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    20080805
    MONEY News. $ News. CORPORATION News.
    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainOILMAN News. OIL News. Oil Drilling News.OilPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.Politics2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNY News: NEW YORK News.NY
    "Did New York couple give $61,600 to McCain, GOP?" ... "Alice Rocchio is an office manager at the New York headquarters of the Hess Corp. [Corporation], drives a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and lives in an apartment in Queens, N.Y. [New York], with her husband, Pasquale, an Amtrak foreman." ... "Despite what appears to be a middle-class lifestyle, the couple has written $61,600 in checks to John McCain's presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, most of it within days of McCain's decision to endorse offshore oil drilling." ... "At a June fundraiser, the Rocchios joined top executives at Hess Corp. — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Hess, his wife, Susan, his mother, Norma Hess, and six other officials in giving a total of $313,500 to a joint McCain-RNC [Republican National Committee] fundraising committee, Federal Election Commission records show." ... "The donations, first traced by Campaign Money Watch last week, were part of $1.2 million in oil industry contributions to McCain's Victory '08 Committee, 73 percent coming after McCain reversed his long-held opposition to offshore oil drilling." -ByGreg Gordon -McClatchyDC.com 
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    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainOILMAN News. OIL News. Oil Drilling News.OilMONEY News. COMPANY News. INVESTOR News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.Politics2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNEW YORK News.New YorkTEXAS News.TexasOCEAN News. WATER News.OceanENVIRONMENT News.Environment
    "Oilman greases skids for McCain campaign: Among the donors from John B. Hess' company are an office manager and her husband, who pony up $57,000." ... "On June 10, John B. Hess, a top executive at the oil company with his family name, summoned friends to the 21 Club, a former speakeasy in Manhattan [New York], and delivered $285,000 to [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain and the Republican National Committee." ... "A week later, McCain traveled to Texas and announced his support for offshore oil drilling." ... "Hess Corp. is an East Coast gasoline retailer with major refining and exploration operations, some of which happen to be offshore in the Gulf of Mexico." ... "Hess was one of half a dozen hosts who tapped friends for the maximum $28,500 donation to the GOP. Others included investor Henry Kravis and hedge fund mogul Paul E. Singer." -By Dan Morain -LAtimes
    20080804
    HISTORY News.
    US DEBT News. DEFICIT News.US_DebtGOVERNMENT News. FEDERAL News.GovernmentMONEY News. MARKETS News. FINANCING News.MoneyCOUNTRYWIDE News. Countrywide Financial Corporation News. Countrywide Financial Corp News.Countrywide Financial CorporationRESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE News.Real EstateNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaNEW YORK News.New YorkUS AMERICAN NewsUSUNITED KINGDOM NewsUnited Kingdom
    "Fewest Treasury Traders Since 1960 Hit Taxpayers (Update4)." ... "For the first time since 1960, when it created the network of securities firms obligated to buy and sell Treasury bonds, the U.S. government has the fewest bond traders making markets in its debt and a bigger burden for American taxpayers financing record federal deficits." ... "The number of so-called primary government securities dealers declined to 19 last month when Bank of America Corp., based in Charlotte, North Carolina, acquired the troubled Countrywide Financial Corp. The sale was the climax of dozens of bank failures, triggered by the biggest decline in residential real estate since the Great Depression and the seizing up of credit markets from New York to London [United Kingdom's capital]. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the agent of the U.S. Treasury, plans to shrink the dealers again when JPMorgan Chase & Co. completes its takeover of Bear Stearns Cos." ... "The paucity of primary dealers coincides with the largest borrowing requirement in American history and the acknowledgment by the administration of [Republican] President George W. Bush that the U.S. will finance a budget deficit totaling a record $482 billion next year. When the dealer system began 48 years ago with 18 firms, the U.S. had a $300 million surplus. The group has shrunk from a peak of 46 in 1988. " -By Sandra Hernandez -Bloomberg
    20080729
    MONEY News.
