Holder: Pakistani Taliban guided Faisal Shahzad in failed Times Square car bomb attack * Idling BMW sparks bomb scare outside Museum of Natural History
"The press corps laughed it up in Washington while a bomb nearly exploded in Times Square."
Frank Rich NYT
“DESPITE the major environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf and the attempted terror attack on New York’s Times Square, President Obama spent his Saturday night laughing it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner,” griped Sean Hannity of Fox News last week. His complaint is not inaccurate. But it’s hardly the whole story. Also laughing it up at that dinner were many of the country’s television news potentates, including some of Hannity’s own colleagues. And unlike the president, they were caught napping on a night that could have been 9/11 redux.
One dinner attendee, Rachel Sklar, would later write on AOL News that, Michael Bloomberg aside, reports of the bomb “didn’t seem to interfere with anyone else’s evening.”
They Don’t Report. You Don’t Have to Decide (Rich NYT) * Vendors count blessings in Times Square after car-bombing attempt (DN) * US warns Pakistan over Times Square bomb attempt Times Online* Times Square Plot May Have Cost $7K (NYP * Holder: Terrorists behind Times Square bomb * Eric Holder: Miranda Rights Should Be Modified For Terrorism Suspects
Ferry Crash AgainFerry in deadly 2003 crash rams dock, 37 hurt * Dozens Injured in Staten Island Ferry Crash * Staten Island Ferry with hundreds onboard slams into dock * 60 Hurt as Staten Island Ferry Crashes Into Dock (NYT) * Dozens injured as same boat that collided with pier in 2003 hits dock again (NYP) * Ferry Boat Loses Power, Crashes Into S.I. Dock (NY1) * Barberi would be horrified by crashes: family(NYP)* City should expect pricey lawsuits after S.I. Ferry crash
Bloomberg Can See NY From From His Tropical GardenWhere's Bloomberg? First came the firefighters and the ambulances. Then came the Transportation Department honchos. Then came the politicians, all the way up to Gov. Paterson.Everyone rushed to Staten Island this morning to deal with the wreckage and the injuries from the latest ferry crash -- everyone, that is, except Mayor Bloomberg.* Blaming New York State's convenient but not the whole truth, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg well knows (DN) * ‘Hey, Governor!’ Paterson Rides the Ferry - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct Village Voice
Oil Spill Update 2010 – Oil Spill Dome Not Working
The Meaning of the Mess (Time Magazine)
Oil Spill Update 2010 – Oil Spill Dome Not Working
The Meaning of the Mess (Time Magazine)
Ravitch Gets Caught in the Albany Meat Grinder
New York’s No. 2, Stewing on the Sidelines
Joseph Bruno says state Senate better off with him * Next week's state budget extender bills -- now with added furloughs! * There Ought to Be a Bruno Law The case of Joseph Bruno, the former State Senate leader, is an example of why New York needs a tough reform law and more honest lawmakers. (NYT Ed)
Albany pols get roasted Legislative Correspondents Association
Bloomberg Cracks Silver UFT Power? Yesterday Bloomberg on Silver: Only adult' in Albany Today the mayor main political allies in Albany makes an unheard of move in the Assembly against the speaker to support a raise of the cap on charter schools. Is this revenge for killing the mayor's Westside Stadium and congestive pricing? Pols' school push Big names in Albany back charter-cap hike Influential Brooklyn Democratic leader and Assemblyman Vito Lopez is backing legislation to raise the cap on charter schools, giving the measure a boost in the Assembly.* Deputy Chancellor: Two-Thirds of City Teachers May Need Improvement Bloomberg escalates budget blame game with Paterson (DN) * Bloomberg, Cuomo Clash Over AG candidates (WSJ) * Charter school saved me from life of chaos (NYP)Athens and Albany Greece -- and in fact much of Europe, which is also way over-leveraged -- is delivering valuable lessons about what happens when politicians build their careers on promises of ever-expanding, and wholly unaffordable, entitlements and public-sector largesse. * Charter chair needed convincing
How Should the Layoffs Work? Mayor Bloomberg may have to lay off teachers based on seniority this year, but a performance-based system should be created for the next go-round (NYT Eed) * Mayor Will Try to Save Some Firehouses (WSJ) *Hundreds Rally in Queens Against FDNY Budget Cuts (WNBCTV)* Proposed Budget Could Shutter Many City Senior Centers (WSJ)
New York Economic Melt Down MTA Staff Cuts May Boost Transit Trash * The City’s Plan for a Separate Stormwater Charge (SWIM Coalition) * Rescue Plan for Catholic Schools * Search city employee salaries [.pdf]. SUNDAY UPDATE State's budget woes may close 55 parks for summer * Go short New York metro area homeowners are catching up with the rest of the country and rushing to short-sales of their underwater mortgages in an effort to avoid foreclosure. In the first quarter, an eye-popping 1,116 pre-foreclosure sales were (NYP) * State's budget woes may close parks for summer * MTA layoffs still planned despite court order * Anti-Smoking Fund Cut in N.Y., Smoking Rises (WINS) * A politically-connected West Harlem group is in disarray and hasn’t spent any of the $76 million intended to help community residents * Loophole Keeps MTA Layoffs On Track
Was Wall Street A Victim of Cyber Terrorism? After Google was hit by China last month anything is possible. NYSE, Nasdaq bicker over stock-market drop * Origin of Wall Street’s Plunge Continues to Elude Officials * Is Dow Nose Dive A Preview of What’s to Come? * Cyber-attack on U.S. firms, Google traced to Chinese - Washington ...* Cyber-terrorism a real and growing threat: FBI * Too big to flail: Wall Street needs to explain wild market swings * Plunge in US equities remains a mystery* Computer Trading Eyed in Stock Plunge * What's the Difference Between Wall Street and Las Vegas? One's in a Desert (WNBCTV) * Dow Jones Falls 5.7 Percent In A Week (NY1) * SEC said to probe stock market turmoil SUNDAY UPDATE NYSE, Nasdaq bicker over stock-market drop (NYP) * White House: No cyber attack on Wall Street...
