Albany's Gambling
Pay to Play Payoff
Pay to Play Albany Slots Capping a flawed selection process, Gov. Paterson yesterday picked a business consortium tied to friend and former Democratic Rep. Floyd Flake to build a slot-machine casino at the Aqueduct Racecourse in Queens.Playing faves Gov pulls 'win' lever for friend
Lobbyist Payoff If you believe that Paterson's political consultant did not talk to the governor about his winning client Flakes' AIG you deserve to have Albany represent you. SL Green hired Bill Lynch as a $7,500-per-month lobbyist in November; Lynch is Paterson's political adviser. Lynch said the Paterson campaign paid him $10,000 last year but he has been working for free for months. He said he doesn't talk to the governor about Aqueduct * Lynch is Paterson's political adviser *** Piece of the Action Albany's racino racket * SL Green's hiring of Bill Lynch, one of Paterson's top political aides, as a lobbyist has only reinforced the sense that the final decision won't be on the merits.
Crime Pays in Albany Assembly sources said that's a "potential problem" for at least two smaller AEG investors, including Darryl Greene, an associate of Flake's firm and onetime business partner with Senate President Malcolm Smith (D-Queens). Greene was convicted in 1999 of stealing $500,000 from city agencies and private firms that paid him for affirmative-action hiring services. Silver, who was believed to have favored another of the bidders, insisted that four conditions be met, including a requirement that no investor associated with AEG could have a criminal record. Playing faves Gov pulls 'win' lever for friend
Smith's Happy Sampson makes the guy he replaced as leader of the senate Smith happy by delivering a jackpot to Malcolm's team Exclusive: Paterson gives 'racino' contract to AEG *** Lawmakers Agree On Aqueduct Lottery Machines Operator * In Casinos, New York Faces
Uncertain Returns***Queens cronies' horse power
Pay to Play Albany Pols pushed $$ into their do-nothing Qns. charity
Sunday's Top Stories China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy *** U.S. halts airlifts of Haiti patients, citing space AP*** Frank Rich: The State Of The Union Is Comatose *** Never Heard That BeforeThe two parties must work together to remove the pall of uncertainty the international community is feeling about our country’s political stability (Friedman NYT) *** How to Reform Our Financial System *** Ford, Gillibrand fight over who supported 9/11 trial move first*** Lisberg: Gov in a rush to begin drilling near reservoirs (Who is the lobbyist for the drillers?) *** Volcker: Let's Make Banks Safe *** Scott Brown Talks 2012, Sarah Palin With Barbara Walters Yes New Taxes Read comptroller's lips: Yes, new taxes! *** WATCH: 'SNL' Takes On The State Of The Union *** TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads *** Hopes for a new NASA moon mission fade *** Brown takes moderate approach (Wash Post) *** Heastie Impressed By Ford, Still With Gillibrand *** Ailes Defends Beck, Insists Fox No Longer At War With Obama On 'This Week' *** NYT: U.S. Starts To Push Back Against China In Growing Rift *** Haitians implore U.S.: 'take over' (Wash Post)
Dumbing Down the News The most guilty so called journalist who have destroyed journalist standards are the local TV reporters who every day read the newspaper headlines on the air and give its viewers in depth stories on how to give your dog a bath. Why then would the NYT miss the chance to expose this sham to build up the importance of their paper. Instead we get an long story on TV reporter Ernie Anastos who is know more for cursing out a chicken than any story he worked on during his 30 year in TV news show business. The Importance of Being Ernie True News has reported about the TV News dumming down before Shrinking Newspaper Coverage Means Less Real TV News More Sexy Reporters ***Local TV News Plays Us for Dummies: Ernie Anastos: "Keep f@#xing that chicken"
War on Affordable Housing While the pols have campaigned on saving affordable housing they have allowed Wall Investors to buy middle class apartment complexes with the help of pension funds and Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac to push low paying tenants out. At best the New York congressional delegation had to look the other way as Fanny and Freddie mission to preserve middle class housing where perverted. At worse the federal pols helped the developers get the federal housing funds for their speculative buys All Those Little Stuyvesant Towns *From True News Stuy Town & Peter Cooper Village Wall Street Hijacks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Stuy Town * Stuy-Town Residents Make Plea to Fannie And Freddie * If A Developer Can Walk Away From The Mother Of All Underwater Mortgages, Why Can't You?
