An ex-cop running for a Queens Assembly seat is getting eyebrow-raising support from the wife of a violent soldier in the Colombo crime family. Republican candidate Jane Deacy’s campaign sent out a letter written by Donna DeMartino bashing Democrat Phil Goldfeder for not offering to help with her “federal issues.” “I will NOT be voting for Phil [...]

San Diego, CA – Utility crews brought electricity back to much of California, Arizona and Mexico on Friday, a day after a power outage left millions in the dark, paralyzed freeways and halted flights at San Diego’s airport. Officials, however, warned that the electrical grid was still too fragile and asked residents and businesses to go [...]

Montreal, Canada – The Quebec government has lost the first round of a fight with the Yeshiva Toras Moshe Jewish school, which refuses to follow education ministry guidelines. Quebec Superior Court refused to grant the government an injunction that would have forced the school to stop teaching its students — because it no longer has a [...]

The Republican candidate is in a strong position heading into Tuesday’s special election in the heavily Democratic Congressional district formerly represented by Anthony D. Weiner, according to a new poll released on Friday. Fifty percent of likely voters in New York’s Ninth Congressional District supported the Republican, Bob Turner, compared with 44 percent who supported his [...]

Police examining whether woman was attacked after refusing sexual advances; one suspects allegedly anonymously reported the body.

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani insists he doesn’t want to be a vice-presidential pick on a GOP ticket in 2012, suggesting that Vice President Joe Biden looked like a puppet during President Obama’s jobs speech. In an interview with NBC New York Friday, the one-time Republican presidential candidate said the no. 2 job is not for him. “I [...]

Freeport, ME – Three days after 9/11, Elaine Greene held an American flag above her on a busy street corner in this small Maine town. Since then, she and two other women have waved the flag on the same corner for an hour every Tuesday in honor of America’s service personnel and to show that [...]

New York – The Republican candidate is in a strong position heading into Tuesday’s special election in the heavily Democratic Congressional district formerly represented by Anthony D. Weiner, according to a new poll released on Friday. Fifty percent of likely voters in New York’s Ninth Congressional District supported the Republican, Bob Turner, compared to 44 percent [...]