How Should the Layoffs Work? Mayor Bloomberg may have to lay off teachers based on seniority this year, but a performance-based system should be created for the next go-round (NYT Eed) * Mayor Will Try to Save Some Firehouses (WSJ) *Hundreds Rally in Queens Against FDNY Budget Cuts (WNBCTV)* Proposed Budget Could Shutter Many City Senior Centers (WSJ)
Was Wall Street A Victim of Cyber Terrorism? After Google was hit by China last month anything is possible. NYSE, Nasdaq bicker over stock-market drop * Origin of Wall Street’s Plunge Continues to Elude Officials * Is Dow Nose Dive A Preview of What’s to Come? * Cyber-attack on U.S. firms, Google traced to Chinese - Washington ...* Cyber-terrorism a real and growing threat: FBI * Too big to flail: Wall Street needs to explain wild market swings * Plunge in US equities remains a mystery* Computer Trading Eyed in Stock Plunge * What's the Difference Between Wall Street and Las Vegas? One's in a Desert (WNBCTV) * Dow Jones Falls 5.7 Percent In A Week (NY1) * SEC said to probe stock market turmoil SUNDAY UPDATE NYSE, Nasdaq bicker over stock-market drop (NYP) * White House: No cyber attack on Wall Street...
Terrorism: 'Suspicion City'Times Square Reopened After 'Suspicious Package' Report * Cooler Causes Times Square Scare * Abandoned Packages Raise Alarm in City * NYPD: It's 'Suspicion City' For Time Being (WCBSTV) * Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani says a policy of "political correctness" has led to missed signals in recent terror investigations.
TerrorTube: Internet video has become a nest of jihadi propaganda * Pakistanis Questioned in Bomb Probe
Bombing Suspect’s Route to Citizenship Reveals Limitations
Customs officers busted car-bomb suspect at JFK
Bloomberg plans surveillance trip to London
Terrorism Lunch bag shuts down Times Square as jitters hit city * Agitated LI worker: 'I'll pull a Faisal on you' * Has the Big Apple Become the Big Eyeball? cameras everwhere * Qaeda guru set free at JFK in '02
Nutrisystem Drops Lawrence Taylor as SpokesmanLaw and Order 'Peet'rified by break-in (NYP) * Bloody Urban Landscapes In Chicago, more than 150 children have been shot this school year, and there has been too little national outcry against the violence (NYT Ed) * Lawrence Taylor didn't know teen was underage (DN) * Long Island teens nabbed in plot to bomb school, kill students and faculty * Deliberations Carry Into Next Week In Brooklyn Bias Trial (NY1) SUNDAY UPDATE Dead baby found at hotel raises questions about mother * 3 People Shot, 2 Teens Dead in Shooting in the Bronx
Facebook Joseph Mercurio Holtzman winning the AG slot is a second wave feminist dream that will not come to anything; her campaign will just take votes away from another woman for a guy, and might be designed to do just that.
Election 2010 Is Carrion Suited to be Lt. Governor?(Next American City)SNL Betty White
Critic's Notebook: Betty White goes not gently into that 'Saturday Night Live' *Betty White in the Mother of All ‘SNL’ Episodes
* Betty White + SNL = Ratings Bonanza
Willie Mays Plays Stick BallWhat happened to New York's storied street games?
Pension-suit payout Countrywide Financial Corp. and its auditor have agreed to pay $624 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors about its lending policies, officials said yesterday. * NY pension funds settle with Countrywide for $624M
Five New York House members spent more than $200,000 each on communicating with constituents, with Rep. Dan Maffei topping the list at $308,641.
Goldman Sachs to create a standards committee
Germany Torn Over Role in Europe * Greek Debt Woes Ripple Outward, From Asia to U.S.
Unclear Result in Britain Puts Focus on Electoral Rules * British political parties must negotiate to resolve an election
Tea Party Ousts GOP Senator: Utah's Bob Bennett Is Out