    HOME News.HomesNEVADA News.NevadaFLORIDA News.FloridaPHOENIX News. PHOENIX ARIZONA News.PhoenixARIZONA News.ArizonaLOS ANGELES News. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA News.Los AngelesSAN DIEGO News. SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA News.San DiegoSAN FRANCISCO News. SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA News.San FranciscoCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaFLORIDA News.FloridaMICHIGAN News.MichiganMINNESOTA News.MinnesotaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisOHIO News.OhioGEORGIA News.GeorgiaNEW YORK News.New YorkSEATTLE News. SEATTLE WASHINGTON News.SeattleWASHINGTON News: WASHINGTON State News.WashingtonMASSACHUSETTS News.MassachusettsPORTLAND News. PORTLAND OREGON News.PortlandOREGON News.OregonCOLORADO News.ColoradoTEXAS News.TexasNORTH CAROLINA News.North Carolina
    "Home prices down 15.8% in past year, S&P says: Seven of 20 cities tally monthly price gains in May, Case-Shiller data show." ... "Prices in 10 cities fell 16.9% in the past year." ... "Prices thus are at the same levels as they were in the summer of 2004, which means four years of appreciation have been effectively wiped out. Prices are down 18.4% from peak levels seen two years ago." ... "Here's a list of the 20 cities in the Case-Shiller index with the annual decline through May: Las Vegas [Nevada], down 28.4%; Miami [Florida], down 28.3%; Phoenix [Arizona], down 26.5%; Los Angeles [California], down 24.5%; San Diego [California], down 23.2%; San Francisco [California], down 22.9%; Tampa [Florida], down 20.2%; Detroit [Michigan], down 17.4%; Washington [DC], down 15.4%; Minneapolis [Minnesota], down 14.8%; Chicago [Illinois], down 9.4%; Cleveland [Ohio], down 8%; Atlanta [Georgia], and New York [City, New York], both down 7.9%; Seattle [Washington], down 6.3%; Boston [Massachusetts], down 6.2%; Portland [Oregon], down 5.2%; Denver [Colorado], down 4.8%; Dallas [Texas], down 3.1%; and Charlotte, N.C. [North Carolina], down 0.2%." -By Rex Nutting -MarketWatch
    20080718
    LEGAL News.
    HILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonWOMEN'S News.Women'sMEDICAL News.MedicalSCIENCE News.ScienceABORTION News.AbortionLANGUAGE News. LANGUAGE DEFINITION News.LanguagePOLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsFAMILY News.FamilyFEDERAL News.FederalMONEY News.MoneyNEW YORK News.New York
    "Clinton vows to fight "insulting" abortion plan." ... "A [Republican President] Bush administration plan to define several widely used contraception methods as abortion is a "gratuitous, unnecessary insult" to women and faces tough opposition, [New York Democratic Senator] Sen. Hillary Clinton said on Friday." ... "The former Democratic presidential candidate joined family planning groups to condemn the proposal that defines abortion to include contraception such as birth control pills and intrauterine devices." ... "It would cut off federal funds to hospitals and states where medical providers are obligated to offer legal abortion and contraception to women." ... ""We will not put up with this radical, ideological agenda to turn the clock back on women's rights," the New York senator told a joint news conference with New York [Democratic Representative] Rep. Nita Lowey, also a Democrat, at Bellevue Hospital." ... ""Women would watch their contraceptive coverage disappear overnight," said Clinton." (1, 2) -By Michelle Nichols with contributions by Ellen Wulfhorst and Eric Beech -Reuters
    20080612
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    JOHN SWEENEY News. New York Republican John E Sweeney NewsJohn E SweeneyJACK ABRAMOFF News. CONVICTED CRIMINAL REPUBLICAN LOBBYIST JACK ABRAMOFF News.Jack AbramoffCRIMINAL News.CriminalMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsJOBS News. WORK News.JobsNEW YORK News.New YorkFEDERAL News.FederalLAW News.Law
    "Job for funding at issue: Work record of Gayle Sweeney [former wife of former New York Republican Representative John Sweeney] scrutinized as FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] probes congressional spouses getting work." ... "Federal investigators, several wearing Glock pistols, asked question after question about Gayle Sweeney's work habits in interviews with current and former employees of [Republican lobbyist] William D. Powers' lobbying firm, sources close to the investigation said Wednesday." ... "The FBI seized documents, computers and BlackBerries in a roughly six-hour occupation of Powers & Co.'s Albany office on Friday and questioned Powers, at least one of his sons and others who work for the influential lobbying firm, according to the informed sources." ... "Central to the inquiry is whether Powers and former Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, were involved in an improper quid pro quo arrangement in which Sweeney steered federal funds to Powers' lobbying clients and Powers set up a make-believe job for Gayle Sweeney, the congressman's wife at the time." ... "They are are now divorced." ... "Powers, of Chatham, is the former head of the New York Republican Party." ... "[Sweeney's lawyer E. Stewart Jones Jr.] Jones said he doubts the investigation is a remnant from the probe of former Washington [Republican] lobbyist Jack Abramoff." ... "But a person involved in the case, said the investigation is tied to the FBI's probes into congressional spouses getting jobs, an offshoot to the Abramoff bribery case." ... "Gayle Sweeney's work history did not include politics or directing donation drives, but her husband hired her as a fundraising consultant for his campaign. The job paid her consulting company a commission and it received at least $42,000, according to Sweeney's campaign records." ... "A person close to the investigation said the consulting arrangement, first reported in the Times Union, is the root of the current investigation." ... "Critics have questioned whether Sweeney was converting campaign cash for personal use." (1, 2) -By James M. Odato -TimesUnion.com
