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8GGC_ondoy.jpg Typhoon Relief Operations in the Philippines Ongoing by Angela
October 13, 2009 03:53 AM | 6 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Manila, Philippines, Oct. 12, 2009 —In the wake of the devastation brought by successive typhoons to the Philippines, Filipinos face the greater task of rehabilitating the hardest-hit area...
New Audit Finds Finance Department Not Doing its Job by William C.
October 06, 2009 04:12 PM | 200 views | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
  The Department of Finance is costing New York City millions of dollars. It’s as simple as that. An audit by my office has found that the Department has failed to accurately calcula...
NYC Transit is Off Track by William C.
September 23, 2009 02:14 PM | 322 views | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
In the past week, I have addressed some serious concerns regarding our transit system.   I wrote Chairman Walder on Monday urging him to reverse his decision to eliminate station ...
DEP SOAKS NEW YORKERS WITH CROTON DELAYS by William C.
September 03, 2009 02:23 PM | 544 views | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
The construction of the Croton Water Treatment Plant is yet another example of a City project that has been subject to delays and ballooning costs.    My office recently cond...
Smart & Safe Seniors SAFETY GOES ONLINE ..BE SMART AND SAFE by Jena
August 17, 2009 02:27 PM | 36 views | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
For many seniors the Internet is a brave new world, filled with seemingly endless resources for those with almost any interest. For RV'ers, there are chat rooms and information pages regarding ne...
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Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Unofficial results showed McDonnell, a conservative and former state attorney general, with about 60 percent of the vote over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He will be the state's first Republican governor in eight years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP - Independents who swept Barack Obama to a historic 2008 victory broke big for Republicans on Tuesday as the GOP wrested political control from Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey, a troubling sign for the president and his party heading into an important midterm election year.


Tue Nov 03 22:04:39 -0600 2009

Supporters of same-sex marriage Suzanne Blackburn, left, and Ann DiMella, of Portland, prepare to set up a NO on 1 sign in Deering Oaks Park, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, in Portland, Maine. Voters will decide Question 1, the proposal to rescind the Legislature's approval of same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP - Gay marriage was put to a vote in Maine on Tuesday in a closely watched referendum that gay-rights activists across the country hoped would prove for the first time that their cause can prevail at the ballot box.


Tue Nov 03 22:04:10 -0600 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 4,2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., right, look on. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - In a blow to the White House, the Senate's top Democrat signaled Tuesday that Congress may fail to meet a year-end deadline for passing health care legislation, leaving the measure's fate to the uncertainties of the 2010 election season.


Tue Nov 03 20:48:10 -0600 2009

This Nov. 1, 2009 photo provided by the Cleveland Police Department shows Anthony Sowell, 50, who Cleveland Police arrested Saturday, Oct. 31 on a rape and felonious assault warrant. The bodies of six women were found in Sowell's home. Investigators trying to identify the bodies of six women found in the home of a convicted rapist are focusing the inquiry on eight or nine missing women, the coroner said Monday. Sowell hasn't been charged in the rape investigation or in connection with the bodies. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)AP - The number of bodies found in and near a rapist's home rose to at least 10 on Tuesday when authorities unearthed four corpses from the backyard and found a skull in a bucket in the basement.


Tue Nov 03 20:48:10 -0600 2009
AP - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.
Tue Nov 03 20:48:16 -0600 2009