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  • I'm staying put: Bloomberg

    I'm staying put: Bloomberg

    September 02, 2010

    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...

  • AG hopeful smacked in absentia

    AG hopeful smacked in absentia

    September 02, 2010

    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...

  • Foe slams Perkins on charters

    September 02, 2010

    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...

  • Damning the Dems in fall's election

    September 01, 2010

    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,...

  • 'Change' inside the W. House? hue bet!

    'Change' inside the W. House? hue bet!

    September 01, 2010

    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...

  • Defiant Christie won't apologize

    Defiant Christie won't apologize

    September 01, 2010

    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...

  • Mike & Prez links lo$ers

    Mike & Prez links lo$ers

    September 01, 2010

    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...

  • Hectic Hill starts hike up summit

    September 01, 2010

    WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday hustled between meeting with the Israeli prime minister, Palestinian president and other key Middle East players...

  • O to idiots: Get outta my faith!

    O to idiots: Get outta my faith!

    August 30, 2010

    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...

  • Union makes State Senate Democrats return Walmart money

    Union makes State Senate Democrats return Walmart money

    August 30, 2010

    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...

  • Andy's foiler alert

    August 30, 2010

    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...

  • Desperate Rangel wraps self in civil rights

    August 30, 2010

    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...

  • Dinallo has Eliot-ness

    Dinallo has Eliot-ness

    August 30, 2010

    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...

  • Wright: Only 'psychos' think Bam's a Muslim

    Wright: Only 'psychos' think Bam's a Muslim

    August 29, 2010

    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...

  • 2-job pols keep eyes on $$ prize

    2-job pols keep eyes on $$ prize

    August 29, 2010

    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...

  • O heralds Iraq war's end

    August 29, 2010

    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...

  • Beck and call

    August 29, 2010

    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...

  • Obama riding high with US Muslims

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • OTB honcho saddled with '$tubborn' union

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Bloomberg & Obama don't talk mosque during golf

    Bloomberg & Obama don't talk mosque during golf

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Holdout: Why I saved Blago

    Holdout: Why I saved Blago

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Aggressive peace push

    Aggressive peace push

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Mosque raises 10G toward $100M tab

    Mosque raises 10G toward $100M tab

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Expelled in Jersey

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Indians' cig suit to drag

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Councilman dead

    August 28, 2010

    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...

  • Gov: Indian tax war ain't over

    Gov: Indian tax war ain't over

    September 03, 2010

    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...

  • Lazio leading Paladino: poll

    September 03, 2010

    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 boost for Basil

    September 03, 2010

    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...

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  • Day in Photos: September 2, 2010
    Day in Photos: September 2, 2010
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    Demi Moore on Twitter
  • Day in Photos: Sept. 1, 2010
    Day in Photos: Sept. 1, 2010
  • Azarenka collapses at US Open
    Azarenka collapses at US Open
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    Discovery gunman

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