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A handful of Republicans on Capitol Hill on Monday ramped up their push to have Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev denied a defense attorney and treated as an "enemy combatant" in the name of national security.
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg apparently whiles away his last hours in the mayor's palace daydreaming. He has been mayor for almost three terms and though his mayorship may not have been as heroic or even as effective as that of predecessor Rudy Giuliani, it has, at least, kept the city up to Giuliani's standards of cleanliness, law and order, and an approximation of a sense of financial rectitude.
One day after President Obama accepted the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, Republicans say the general is still expected to answer congressional questions about the Obama administration's handling of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in Libya that claimed the lives of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Michael J. Fox did his part to make the anniversary of 9/11 about helping others.
Republicans blasted President Obama Friday for campaigning in Virginia near the largest U.S. naval base while ignoring their proposed solution to avoid looming defense cuts.
No one would suggest that Carmelo Anthony is equal to or better than LeBron James (except maybe Melo himself), and no would suggest that the New York Knicks had a shot at beating the Miami Heat. But looking at the superstars and their respective teams can be instructive for would-be players and wanna-be general managers.
Opera superstar Placido Domingo is getting ready to conduct 35 New York City schoolchildren who are studying music five days a week under a program inspired by Venezuela's acclaimed youth orchestra program, El Sistema.
A major exhibition focusing on gay-themed art that includes a film of ants crawling on a crucifix opens next week at the Brooklyn Museum, an institution known for presenting edgy and bold artworks that in the past included a painting of the Virgin Mary that incorporated elephant dung.
A major exhibition that includes a film of ants crawling on a crucifix opens next week at the Brooklyn Museum, an institution known for presenting edgy and bold artworks that in the past included a painting of the Virgin Mary that incorporated elephant dung.
Those quarterback sacks, the excruciating tackles: Republicans are apparently more appreciative of NFL "violence" than Democrats. There's a partisan divide even when it comes to football, says a new Poll Position survey of 1,032 voters revealing that GOPers actually favor the rough stuff more than other respondents in multiple demographic categories. A quarter of all Americans say that professional football is "too violent," compared to 21 percent of Republicans and 31 percent of Democrats.
A day before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, numerous schools held patriotic ceremonies as fans gathered in the tens of thousands to enjoy a busy college football Saturday.
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
An upcoming presidential campaign encounter takes the high road, offering five White House hopefuls the chance to answer direct policy questions from Republicans Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Rep. Steve King of Iowa and Robert George, founder of the American Principles Project, which organized this nondebate.
As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, President Obama on Saturday urged Americans to reclaim the sense of unity that brought the nation together in the wake of tragedy by honoring the memory of those lost through service.
"Meaning, I'd like to push everything in the direction of enemy combatant, if we can get there," he said. "We'd be much better off."
Mr. Giuliani added he hopes the administration will approach the issue, with a legal — not a political — mind.