How disconnected is the Senator from Brooklyn disconnected from the political machine in his boro? After Second Lunch, Lopez Smitten With Ford Gillys Cash Problem Hillary spent $41.4 million statewide to beat Lazio and she had no primary. Where does Gillibrand get the money Can Gillibrand raise enough cash? Times Union *** Cindy Adams On Harold Ford: He's Fabby! ***Ford to appear on 'The Colbert Report' *** Harold Hears a Who Protestor shows up at Ford meeting with Brooklyn Dem (WNBC) *** Ford, Gillibrand fight over who supported 9/11 trial move first
NYT Against New York's Tea Party It started grass roots with Planning Board 1, then to the China Town Planning Council and then the business community. The GOP Tea Party movement New York version. NYT Out of Touch Again If you want to understand why NYT is losing readership one only has to read today's column by Gail Collins about the trial being moved. A New York City rebellion started with the local planning board not the pols is described as an "us-first mood that’s settled over the country." Collins even connected it to the same impulse that caused Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska to decree that a historic overhaul of the country’s messed-up health care system was not going to happen unless his home state got a special exemption from sharing the costs. What about the business in lower Manhattan that would be shut down? How out of it Collins is can be seen by her comments about "Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sent a whiny letter to the White House saying a trial in Manhattan could “add to the threat.” Can you imagine is a man call Senator Feinstein whiny when she was doing her job protecting the nation from terrorism? Perhaps the title for the piece Another Inconvenient Truth is really an obit for the NYT * U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City *** White House likely to drop bid for NYC 9/11 trial as pressure grows *** Bay what? Guantanamo eyed for 9/11 trial *** Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan Washington PostMore NYT Trial Spin Sunday In New York, Mix of Emotions Over 9/11 Trial Move and follows it up with an editorial saying the trial should be held in Manhattan and criticized Obama for caving to public pressure. The Daily News writes Residents, biz owners relieved after 9/11 trial scrapped The NYT blamed the move on the GOP. Are they kidding how many republicans are there in lower Manhattan or on planning 1? The center of the opposition. Not the pols who are jamming the media today telling us how they moved the trial. As for Senator Feinstein who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned that holding the trial in New York “would only heighten media and public attention.” The NYT said "that one baffled us." Maybe the NYT should read the terrorist web site which have already said the because New York is controlled by the Jews Khalid Shaikh Mohammed would never get a fair trial here. It Happened in Our Backyard (NYT Ed) *** Chuck: Bar 9/11 trial from anywhere in NY The NYT seems to care more about the trial than the victims, no story or editorial on them. From the Daily News Wife of late 9/11 firefighter John McNamara 'heartbroken' over Obama's lack of support for plan *** Obama 'hopeful' on NYC terror trial
Sunday's Top Stories China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy *** U.S. halts airlifts of Haiti patients, citing space AP*** Frank Rich: The State Of The Union Is Comatose *** Never Heard That BeforeThe two parties must work together to remove the pall of uncertainty the international community is feeling about our country’s political stability (Friedman NYT) *** How to Reform Our Financial System *** Ford, Gillibrand fight over who supported 9/11 trial move first*** Lisberg: Gov in a rush to begin drilling near reservoirs (Who is the lobbyist for the drillers?) *** Volcker: Let's Make Banks Safe *** Scott Brown Talks 2012, Sarah Palin With Barbara Walters Yes New Taxes Read comptroller's lips: Yes, new taxes! *** WATCH: 'SNL' Takes On The State Of The Union *** TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads *** Hopes for a new NASA moon mission fade *** Brown takes moderate approach (Wash Post) *** Heastie Impressed By Ford, Still With Gillibrand *** Ailes Defends Beck, Insists Fox No Longer At War With Obama On 'This Week' *** NYT: U.S. Starts To Push Back Against China In Growing Rift *** Haitians implore U.S.: 'take over' (Wash Post)
Dumbing Down the News The most guilty so called journalist who have destroyed journalist standards are the local TV reporters who every day read the newspaper headlines on the air and give its viewers in depth stories on how to give your dog a bath. Why then would the NYT miss the chance to expose this sham to build up the importance of their paper. Instead we get an long story on TV reporter Ernie Anastos who is know more for cursing out a chicken than any story he worked on during his 30 year in TV news show business. The Importance of Being Ernie True News has reported about the TV News dumming down before Shrinking Newspaper Coverage Means Less Real TV News More Sexy Reporters ***Local TV News Plays Us for Dummies: Ernie Anastos: "Keep f@#xing that chicken"
War on Affordable Housing While the pols have campaigned on saving affordable housing they have allowed Wall Investors to buy middle class apartment complexes with the help of pension funds and Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac to push low paying tenants out. At best the New York congressional delegation had to look the other way as Fanny and Freddie mission to preserve middle class housing where perverted. At worse the federal pols helped the developers get the federal housing funds for their speculative buys All Those Little Stuyvesant Towns *From True News Stuy Town & Peter Cooper Village Wall Street Hijacks Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for Stuy Town * Stuy-Town Residents Make Plea to Fannie And Freddie * If A Developer Can Walk Away From The Mother Of All Underwater Mortgages, Why Can't You?