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    JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainRICK DAVIS News. Republican Lobbyist Richard H ''Rick'' Davis News. John McCain Campaign Manager Richard Davis News.Rick DavisPAUL MANAFORT News. Republican Lobbyist Paul J Manafort Jr News.Paul J Manafort JrFOREIGN News.ForeignMONEY News. BUSINESS News. LOBBYIST News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansRUSSIA News.RussiaUKRAINE NewsUkraineMILITARY News.MilitaryINTELLIGENCE News.IntelligenceLEGISLATION News. LAW News. Department of Justice News.LegislationHISTORY News.HistoryGERMANY News.GermanyUS AMERICAN NewsUSNEW YORK News.New York2008 ELECTION News2008 Election
    "Lawmakers Seek to Close Foreign Lobbyist Loopholes." ... "Loopholes that lobbyists for foreign clients sometimes use to keep their activities under wraps would be closed under legislation that two Democratic senators are expected to offer on Thursday." ... "“The idea you could lobby an American citizen and that it would not be disclosed is really very troubling,” [New York Democratic Senator Charles] Mr. Schumer said in a telephone interview." ... "The issue of foreign lobbying has flared up in the current presidential campaign because of past dealings abroad by several former lobbyists working for Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee." ... "For instance, a lobbying firm owned by Rick Davis, the McCain campaign manager, has worked in recent years for a Ukraine politician, Viktor Yanukovich. Both Mr. McCain and the [Republican President] Bush administration supported the opponent of Mr. Yanukovich, who had close ties to Vladimir V. Putin, then the president of Russia and now prime minister." ... "During this time, however, Mr. Davis’s firm, Davis Manafort, never registered as a lobbyist for Mr. Yanukovich even though Paul Manafort, Mr. Davis’s business partner, had met with the United States ambassador in Kiev [Ukraine's capital] on Mr. Yanukovich’s behalf." ... "In a related development, Mr. McCain may have first become aware of Davis Manafort’s activities in Ukraine as far back as 2005. At that time, a staff member at the National Security Council called Mr. McCain’s Senate office to complain that Mr. Davis’s lobbying firm was undercutting American foreign policy in Ukraine, said a person with direct knowledge of the phone call who spoke on condition of anonymity." ... "Such a call might mean that Mr. McCain has been long aware of Mr. Davis’s foreign clients." ... "The current law governing foreign lobbying, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, requires those representing a foreign government or foreign officials in the United States to inform the Department of Justice. The act does not cover meetings abroad with United States officials." ... "The law was enacted in the late 1930s in an effort to flush out Nazi propagandists working in the United States. As a result, several experts have said, the law is outdated and fails to reflect the current global nature of lobbying. " -By Barry Meier -NYTimes
    20080611
    LAW News. Justice Department News. Attorneys News.
    JOHN SWEENEY News. New York Republican John E Sweeney NewsJohn E SweeneyCRIMINAL News.CriminalMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsNEW YORK News.New YorkFEDERAL News.Federal
    "Sweeney connections to lobbyist examined: Relationship is part of federal criminal probe related to earmarks." ... "A federal criminal investigation is focusing on the relationship of lobbyist [Republican] William D. Powers and former U.S. [United States New York Republican Representative] Rep. John E. Sweeney in connection with a series of federal grants that were steered to Powers' clients, according to several people familiar with the probe." ... "The probe is being overseen by the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section in Washington, D.C." ... "Several people familiar with the case said it is centered on a period when Powers' clients received the earmarks while Sweeney's then-wife, Gayle, was working for Powers' Albany-based lobbying firm." ... "Armed with a search warrant, federal attorneys and FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] agents from Albany [New York's capital] and Washington appeared at Powers & Co.'s 90 State St. office building on Friday. They confiscated files and interviewed employees who were encouraged to remain in the office during the search." ... "Powers, 66, of Chatham, has been a lobbyist since he stepped down as state GOP chairman in 2001 after holding the position for 11 years." ... "Sweeney's wife has also been in the news for running a consulting company that received tens of thousands of dollars from Sweeney's campaign." (1, 2) -By Brendan J. Lyons and James M. Odato -TimesUnion.com
    20080608
    POLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.
    BARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaJOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainHILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary Clinton2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNORTH CAROLINA News.North CarolinaMISSOURI News.MissouriMONTANA News.MontanaVIRGINIA News.VirginiaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisARIZONA News.ArizonaNEW YORK News.New YorkECONOMY News.EconomyHISTORY News.HistoryGASOLINE News. GASOLINE PRICES News.GasolineUNEMPLOYMENT News.Unemployment
    "Obama Maps a Nationwide Push in G.O.P. Strongholds." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama’s general election plan calls for broadening the electoral map by challenging [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona] Senator John McCain in typically Republican states — from North Carolina to Missouri to Montana — as Mr. Obama seeks to take advantage of voter turnout operations built in nearly 50 states in the long Democratic nomination battle, aides said." ... "On Monday, Mr. Obama will travel to North Carolina — a state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in 32 years — to start a two-week tour of speeches, town hall forums and other appearances intended to highlight differences with Mr. McCain on the economy. From there, he heads to Missouri, which last voted for a Democrat in 1996. His first campaign swing after securing the Democratic presidential nomination last week was to Virginia, which last voted Democratic in 1964." ... "With [New York] Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now having formally bowed out of the race and thrown her backing to him, Mr. Obama wants to define the faltering economy as the paramount issue facing the country, a task probably made easier by ever-rising gasoline prices and the sharp rise in unemployment the government reported on Friday." (1, 2) -By Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny with contributions by Jim Rutenberg -NYTimes
    20080607
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    HILLARY CLINTON News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton News.Hillary ClintonBARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack ObamaNEW YORK News.New YorkILLINOIS NewsIllinois2008 ELECTION News2008 Election
    "Clinton endorses Obama, calls for party unity." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Clinton formally ended her presidential campaign Saturday, saying to a packed house of thousands of supporters, "I will continue to stand strong with you every time, every place and every way that I can."" ... "She urged the cheering crowd to support [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Senator from] Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, in his bid for the White House, saying she and supporters should "take our energy, our passion and our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama ... I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."" ... "Shortly after the speech, Obama released a statement praising Clinton's presidential run." ... ""Obviously, I am thrilled and honored to have Sen. Clinton's support. But more than that, I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run. She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now know that there are no limits to their dreams. And she inspired millions with her strength, courage and unyielding commitment to the cause of working Americans."" ... "Clinton has battled Obama in a primary season that stretched over nearly 18 months and 57 contests, culminating in Obama's winning the 2,118 delegates needed to clinch the party's nomination Tuesday." -Contribution to by Mark Preston, Sasha Johnson, Candy Crowley, Scott J. Anderson and Ed Hornick -CNN
    20080603
    OPINION News.
    ABORTION News. Abortionist News.AbortionLAW News. Illegal News.LawHISTORY News.HistoryPOLITICS News.PoliticsWOMEN'S News.Women'sHEALTH News.HealthSCIENCE News.ScienceNEW YORK News.New York
    "Repairing the Damage, Before Roe." ... "I am a retired gynecologist, in my mid-80s. My early formal training in my specialty was spent in New York City [New York], from 1948 to 1953, in two of the city’s large municipal hospitals." ... "There I saw and treated almost every complication of illegal abortion that one could conjure, done either by the patient herself or by an abortionist — often unknowing, unskilled and probably uncaring. Yet the patient never told us who did the work, or where and under what conditions it was performed. She was in dire need of our help to complete the process or, as frequently was the case, to correct what damage might have been done." ... "The patient also did not explain why she had attempted the abortion, and we did not ask. This was a decision she made for herself, and the reasons were hers alone. Yet this much was clear: The woman had put herself at total risk, and literally did not know whether she would live or die." ... "This, too, was clear: Her desperate need to terminate a pregnancy was the driving force behind the selection of any method available." ... "The familiar symbol of illegal abortion is the infamous “coat hanger” — which may be the symbol, but is in no way a myth. In my years in New York, several women arrived with a hanger still in place. Whoever put it in — perhaps the patient herself — found it trapped in the cervix and could not remove it. " -By Waldo L. Fielding, M.D. [Doctor of Medicine] -NYTimes
    POLITICS News. POLITICIAN News.
    HILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonJOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainBARACK OBAMA News.Barack Obama -2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionNEW YORK News.New YorkARIZONA News.ArizonaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisNEVADA News.NevadaCALIFORNIA News.California - "Pelosi, Reid, Dean Go Public: Democrats Need To Endorse." ... "In the absence of a concession speech from [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York Senator] Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night, top figures in the Democratic Party went public, urging all uncommitted officials to declare their presidential affiliations." ... "[Nevada Democratic Senator and] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, [California Democratic Representative and] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, DNC Chairman Howard Dean, and an official with the Democratic Governors Association released a public statement on Wednesday morning requesting that the party close its ranks and prepare for the race against [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain." ... "The move, which had been anticipated but seemed unnecessary following [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator Barack] Obama's clinching of the nomination on Tuesday night, is an indication that few figures beyond Clinton's utmost loyalists are willing to stomach a prolonged vacation period for the New York Democrat to make up her mind." -By Sam Stein -HuffingtonPost.com
    20080602
    OPINION News.
