NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state authorities denied parole on Tuesday to the man convicted of the crime that generated one of the most famous headlines in U.S. journalism: the New York Post’s “Headless body in topless bar.” (more)
It’s official: The member turned household-name thanks to his member, has reproduced. (more)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Two New York athletes have been suspended by school administrators for organizing several “kneel-downs” in tribute to NFL sensation Tim Tebow, who said Friday that while he appreciates their boldness, the students have to obey their elders. (more)
New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez admitted she did not know what Operation Fast and Furious was at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event on Tuesday. (more)
New York Democrat Chuck Schumer was the U.S. senator who decided that a group of tea partiers couldn’t meet in a Capitol hearing room with lawmakers on Thursday, new video shows. (more)
The Daily Caller was in New York City for Thursday’s Occupy Wall Street protests. While reporting on the fracas, Daily Caller reporter Michelle Fields was pushed to the ground and struck by NYPD officers. (more)
A New York Republican running for Congress says he’s ashamed that actor Alec Baldwin lives in his district and said the 30 Rock star is a “disgrace.” (more)
This week a judge in New York ruled that one key claim in an ownership lawsuit from two former staffers for Democratic Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign could proceed against Arianna Huffington and the Huffington Post. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund billionaire at the center of the biggest insider-trading case in U.S. history, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years behind bars — the stiffest punishment ever handed out for the crime. (more)
Although national celebrities from Lady Gaga to Anderson Cooper have pledged over the last month to fight bullying, Facebook taunts grew so severe for 13-year-old Nicolette Taylor that she underwent plastic surgery to change her appearance. (more)
For some people in New York’s 9th Congressional District, the candidates for the special election earlier this month just weren’t adequate, so they decided to write-in some people they thought would do a better job, including several cartoon characters and Calvin Klein. (more)
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York prosecutor says she’s investigating whether students at other schools were participating in an SAT cheating ring. (more)
Scores of protesters were arrested in Manhattan Saturday as a march against social inequality turned violent. (more)
According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a plan to introduce Vegas-style casinos to New York enjoys broad support from Empire State voters. (more)
Last May, the Democratic Party ran a TV ad with the man that looked similar to Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off a cliff. It was meant to send the message that the GOP had its sights set on cutting entitlements, a message that proved effective Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul in the New York 26th congressional district special election later that month. (more)
This edition, for the week of September 9th, includes quips about the GOP primary debate, #attackwatch, the New York special election and much, much more: (more)
After Republican Bob Turner’s Tuesday election defeat of Democrat David Weprin in New York’s 9th Congressional District, very few questions still remain unanswered. (more)
Democrats brushed off special elections losses in Nevada and New York in the early hours of Wednesday morning, calling one loss expected in a “ruby red state,” and the second a function of “unusual circumstances.” (more)
Congressional Republicans are trumpeting Republican Bob Turner’s stunning victory in Tuesday’s special election in New York’s 9th Congressional District as a referendum on President Barack Obama’s agenda and, specifically, his policies on Israel. (more)
While Republicans praise Bob Turner’s shocking victory in the New York special election as a referendum on President Obama’s Israel policy, the National Jewish Democratic Council is blaming Democrat David Weprin’s loss on the unpopularity of disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, and on the national economy — insisting that it has nothing to do with Israel. (more)