Against the Machine? Not How does Ford run anti machine if he has the biggest political in the city supporting him? Lone protester crashes Harold Ford's meeting in Brooklyn
How disconnected is the Senator from Brooklyn disconnected from the political machine in his boro? After Second Lunch, Lopez Smitten With Ford Gillys Cash Problem Hillary spent $41.4 million statewide to beat Lazio and she had no primary. Where does Gillibrand get the money Can Gillibrand raise enough cash? Times Union *** Cindy Adams On Harold Ford: He's Fabby! ***Ford to appear on 'The Colbert Report' *** Harold Hears a Who Protestor shows up at Ford meeting with Brooklyn Dem (WNBC) *** Ford, Gillibrand fight over who supported 9/11 trial move first
NYT Against New York's Tea Party It started grass roots with Planning Board 1, then to the China Town Planning Council and then the business community. The GOP Tea Party movement New York version. NYT Out of Touch Again If you want to understand why NYT is losing readership one only has to read today's column by Gail Collins about the trial being moved. A New York City rebellion started with the local planning board not the pols is described as an "us-first mood that’s settled over the country." Collins even connected it to the same impulse that caused Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska to decree that a historic overhaul of the country’s messed-up health care system was not going to happen unless his home state got a special exemption from sharing the costs. What about the business in lower Manhattan that would be shut down? How out of it Collins is can be seen by her comments about "Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, sent a whiny letter to the White House saying a trial in Manhattan could “add to the threat.” Can you imagine is a man call Senator Feinstein whiny when she was doing her job protecting the nation from terrorism? Perhaps the title for the piece Another Inconvenient Truth is really an obit for the NYT * U.S. Drops Plan for a 9/11 Trial in New York City *** White House likely to drop bid for NYC 9/11 trial as pressure grows *** Bay what? Guantanamo eyed for 9/11 trial *** Skyrocketing costs may have doomed NYC trial plan Washington PostMore NYT Trial Spin Sunday In New York, Mix of Emotions Over 9/11 Trial Move and follows it up with an editorial saying the trial should be held in Manhattan and criticized Obama for caving to public pressure. The Daily News writes Residents, biz owners relieved after 9/11 trial scrapped The NYT blamed the move on the GOP. Are they kidding how many republicans are there in lower Manhattan or on planning 1? The center of the opposition. Not the pols who are jamming the media today telling us how they moved the trial. As for Senator Feinstein who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned that holding the trial in New York “would only heighten media and public attention.” The NYT said "that one baffled us." Maybe the NYT should read the terrorist web site which have already said the because New York is controlled by the Jews Khalid Shaikh Mohammed would never get a fair trial here. It Happened in Our Backyard (NYT Ed) *** Chuck: Bar 9/11 trial from anywhere in NY The NYT seems to care more about the trial than the victims, no story or editorial on them. From the Daily News Wife of late 9/11 firefighter John McNamara 'heartbroken' over Obama's lack of support for plan *** Obama 'hopeful' on NYC terror trial
Entitlement that applies to no one else? Just days after warning Albany that proposed cuts in state aid to the city would force him to lay off 18,000 municipal employees, it was reported that Mayor Mike had created city payroll slots for 15 staffers of his re-election campaign. What about the city's 10.6% unemployment rate which seems not to effect anyone who worked in the Bloomberg campaign Mike’s bonehead hires (NYP Ed) *** Mike mystery money went to key elex aide *** Another Million-Plus Bloomy Bucks to Indy Party Pals