    JOHN HAGEE News. Republican Televangelist Politician John C Hagee News.John HageeJOHN MCCAIN News. 2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John Sidney McCain III News.John McCainJOSEPH LIEBERMAN News. Connecticut Politician Joseph Isadore ''Joe'' Lieberman News.Joseph Lieberman -RACIST News.RacistHOMOSEXUAL News.HomosexualRELIGIOUS News.ReligiousMILITARY News.MilitaryPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsARIZONA News.ArizonaCONNECTICUT News.ConnecticutNEW YORK News.New YorkINDIANA News.IndianaHISTORY News.HistoryGERMANY News.GermanyISRAEL News.Israel -IRAQ News.IraqUS AMERICAN NewsUS2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Pastor Hagee: The Antichrist Is Gay, "Partially Jewish, As Was Adolph Hitler" (Paging Joe Lieberman!)." ... "On March 16, 2003, on the eve of the United States' invasion of Iraq, [Republican Televangelist] Pastor John Hagee took to the pulpit to warn of the coming Antichrist. In his sermon, "The Final Dictator," Hagee described the Antichrist as a seductive figure with "fierce features." He will be "a blasphemer and a homosexual," the pastor announced. Then, Hagee boomed, "There's a phrase in Scripture used solely to identify the Jewish people. It suggests that this man [the Antichrist] is at least going to be partially Jewish, as was Adolph Hitler, as was Karl Marx."" ... "This "fierce" gay Jew, according to Hagee, would "slaughter one-third of the Earth's population" and "make Adolph Hitler look like a choirboy."" ... "Exposed here for the first time, Hagee's comments identifying the Antichrist as a partly Jewish homosexual arrive in the wake of a furor the pastor provoked by describing the Holocaust as an act of God. Hagee's chilling sermon about the Holocaust prompted [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain to reject the preacher's support, an unexpected turnabout after McCain spent over a year soliciting his endorsement." ... "Days after McCain's rejection, I reported that a key McCain ally, [Connecticut Independent Senator] Sen. Joseph Lieberman, planned to deliver the keynote speech at Hagee's upcoming Christians United For Israel (CUFI) summit. As the story exploded into the mainstream press, pressure mounted on Lieberman to withdraw." ... "[New York Democratic Representative Eliot] Engel is slated to speak on CUFI's "Middle East Briefing" panel this July. He will be joined on the panel by Republican [Indiana Representative] Rep. Mike Pence, Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist [and Fox contributor] Bill Kristol, and Christian right activist Gary Bauer." -By Max Blumenthal -HuffingtonPost.com
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    WATCH - if you have the Macromedia Flash media player installed.WATCH McCAIN endorser John HAGEE relate a story of how Florida Jews "mysteriously" voted for Republican George W Bush and subsequently explain, "And I believe it is because that this nation is doing what God intended us to do from the day that Christopher Columbus discovered this nation.".
    20080519
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  • VITO FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito FossellaMONEY News.MoneyPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.PoliticsGOVERNMENT News.GovernmentNEW YORK News.New YorkVIRGINIA News.Virginia - "Ethics complaint filed against NY Rep. Fossella." ... "A watchdog group asked lawmakers Monday to investigate whether New York [Republican Representative] Rep. Vito Fossella used government resources to conduct an extramarital affair." ... "The Staten Island [New York City, New York burrough] Republican has been under fire since his drunken-driving arrest at the beginning of the month led to revelations of an affair that produced a daughter. The 43-year-old congressman also has three children with his wife." ... "He faces five days in a Virginia jail if convicted of the drunken-driving charge." -By Devlin Barrett -AP via -Newsday.com
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  • VITO FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito FossellaPOLITICIANS News. POLITICS News.PoliticiansFAMILY News. FATHERING News. MARITAL News.FamilyVIRGINIA News.VirginiaLAWYER News. LAW News.LawNEW YORK News.New York2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Signs Fossella May Run Again Unnerve G.O.P.." ... "All signs indicate that [New York Republican Representative Vito] Mr. Fossella, a Republican who was arrested in Virginia on May 1 on a drunken driving charge and then admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock, is leaning toward running for a sixth term in November [2008 Election]." ... "Mr. Fossella, the only New York City [New York] Republican in Congress, represents a district that includes [New York City, New York burroughs] Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn. It is the most conservative-leaning district in the city. And he has portrayed himself during his years in politics as a Republican moderate who exemplified traditional family values." ... "As a result, many politicians on Staten Island initially expected that he would resign shortly after the revelations of an extramarital affair and a daughter born from that relationship — or at least not run again." ... "Stephen A. Harrison, a Brooklyn lawyer who was Mr. Fossella’s Democratic opponent in 2006 and hopes to challenge him again this year [2008 Election], has stopped short of calling for Mr. Fossella to resign or step down after his present term. In a statement, Mr. Harrison said, “If he decides to run, the people will decide in November if his recent behavior and revelations should disqualify him from continuing in office.”" -By Jonathan P. Hicks -NYTimes
