Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Family Used Welfare
Alleged Boston Bombing mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was receiving government welfare in the years before he and his brother allegedly killed three people and injured more than 200, the state confirmed today. More…
Clean up after San Francisco pot fest cost taxpayers $10,000
Pot enthusiasts packed San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday for an unofficial celebration of marijuana, leaving behind a mess that cost more than $10,000 to clean up, a city parks spokeswoman said. More…
Professor: We Used ‘Too Much Force’ Capturing Boston Bombers
City University of New York Professor Ruth O’Brien complains in an op-ed that "too much force" had been used against Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed by the police. More…
How Congress Quietly Overhauled Its Insider-Trading Law
When Congress really wants to get something done, it can move blindingly fast. That’s what happened when Congress moved to undo large parts of a popular law known as the STOCK Act last week. A year ago, President Obama at a celebratory ceremony attended by a bipartisan cast of lawmakers. But on Monday, when the president signed a bill reversing big pieces of the law, the emailed announcement was . More…
Your Politicians at Work
When an unsolicited email arrives, most people hit delete and move on with their lives. Not Bart Cohn. The Wildwood, Mo., resident received a newsletter from Brian Nieves, a Republican member of the Missouri Senate with whom Cohn does not see eye to eye on the issues. And thus began a wackadoo exchange of insults between Cohn and Nieves. More…
Ricin scare rattles Washington
Government laboratories are testing samples of a suspicious substance found in letters at off-site White House and Senate mailrooms after preliminary test results pointing to the deadly poison ricin rattled Washington, authorities said Wednesday. More…
Teachers union suit: Florida’s merit-pay law violates U.S. Constitution
Florida’s teachers union Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging how the state ties teacher evaluations to student test scores. More…
Nevada buses 1,500 mentally ill patients out of state
Over the past five years, Nevada’s primary state psychiatric hospital has put more than 1,500 mentally ill patients on Greyhound buses and sent them to cities and towns across America. While they spent more than $200,000 putting patients on Greyhound buses, it is still cheaper since inpatient care runs about $500 per day per patient. More…
Man Gets 7 Years for Stealing Obama’s Teleprompter
A career criminal who stole a truck containing President Obama’s audio equipment was sentenced Thursday to seven years in federal prison. More…
Virginia Governor has some explaining to do over daughter’s wedding
Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell has said his daughter and her husband paid for their own wedding. So a $15,000 check from a major campaign donor was a gift to the bride and groom and not to him and therefore did not have to be publicly disclosed, the governor says. A subsequent refund check of more than $3,500 from the caterer went to McDonnell’s wife and not to his daughter, her husband or the donor. More…
Anthony Weiner considering running for NYC mayor
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year’s mayoral race, sources said yesterday. A second source said Weiner has been contacting former staffers to prepare for his re-entry into politics. More…
How to be a New Yorker: 11 tips for faking it
Thanks to Woody Allen, the world sees all New Yorkers as apartment-dwelling, self-obsessives who can’t drive. Among the things required to be a New Yorker, you must never look up at the skyline and never take a cab or rent a car. New York rental car drivers are gouged with a 19.875% special sales tax and New Yorkers are never stupid enough to pay it. More…
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