Unions Took Place Of Political Clubs *** A Queens teacher who collects a $100,000 salary for doing nothing spends time in a Department of Education "rubber room" working on his law practice and managing 12 real-estate properties worth an estimated $7.8 million, The Post found. School creep's detention haul
Waiting on Albany Mayor Plans Budget Cuts Caused by Less Revenue,
Uncertainty on State Aid (Henry Stern NY Civic)
Uncertainty on State Aid (Henry Stern NY Civic)
Gov of La Mancha Albany Shock for Gov. Paterson's mansion cop *** The editor of the Hamaspik Gazette on Paterson: "The media makes him look like a fool, and in real life he is anything but a fool." Paterson proposed to legalize "ultimate fighting" to create a new revenue stream for the cash-strapped state, it was rejected by a whopping 68% of New York voters in a new Marist poll *** Little Stimulus Funds Used for Transportation (Building Congress) *** Fixing Mistakes in the Ethics Bill (ReformNY)
Inside City Hall As City’s Charter Schools Expand, State Remains Deadlocked on Future Growth *** City Schools May Get Fewer A’s *City to change school report card grading** Silenced cabbies go sullen on cell muzzle *** Mike wants to stamp out fire alarm boxes Save City $2.5 Million *** A judge delayed the state's planned seizure of property in Brooklyn to make way for Atlantic Yards *** Stolen Cop Car Ends Up At LaGuardia *** Census Shenanigans in Canarsie *** Rising Eminent Domain in New York (Architect’s Newspaper via Planetizen) *** Using Trash to Rebuild the City (Inhabitat) *** ULURP Begins for Highline Preservation Above 30th St. (High Line Blog) *** New Report Examines Neighborhoods for .nyc (NYConvergence)
Election 2010 64% of the electorate think Cuomo is doing either an excellent or good job in office. And, just 7% believe Cuomo is performing poorly. Marist Poll *** Upstate Dems go for Andy
'KeySpan' is out at old ballgame *** Macklowe moves out of residential RE *** Usurious Tax Refund Loans Cost City $58 Million (Bronx News Network) *** Paterson Proposes Elimination of HEAP Weatherization Funding (PULP Blog)
Law and Order Jayson Williams robbed, $150Gs stolen ***Nutjob 'cops' an NYPD van *** Cop suspended after idle car with shotgun is stolen: cops
*** Saturday *** Rx robbers kill woman in getaway *** Feds on prowl in gem slay *** Kill cover-up: 'Out walking' *** Kelly: New 'brutality' vid doesn't tell story *** Cop chief quitting at 62 *** Man Infuriated By Overdraft Fee Jailed After Threatening To Rob Bank *** Abortion Foe Found Guilty in Doctor’s Killing *** Law Has Little Effect on Early Release for Inmates*** Stein believed assistant was stealing from her: witness *** Brooklyn mom denies involvement in case of missing son ***Blaze that killed 5 in Bensonhurst - including mom who tossed kids to safety - may have been arson *** Documentary film editor killed by CVS robbers' getaway car *** Brooklyn Apartment Fire Kills 5; Arson Suspected
More City News Five Die In Three-Alarm Brooklyn Fire
*** Saturday *** Terror Trial Likely to Leave New York City (WSJ) *** Plane grounded after passenger on no-fly list boards *** Terror trial won't happen in New York City, says official *** Search for 9/11 remains continues with sifting operation *** Put a chokehold on Iran: Time for sanctions to block Tehran's nuke ambitions (DN Ed) *** New Teams Created to Connect Dots of Terror Plots *** Get Terror Trials Out of Civilian Court - New York Daily News *** Bin Laden blasts US for climate change *** Continental: TSA Insisted On Diverting Plane *** Missteps in Response to Christmas Bomb Attempt - Detroit Free Press *** AP: Feds Offer $200 Million To Terror Trial's Hosting City
White House U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf *** The Caucus: Bush Stops By the White House *** Camus Fired UpFor a