Stallone 'interested' in portraying Junior Gotti
The action film star asked about working on a film about the life, times and trials of John A. (Junior) Gotti, said Marc Fiore, CEO of Fiore Films. feeds.nydailynews.com |
Answers About World War II in New York, Part II
Taking Questions: Richard Goldstein, an author and historian of World War II, responds to a second batch of readers' inquiries about aspects of New York and the war. feeds.nytimes.com |
Book thrown at President Obama during Philadelphia rally
President Obama nearly got "booked" during a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, after someone in the crowd threw a paperback his way. feeds.nydailynews.com |
OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Paralysis of the State
David Brooks Op-Ed column holds that New Jersey Gov Chris Christie's canceling of rail tunnel to New York due to budget crisis is local issue that perfectly illuminates larger national problem; contends that over past few decades, state governments have become entwined in pension obligations with public sector unions that drain money from productive uses and direct it toward unproductive ones, leaving governments incapable of promoting future prosperity because they are strangling on their own ... query.nytimes.com |
Albany Awaits The Day When Money Runs Out
The state budget - or the lack of it - is as unpleasant a subject as the heat wave, and we had hoped that by now both issues would have been resolved. Unfortunately, the parties in Albany remain far apart. Today we are 98 days behind the legal deadline, which means the new state fiscal year, 2011, is now more than one-quarter over. During the Pataki era (1995-2006) a couple of budgets were not approved until August. But we were promised that when the governorship and both houses of the... nysun.com |