Ah, the start of Labor Day weekend. Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow's monthly employment report...
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Bloodsucking “Twilight” beauty Ashley Greene has signed a lease for a one-bedroom at the new 2...
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Now that TJ Maxx is establishing itself uptown, the fashion forward discount retailer wants to...
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WASHINGTON -- Declaring the Iraq war over last night, President Obama at the same moment waved the...
Read OnALBANY -- Former Long Island U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio holds a “shaky,’’ 47-35 percent, lead over multi...
Read OnALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues to command better than 2-1 leads over either of...
Read OnALBANY – Gov. Paterson blasted Mayor Bloomberg’s off-the-cuff calls for tobacco tax standoff at...
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Only death or "total incapacitation" would prevent him from serving out his third term, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday, trying to shoot down speculation that he might be in line...
ALBANY -- Eric Schneiderman wasn't at yesterday's attorney-general debate, but his ears were probably ringing. The six-term state senator was pummeled in absentia as the four...
The upstart challenger running against state Sen. Bill Perkins last night blasted the Harlem Democrat during a televised debate for his opposition to charter schools, calling him...
WASHINGTON -- Declaring the Iraq war over last night, President Obama at the same moment waved the white flag for Democrats in the November elections. Speaking in prime time,...
It's Extreme Makeover: White House edition. Americans yesterday got their first look at President Obama's Oval Office redesign, and it's drawing decidedly mixed reviews. The...
Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie yesterday brushed aside calls from Democrats to apologize to President Obama for his remarks about why his state lost out on $400 million...
Mayor Bloomberg says he and President Obama lost a bet last week when they played golf as part of a high-powered foursome on Martha's Vineyard. Mayor Bloomberg declined to say...
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday hustled between meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Palestinian president and other key Middle East players...
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday fought back against the misperception he's a Muslim by joking that "I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my...
State Senate Democrats have bowed to pressure from furious labor leaders and returned a controversial $15,000 campaign contribution they received from Walmart, The Post has...
ALBANY -- Key sup porters of Andrew Cuomo's campaign for governor fear the election of left-of-center state Sen. Eric Schneiderman as attorney general would derail Cuomo's...
Rep. Charles Rangel played the race card yesterday as he entered the final stretch of his renomination campaign before the Sept. 14 primary. Speaking to scores of supporters at...
This is the third of five articles focusing on the Democratic candidates for attorney general, a post now held by Andrew Cuomo. ALBANY -- In the race for state attorney...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor is referring to people who wrongly believe Obama is Muslim as "psychopaths." The Rev. Jeremiah Wright...
As far as part-time gigs go, moonlighting as a $112,500-a-year City Council member is nice work if you can get it. Ten out of 51 council members hold jobs outside of their...
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. -- The withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq means that "the war is ending" and that Baghdad is now in position "to chart its own course," President...
An overflow crowd of 300,000 people on the National Mall heard Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin speak at a "Restoring Honor" rally yesterday, with Beck telling the gathering of...
President Obama is more popular among Muslims than any other religious group in the country, a survey released yesterday shows. Obama retains the support of 78 percent of...
Take odds if you're betting on the future of OTB. The $125,000-a-month restructuring specialist brought in by Gov. Paterson to save the city's tottering Off-Track Betting Corp...
It is Topic No. 1 in the political world, but the proposed mosque near Ground Zero never came up in discussion when Mayor Bloomberg said yes to an unexpected invitation and played...
CHICAGO -- The lone holdout who prevented jurors in embattled former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case from reaching a unanimous verdict on more serious charges said...
A determined President Obama has crafted a multifaceted Middle East peace plan, in preparation for next week's negotiations, that calls for heavy US involvement and frequent...
Plans for the mosque near Ground Zero took a big step forward yesterday. With controversy over the project still raging, the developer kicked off fund-raising for the Islamic...
Red-faced New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired his education chief yesterday after bureaucratic bungling cost the Garden State $400 million in federal funding under the "Race to...
BUFFALO -- A federal judge is delaying a decision on the Seneca Indian Nation's request for a restraining order to block New York from imposing steep new taxes on cigarettes sold...
Longtime City Councilman Thomas White Jr., of Queens, died yesterday following a long bout with cancer. He had just turned 71 last Saturday. White, who lived in Rochdale...
ALBANY -- A "frustrated" Gov. Paterson said yesterday that he was determined to push ahead with a plan to tax cigarettes sold on Indian reservations despite a freeze ordered by...
ALBANY -- Rick Lazio holds a 47 to 35 percent lead over multimillionaire Buffalo builder Carl Paladino among likely voters in the GOP primary for governor, a Quinnipiac University...
A pro-charter Democratic group yesterday endorsed challenger Basil Smikle over incumbent Bill Perkins for the state Senate seat from Harlem. "We need state elected leaders who...