moment in time, at the Q. and A. with the president at the annual retreat of House Republicans, each side realized that the other had something to say (Dowd NYT) *** The State of the Union Is ComatoseThe dysfunctional Congress needs shock therapy, not a talking cure from a president with large legislative majorities and powerful strings to pull (Rich NYT) *** The Saturday Word: Budget Pivot *** Obama To Propose $3.8 Trillion 2011 Budget *** U.S. Deal With Taiwan Has China Retaliating *** Bam's budget proposal will help struggling states: report*** Obama joins sellout crowd to watch college hoops *** Tightwad Orszag Finds New Role*** Sunday Take: The theater in the meeting between Obama and House Republican Wash Post *** Obama's Strategy: Blame the Other Guys - Doyle McManus, LA Times *** Obama Can Get Past Early Missteps - Harold Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer *** Speed Up Job Creation - Philadelphia Inquirer *** All Aboard High Speed Politics - Washington Post *** Play-by-play man Bam calls the hoop shots *** We Get It, Mr. President, We Just Don't Like It - Ron Smith, Baltimore Sun *** Obama Won. Now Follow the Leader - Anna Quindlen, Newsweek *** The Muddled Selling of the President - Richard Stevenson, New York Times *** If Obama Can't Change DC, Can Anyone? - Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta JC *** Fiscal Fraud -- or Frugality? - Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
*** Saturday ***Obama Faces Off With G.O.P. in Lively Airing of Differences *** Obama, GOP exchange barbs, ideas in rare encounter *** Off Script, Obama and the G.O.P. Vent Politely *** Prez vs. GOP is a rip-roaring bout *** Bam carries ball to force 'true' college pigskin playoff *** President Obama slams obstructionist Republicans at GOP issues retreat *** Uncommon capital candor: An outbreak of rare straight talk from Washington *** Obama slams obstructionist Republicans at GOP issues retreat *** Obama Outlines Plan to Increase Employment ***U.S. Approval of Arms Sales to Taiwan Angers ChinaObama Acts to Ease Way to Construct Reactors *** Clinton Warns China on Iran Sanctions *** Is Barack Obama Becoming A New Jimmy Carter? *** Obama's Message Not Getting Through - Charles Blow, New York Times *** White House Forced to Review 9/11 Trials - Harvey Morris, Financial Times *** Obama's Speech Misread the National Mood - San Diego Union-Tribune *** Legacy Obama Inherited from Bush Too Quickly Forgotten - The Guardian *** Obama: Deficit Threatens Recovery *** Obama Tackles Football *** Hard slog for SOTU proposals *** Obama: Cutting deficit as important as job growth
Congress G.O.P. Facing Opportunities and Obstacles *G.O.P. Hits Its Stride, but Faces Rifts Over Ideology** Obama Budget Freezes Much *** No Jobs, No RecoveryThe Senate should pass a jobs bill that combines tax credits for hiring and incentives for small-business lending with sound features from the House and Senate versions (NYT Ed) *** High Jinks to Handcuffs for Landrieu Provocateur *** Voters Seem to Like Campbell’s Switch
*** Saturday *** Domestic SpendingJudicial Watch Uncovers New Documents Detailing Pelosi's Use of Air Force Aircraft *** Activist Offers Justification for Tampering in Senate Office *** Scott Brown: 'People Aren't Stupid' - John Fund, Wall Street Journal *** Understanding Massachusetts - Jonathan Schell, The Nation *** Health care moves to back burner *** Rep. paid big bucks for legal defense *** Retiring Democratic Senator Says Obama Erred By Tackling Health Care First *** Little Progress Seen Against Health Insurance Fraud - USA Today
Political Parties Tyranny of the Majorities (NYT Magazine) ***Can Palin Raise Enough to Win 2012? *** Stop Trying to Reason With GOP and Fight - Bob Kuttner, Boston Globe *** Getting Ready to Battle Over Ads - David Broder, Washington Post *** 2010 Elections: Taking the Fifth - Richmond Times-Dispatch ***GOP to Tie Obama to Democratic Candidates - Jonathan Martin, Politico