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  • BARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaHILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonNEW YORK News.New YorkSOUTH DAKOTA News.South DakotaILLINOIS NewsIllinoisNEVADA News.NevadaCALIFORNIA News.CaliforniaUS AMERICAN News.USISRAEL News. ISRAELI News.IsraelIRAN News.IranSYRIA News.SyriaMILITARY News.MilitaryTERRORISM News.TerrorismPOLITICAL News. POLITICIAN News.PoliticsHISTORY News.History2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Bush Assails ‘Appeasement,’ Touching Off Storm." ... "[Republican] President Bush used a speech to the Israeli Parliament on Thursday to liken those who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to appeasers of the Nazis — a remark widely interpreted as a rebuke to [2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and Illinois] Senator Barack Obama, who has advocated greater engagement with countries like Iran and Syria." ... "The comments created an angry tussle back home, as Democrats accused Mr. Bush of breaching protocol by playing partisan politics overseas." ... "Mr. Obama delivered a quick and pointed response, saying in an e-mail statement to reporters that he had no intention of dealing with terrorists and accusing Mr. Bush of using his visit, timed for the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence, to “launch a false political attack.”" ... "On Thursday, other Democrats leapt to the Illinois senator’s defense. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, called Mr. Bush’s remarks “reckless and irresponsible.” Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said Mr. Bush had behaved in a manner “beneath the dignity of the office of president.” Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic caucus, accused Mr. Bush of violating the unwritten rule against playing politics overseas." ... "[2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate and New York] Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mr. Obama’s rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, joined him in taking issue with Mr. Bush. Weighing in from South Dakota, Mrs. Clinton said: “President Bush’s comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is offensive and outrageous, especially in the light of his failures in foreign policy. This is the kind of statement that has no place in any presidential address.”" -By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg -NYTimes 
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    WATCH Pelosi's comment on Bush's criticism of Democrats while in Israel, "What the President did in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of the President and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel. And I would hope that any serious person would disassociate themselves from the President's remarks who aspires to leadership in our country."
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  • JOHN MCCAIN News.John McCainHILLARY CLINTON News.Hillary ClintonBARACK OBAMA News.Barack ObamaUS AMERICAN News.USIRAQ News.IraqAFGHANISTAN News.AfghanistanMILITARY News.MilitaryPEOPLE News.PeopleMONEY News.MoneyLEGISLATION News. LAW News.LegislationPOLITICIAN News. POLITICS News.Politics2008 ELECTION News2008 ElectionARIZ News: ARIZONA News.ArizILL News: ILLINOIS News.IllNY News: NEW YORK News.NY - "McCain, Military Oppose Expanding GI Bill." ... "[2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. [Republican-Arizona], the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, seemed to give a thumbs down to bipartisan legislation that would greatly expand educational benefits for members of the military returning from Iraq and Afghanistan under the GI Bill." ... "Both [2008 Election] Democratic presidential candidates — Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill. [Democratic-Illinois], and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. [Democratic-New York], — have signed on as co-sponsors, and the bill has gained bipartisan support from 54 senators on Capitol Hill in addition to [Virginia Democratic Senator Jim] Webb. A vote on the proposal is expected before the summer." ... "But the bill, which would dramatically increase educational compensation for American troops, has run into some unexpected resistance, both at the Pentagon and now from McCain, who has remained silent on the issue, saying he had not studied the bill close enough." ... "Pressure had mounted on McCain to support the bill — a veterans group, which backs the legislation, delivered a petition to McCain's Senate office, signed by 30,000 veterans." ... "[Matt] Flavin joined the military out of patriotism shortly after 9/11, went to Officer Candidate School and, over the next five years, served tours in Bosnia, Afghanistan and with Naval special forces in Iraq." ... "While he did not join the military specifically to get benefits from the GI Bill and does not think most troops do, Flavin supports the legislation." ... ""We owe them something," Flavin said of his comrades. "They've given life, limb, everything there is to give. The people who bore the most pain and suffering are the people who could use these benefits."" (1, 2, 3) -By Z. Byron Wolf with contributions by Bret Hovell -ABCNEWS.com 
