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  • Bloomberg's race to levees unwarranted

    When Hurricane Sandy flooded the New York City subways, I remember thinking to myself, "Gee, the city should spend a couple of million dollars upgrading the air-ventilation shafts and subway entrances to prevent this from happening again." Now, we see that the mayor proposes a nearly $20 billion program to solve this problem ("NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to spend $19.5B to fight hurricanes," Web, June 12). Mr. Bloomberg's plan includes building walls around lower Manhattan to keep out rising waters owing to global warming. But melting ice packs will only raise sea levels one inch per decade at most, so this is hardly worth building ugly walls that would destroy views from places like Battery Park. Surely, it would be better to simply protect air-ventilation shafts and subway entrances from the once-a-century Sandy-type storm.

  • Shannon Richardson poses for a photo, in Texarkana, Texas in this undated photo. Richardson made an initial appearance in a Texarkana, Texas, courtroom Friday, June 7, 2013, after being charged with mailing a threatening communication to the president. She could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, U.S. attorney's office spokeswoman Davilyn Walston said. (Associated Press)

    Texas actress charged in Obama ricin threat

    A pregnant Texas actress who first told the FBI that her husband sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, then allegedly said she sent them because her husband "made her" do it, was charged Friday with threatening the president.

  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the Real Estate Board of New York on Thursday, May 30, 2013, in New York. Two threatening letters containing traces of the deadly poison ricin were sent to Bloomberg in New York and his gun-control group in Washington, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

    Police may have a person of interest for ricin letters to Obama, Bloomberg

    Investigators seeking the identity of the person who sent ricin-tainted letters to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and to President Obama say they now have a person of interest.

  • **FILE** New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Associated Press)

    Cops: Letters to NYC Mayor Bloomberg test positive for ricin

    New York City police say two anonymous letters sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg contained traces of the deadly poison ricin.

  • **FILE** Bicycles from the NYC Bike Share program are lined up at a dock-and-lock station at the Brooklyn Navy Yards in New York on May 12, 2013. The expanding bike share system allows those who join to ride bicycles and return them from the same or different docks in parts of New York. (Associated Press)

    NYC bike sharing program launches — with stolen bike

    New York City's bike sharing program, a pet project of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is barely a day old and already finds itself with a handful of issues — and one bike short.

  • New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (Associated Press)

    NYC Mayor Bloomberg's next target: Street cafes

    New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs has given notice to 17 restaurants that offer sidewalk cafe dining: Stop the outdoor service.

  • This undated image released Thursday, May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, shows Lee Rigby known as "Riggers" to his friends, who is identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. He was a drummer with the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers." (AP Photo/MOD)

    The Wrap: From Code Pink halting Obama's speech to the Vatican's denied exorcism, the week that was

    President Obama's foreign policy speech was stopped multiple times by Code Pink heckling, and Lois Lerner was suspended from the her position at the IRS. On the international stage, two men in the United Kingdom murdered a soldier in the streets of London. Here's a recap, or wrap, of the week that was from The Washington Times.

  • Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team

    A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee.

  • Yankees, Man City to co-own NYC MLS team

    Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.

  • ** FILE ** New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a news conference at Lucky's Cafe in New York, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    Ex-Bloomberg guard admits gunshot cover-up

    A former security guard for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg — one of the most vociferous voice in America for gun control — admitted Thursday that he shot at his then-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend and then covered it up, concerned about the national attention it would bring his unit.

  • ** FILE ** New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. (Associated Press)

    New York City considers allowing non-citizens to vote

    New York City could soon become the first major city to allow non-citizens to vote in its municipal elections, as city council hearings on the proposal begin today.

  • Where's the beef? Bloomberg launches vegetarian-only school lunch

    Public School 244 in the Flushing section of New York's Queens borough has gone vegan — the first public school in the nation to serve only vegetarian meals for breakfast and lunch.

  • Swine flu vaccines have little support among TV and radio hosts such as Bill Maher. He declared on his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher" that he "would never get a swine flu vaccine or any vaccine."

    Bill Maher to Jimmy Kimmel: Bloomberg's soda ban 'gives liberals a bad name'

    Comedian Bill Maher appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tuesday night, and he had some choice words for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his controversial soda ban. "I think it gives liberals a bad name. I really do," the HBO show host said.

  • **FILE** Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Democrat (Associated Press)

    Obama faces mixed reception in Colorado over gun fight

    When President Obama arrives here Wednesday to cheer the state's newly passed gun control laws, don't expect Colorado's county sheriffs to join in the celebration.

  • Vice President Joseph R. Biden posted this photo of summer fun on his twitter feed in 2012.

    The Wrap: From Bloomberg's desire to 'infringe on your freedom' to gay marriage, the week that was

    New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that there are times when an individual's rights should be infringed upon, and the Obama administration came under fire as the Supreme Court heard arguments in landmark gay marriage cases.

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