*** Saturday *** G.O.P. Waters Down 'Purity Test' for Its Candidates *** Antigovernment Movement a Lasting Force? - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek *** Centrist-Liberal Split Divides Dems - Matthew Dallek, The Daily Beast *** Possible Epic Party Disaster for Democrats - Michael Barone, DC Examiner *** The Court and Campaign Finance - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
Wall Street Toyota to Issue a Fix for Recalled Cars *** Calling Buffett on apparent flip-flip
*** Saturday *** Economy Grew at Vigorous Pace in Last Quarter ***Barclays Seeks Dismissal of Lehman Estate Suit *** Union Greed Has Dismembered Michigan - Nolan Finley, Washington Times *** CEOs to testify on 'Volcker rule' *** Toyota Didn’t Install Brake Override Systems Despite Complaints - Wash. Post *** Regulators Shut Down Banks In 5 States
International Haiti Is Again a Canvas for Approaches to Aid *** Orphaned, Raped and IgnoredThe civil war in eastern Congo has claimed at least 30 times as many lives as the Haiti earthquake, yet no humanitarian crisis generates so little attention (Kristof NYT) *** Argentina Prez Pushes 'Sexy' Pork
*** Saturday *** Cost Dispute Halts Airlift of Injured Haiti Quake Victims *** China Suspends Military Exchanges With U.S. *** Iran, After the Deadlineince Iran has failed to stop enriching ranium, it is time for President Obama and other leaders to ratchet up the pressure with tougher sanctions (NYT Ed) *** China’s Zeal for ‘Avatar’ Crowds Out ‘Confucius’ *** North Korea Holding Second American *** China retaliates over US arms sales to Taiwan The Guardian
National Mass. AG Finds Clout of Hospitals Drives Costs - Boston Globe *** U.S. Agrees to Repay Military Veterans in Debt Dispute - Wall Steet Journal ($)*** Watchdog: Texas Gov’s Job Creation Figures Are Exaggerated - Star-Telegram
Environment U.S. Government Plans to Reduce Its Energy Use *** Massachusetts Sets Ambitious Energy Standards *** Copenhagen's Moment of Truth - Jonathan Lash, Los Angeles Times *** NYS to Close One of NYC's Dirtiest Power Plants *** EPA Probes Its Actions in Town with Toxic-Waste Dump - Los Angeles Times *** More UN Climate Panel Claims Questioned - Richard Gray, Telegraph
Media and New Tech TV's Jersey 'sure' to hit LI Hamptons *** Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism *** Candy Crowley Gets CNN Sunday Morning Show
*** Saturday *** Google Exec: iPad Won't Save Newspapers *** How To Report The News': British Journalist Savages TV Coverage *** WATCH Jimmy Kimmel: 'Tattle-Tale' Jay Leno Actually 'Sucker-Punched' Me! *** Gay Dating Site Ad REJECTED By CBS For Super Bowl Run *** NBC Expects 200 Million Viewers to Watch Olympics... *** Jersey Shore Gets Second Season *** Apple iPad Challenges Google's Chrome Cloud Computing Designs *** Report: Critical Infrastructures Under Constant Cyberattack Globally - Wired *** Could 'Catcher in the Rye' finally make it to the big screen? Salinger letter suggests yes *** Matt Taibbi Accuses David Brooks Of 'Racist Elitism' *** Politico Distorts Obama's Q&A Message, Proves His Point About The Media
*** Saturday *** Edwards' mistress sues to get her sex tape back *** Stay, rover, stay! *** Salinger’s Last Known Manhattan Home *** LISTEN: Duped Elizabeth Edwards Goes Off On Former Staffer, Calls Hunter 'Concubine' *** Loverboy Eliot lacks mojo: gals *** Heavy male politicians come out big in new study *** Edwards mistress goes to court seeking return of 'private' tape *** The Salinger Effect: How He Won the World Over - John Wenke, Forbes ***Hathaway Receives Hasty Pudding Award ***PETA goes overboard with robotic groundhog, columnist says ***Dave Matthews Responds To John Edwards Wedding Connection ***JD Salinger, and His Way, Are Dead ***Actor 'Rip' Torn, 78, Charged With Breaking Into A Bank While Carrying Loaded Gun, Drunk