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  • BARACK OBAMA News. 2008 Election Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama News.Barack ObamaGOVERNMENT News. FEDERAL News.GovernmentFINANCIAL News. BUSINESS News. MONEY News.FinancialLAW News.LawILLINOIS NewsIllinoisNEW YORK News.New York2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Obama to Receive Endorsement Of 3 Former SEC Chairmen." ... "Three former chairmen of the Securities and Exchange Commission will publicly endorse Democratic [2008 Election Presidential Candidate and Illinois Senator] Sen. Barack Obama's bid for the presidency Wednesday, including one who served under [Republican] President Bush." ... "William Donaldson, who was SEC [Securities and Exchange Commissio] chairman for about 2½ years from early 2003, along with [Democratic President Bill] Clinton and [Republican President Ronald] Reagan appointees Arthur Levitt and David Ruder, will join former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in endorsing Sen. Obama, his campaign said. Mr. Volcker endorsed Sen. Obama in January." ... "In a statement released by the campaign, the four men said they believed Sen. Obama would take a "reasoned approach" to "balanced regulatory reform."" ... "The endorsements, especially that of Republican appointee Mr. Donaldson, could give a boost to Mr. Obama in the general election this fall." ... "Mr. Donaldson, a former Wall Street banker, also is a former head of the New York Stock Exchange. In government, Mr. Donaldson's tenure was marked by his push for greater regulation of hedge funds. The SEC eventually passed a hedge-fund-regulation package, in the face of vocal critics. A federal court later overturned the regulation." ... "In an interview Tuesday, Mr. Donaldson said he was struck by a speech Sen. Obama gave calling for a revamping of regulation for any business that borrows money from the government. Sen. Obama, he said, saw the "need to take a good hard look at how things are organized" and "just exactly what went wrong in terms of the regulatory oversight that we have."" -By Christopher Cooper and Kara Scannell -WSJ.com 
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  • OIL: CRUDE OIL News, HEATING OIL News. GASOLINE News. ENERGY News.OilGOVERNMENT News. FED News. FEDERAL News.GovernmentNEW YORK News.New YorkMISSOURI News.MissouriUS AMERICAN News.USEURO News. EUROPEAN UNION News.EuroHISTORY News.History - "Oil Climbs Above $126 to Record as Dollar Weakens Against Euro." ... "Crude oil for June delivery rose $2.27, or 1.8 percent, to a record closing price of $125.96 a barrel at 2:55 p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract surged to $126.27 today, the highest since futures began trading in 1983. Prices are up 8.3 percent this week, the biggest weekly gain in more than a year. Futures have more than doubled in the past year." ... "The dollar fell 9.6 percent since Sept. 18, when the Federal Reserve began cutting rates to ease financial-market strains and stave off a recession. The U.S. [United States] central bank cut rates seven times while the ECB [European Central Bank] has left rates unchanged. The dollar fell 0.6 percent to $1.5483 per euro at 3:27 p.m. in New York." ... "``Fed policy is accommodating the rise in energy prices,'' said Bill O'Grady, director of fundamental futures research at Wachovia Securities in St. Louis [Missouri]. ``The Fed and federal government are putting more liquidity in people's pockets, which is being spent on expensive oil.''" ... "The U.S. government started sending $117 billion in tax rebate checks last week as part of its fiscal stimulus plan." ... "Heating oil for June delivery climbed 12.62 cents, or 3.6 percent, to close at a record $3.636 a gallon in New York." ... "Gasoline futures for June delivery rose 6.34 cents, or 2 percent, to $3.2012 a gallon in New York after reaching a record $3.2038 today." ... "Regular gasoline, averaged nationwide, rose 2.6 cents to a record $3.671 a gallon, AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization, said today." -By Mark Shenk -Bloomberg 
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  • VITO J FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito J FossellaNEW YORK News.New YorkPARENT News. MARITAL News. DAUGHTER News. WIFE News. SONS News.ParentVa News: VIRGINIA News.VaLEGAL News.LawINVESTIGATION News.Investigation - "Fossella Admits to Extramarital Affair." ... "[New York Republican] Representative Vito J. Fossella, a Staten Island Republican who was arrested on May 1 in Alexandria, Va. [Virginia], and charged with drunken driving, issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging that he had had an extramarital affair with Laura Fay, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel, and that the two of them have a 3-year-old daughter together." ... "The prospect that Mr. Fossella could face a mandatory jail sentence if convicted had already threatened