Say The New York Times | The Bloomberg administration on Tuesday staunchly defended its decision to provide the online grocer FreshDirect with an unusually large $127.8 million package of cash and tax breaks to move to the Bronx rather than New Jersey. Robert Stolarik for ...
Cracking down on texting drivers Buffalo News | Motorists who text while driving are more likely to get a traffic ticket in Erie County than in almost any other county in the state -- including Long Island. | Police hope that means serial texters are finally getting the message. | Just-released ...
Houston’s Body Arrives in Newark The New York Times | Fans waited for the body of Whitney Houston to arrive Monday night at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, greeting the hearse bearing her body with screams and moans. It was a return home for the singer — she was born in Newark in 1963. The hears...
Going in style: Getting best graves isn't cheap Asbury Park Press | They say you can't take it with you when you die, but that's not necessarily true for the wealthiest Americans — like Donald Trump. | He said last week that he is considering building a 1.5-acre cemetery next to his high-end golf course in Bedminst...
Community Outrage Rises In The Bronx Towards NYPD The Source | 2012 has begun as one of the worst years in recent times with relations between the community and the NYPD. The brutal beating of 19 year old Jatiek Reed and the murder of 18 year old Rahmarley Graham has sparked a fervor of tension within the Blac...
Oil price little changed, near $101 per barrel Palm Beach Post | NEW YORK — Oil prices didn't change much on Tuesday, as Greece and its creditors continued to work on plans to trim massive debts. Natural gas prices jumped as bargain hunters snapped up contracts that are still the cheapest in 10 years. | Benchmark crude fell 17 cents to finish at $100.74 per barrel in New York. Brent crude fell 4 cents to...
Contrast President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney The Examiner | Since the breaking of the news that the economy added 257,000 new private-sector jobs Governor Mitt Romney has been rapaciously seeking ways to o transform the positive news about the economic recovery into something that is extremely negative and will benefit him politically. | Meanwhile the governor is implying his job creation record in ...
