Hurricane Irene safety tips on Twitter
A Twitter account with the handle @irene is pouring out a stream of tips on how to stay safe as Hurricane Irene batters the United States east coast. The @irene account, which has more than 8,600...
View ArticleNew York steps up security amid credible threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Security has been heightened in New York City because of a credible but uncorroborated threat, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Thursday, but said city residents should...
View ArticleNew York protest square to be ‘temporarily cleared’: mayor
NEW YORK — The small Manhattan square occupied by anti-Wall Street protestors for almost four weeks will be temporarily cleared for cleaning on Friday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Bloomberg...
View ArticleAnti-Wall St. protesters march with Verizon workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anti-Wall Street protesters joined Verizon Communications workers on Friday in a march to denounce corporate greed as the company and 45,000 employees negotiate a new labor...
View ArticleMajority oppose cutting funding for health care reform
A Republican plan to cut off funding for the Affordable Care Act isn’t very popular with the American people. A recent CBS News poll found that 55 percent disapproved of the idea, and only 35 percent...
View Article‘Home-grown’ rebellion fights New York smoking ban
NEW YORK (AFP) – In the midst of an unrelenting battle against smokers and cigarettes, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg might be surprised to hear there’s a tobacco plantation right under his nose. The...
View ArticleNYC mayor booed at Triangle fire commemoration
NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was loudly booed Friday at a speech commemorating the deaths a century ago of 146 people in a factory fire that then led to major labor law reforms across...
View ArticleNY gears up for same-sex marriages
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gay and lesbian couples across New York are gearing up to become bride and bride or groom and groom starting at a minute after midnight on Sunday, when a law making New York the...
View ArticleIrene kills 3 in NC, shuts NYC down
MOREHEAD CITY, North Carolina (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene charged up the U.S. eastern seaboard on Saturday as a weakening but dangerous storm that shut down New York City and threatened to inflict...
View ArticleNew York Mayor Bloomberg to appeal ruling that blocked stop-and-frisk policy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday said he would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the police department’s “stop and frisk” crime-fighting tactics violate constitutional...
View ArticleAppeals court will consider blocked Bloomberg NYC soda ban on Tuesday
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration will try to convince an appeals court on Tuesday to reinstate a ban on large sugary drinks, three months...
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