to bring to an end his decade-long career in the House, where Mr. Fossella is the only Republican representing New York City [New York]." ... "He faces a mandatory five days in jail if convicted." ... "The House ethics committee also could open an investigation into the matter." ... "Mr. Fossella and his wife, the former Mary Patricia Rowan, married in 1990. They have two sons and a daughter." ... "“Vito Fossella’s behavior is a disgrace to himself, his family and to Staten Island,” said an anesthesiologist, Dr. John Ferguson, 44. “Given the fact that he votes along the Bush-Cheney line 90 percent of the time, which means he sees himself as a moral values candidate, I find his behavior completely, but not surprisingly, hypocritical. He should resign immediately.”" -By Jonathan P. Hicks with contributions by Sewell Chan, Carl Hulse, Maureen Seaberg and David Stout -NYTimes 
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  • VITO J FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito J FossellaNEW YORK News.New YorkPARENT News. FATHERING News. CHILD News. FATHERED News. MOTHER News.Parent - "Fosella Admits Fathering Child out of Wedlock." ... "Republican Congressman [New York Representative] Vito Fosella has admitted to having an affair and fathering a child out of wedlock. His confession today has some speculating that his seat in Congress might be in peril. WNYC's Kathleen Horan has more." ... "Fosella says he fathered a child three years ago and has had a relationship with the child's mother." -By Kathleen Horan -WNYC.org 
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  • VITO J FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito J FossellaNEW YORK News.New YorkVIRGINIA News.VirginiaCOPS News.CopsLEGAL News.Law - "Vito Fossella told cops he was on way to see 'my sick kid' at mystery gal's address." ... "When cops stopped [New York Republican Representative] Rep. Vito Fossella for drunken driving, the married congressman said he was rushing to see his sick daughter on nearby Grimm St. [Street, Alexandria, Virginia] - the home of the mystery woman who later plucked him from jail." ... "Fossella's spokeswoman has insisted the single mom, Air Force Col. Laura Fay, 45, was only a "good friend," but the Staten Island Republican implied to suburban D.C. cops that Fay's 3-year-old was his." ... ""The subject stated that he was driving down from Washington, D.C., to Grimm St. because his daughter was sick and needed to go to the hospital," a police report obtained by the Daily News reveals." ... "The report describes how Fossella, who has a wife and three children in New York, failed a sobriety test by reciting the alphabet wrong, swaying while standing on one leg and stumbling while trying to walk a straight line. " -By Rich Schapiro and James Gordon Meek, and Tina Moore -NYDailyNews.com
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  • VITO J FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito J FossellaNEW YORK News.New YorkVa News: VIRGINIA News.VaLEGAL News. PROSECUTORS News.LawDICK CHENEY News. US Vice President Dick Cheney News. Republican Politician Dick Cheney News.Cheney - "After Fossella’s D.W.I. Arrest, District Is Puzzled and Torn." ... "Across Staten Island [New York] on Tuesday, voters were wondering what [New York Republican] Representative Vito J. Fossella was thinking when, the police say, he drove into a Washington suburb while severely intoxicated early one morning last week." ... "Prosecutors in Alexandria, Va. [Virginia], said Mr. Fossella, 43, was driving with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when he was pulled over just after midnight last Thursday. Since last week, tabloid newspapers and the blogosphere have been filled with accounts of Mr. Fossella’s night, and The Daily News has taken to referring to him as “Vino Fossella.”" ... "An ally of [Republican] President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney — who appeared at a fund-raiser for him last month — Mr. Fossella remains politically strong in Staten Island, but his margins of victory have been shrinking." -By Jonathan P. Hicks -NYTimes 
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  • VITO J FOSSELLA News. New York Republican Vito John Fossella News.Vito J FossellaNEW YORK News.New YorkVIRGINIA News.VirginiaCOPS News.CopsDRIVING News. CAR News.DrivingLEGAL News.LawMARKETING News.MarketingMONEY News.Money2008 ELECTION News2008 Election - "Vito Fossella's relationship with 'mystery woman' under scrutiny." ... "This is the first look at the mystery woman whom [Staten Island, New York Republican Representative] Rep. Vito Fossella (R-S.I. [Republican-Staten Island]) called for help after he was charged with drunken driving in Virginia." ... "Fossella aides continued to describe the two only as good friends." ... "In other developments:" ... "Watchdog groups questioned Fossella's use of campaign funds to pay a high-priced damage control expert." ... "The Republican, facing reelection in November [2008 Election], had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 - twice the legal limit, cops said, and hired damage consultant Susan Del Percio with money from his campaign war chest." -By Kenneth R. Bazinet, Joe Gould, and Tina Moore -NYDailyNews.com
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