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Federal, state governments establish Atlantic offshore wind energy consortium

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

oilprice.com - By Darrell Delamaide - Jun. 11 (News) - Under the new MOU, the consortium will develop an action plan setting priorities, goals, and specific recommendations for developing offshore wind energy. A new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at Interior will oversee the development of wind and other renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in cooperation with the states as well as other stakeholders.

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Biden hosts recovering son's fundraiser

Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Hill - By Eric Zimmermann - May. 15 (News) - Vice President Joe Biden hosted a fundraiser this afternoon for his son, who's still in the hospital recovering from a mild stroke. The VP gathered about 150 people at his home in Greenville, Del., today to raise money for his son's re-election bid as Delaware attorney general.

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Same-sex couples arrive at D.C. courthouse to apply for marr

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Keith L. Alexander, Ann E. Marimow - Mar. 03 (News Report) - D.C. Superior Court officials are expecting scores of same-sex couples to pack the courthouse Wednesday morning, vying to be among the first in the city to apply for marriage licenses and certificates.

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Gay man is victimized twice, by killer and state

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Peter Hermann - Jan. 18 (News Report) - He was shot in September 2008 while walking hand-in-hand with his longtime partner, Alex Chavarria, on Howard Street in Mount Vernon. Witnesses told police that a young man, previously overheard saying, "I'm going to kill myself a gay tonight," stopped to ask Footman a question or bum a cigarette, and then shot him twice. Baltimore police classified the shooting as a possible hate crime but have not made any arrests. Footman spent months at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, then at a rehabilitation center, then at home. In July, he returned to Shock Trauma for more surgery, and he died Nov. 9. Glen H. Footman, a true victim if there ever was one in Baltimore, died too soon to get any money from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. And because Footman, 52, had no spouse and no dependents, there is no one for the state to give the money to. Footman and Chavarria, together for 13 years, could not marry in Maryland. And had they been legally wed in one of the few states that recognizes gay marriage, it is unclear whether Chavarria could receive compensation here. Maryland's attorney general is working on an opinion as to whether this state would recognize unions that are legal elsewhere.

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Black Philadelphia police sue over message board, say it's racist - CNN.com

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Jason Kessler - Jul. 17 (News Report) - A group of black Philadelphia police officers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against their department, alleging an online forum geared toward city police is "infested with racist, white supremacist and anti-African-American content." The suit alleges white officers post on and moderate the privately operated site, Domelights.com, both on and off the job.

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5 Officers Shot and 2 Suspects Killed in N.J. Melee

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Liz Robbins, Christine Hauser - Jul. 16 (Special Report) - A chaotic predawn shootout on Thursday left five officers wounded — two critically, including one shot in the face — Jersey City’s mayor said.

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KY deploys full Army Nat’l Guard for storm cleanup

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Bruce Schreiner, Betsy Taylor - Jan. 31 (News Report) - MAYFIELD, Ky. -- Gov. Steve Beshear deployed every last one of his Army National Guardsmen on Saturday, with his state still reeling after a deadly ice storm encrusted it this week.

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Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sewell Chan - Mar. 06 (News Report) - New York City police officers and firefighters cordoned off much of Times Square for more than two hours after a small explosion -- set off, the authorities said, by an "improvised explosive device" -- damaged the front of the Armed Forces Career Center on the traffic island bounded by 43rd and 44th Streets, Seventh Avenue and Broadway at 3:43 a.m., officials said. No one was injured, and after a temporary interruption, subway service was restored.

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Bloomberg: Mr. Independent

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:59:20 -0700

New Yorker - By George Packer - Jun. 25 (Opinion) - The last seven elected Presidents have come from the South or the West, making it almost an article of faith that no one from the Northeast (see under: Dukakis, Kerry) has a chance to win, or should even be considered American. This remarkable streak resulted from demographic change, the switch of the South from Democratic to Republican, and an ersatz populism perfected by millionaire politicians and encouraged by television. If a five-foot-seven divorced Jew with a nasal whine is taken seriously as a Presidential candidate, it would at the very least diminish the power of faux symbols in our political life; and a Clinton-Giuliani-Bloomberg race would so thoroughly explode the Sun Belt's lock on the White House that an entirely new kind of politics might be possible, in which evolution is not at issue, no one has to pretend to like pork rinds, and the past tense of "drag" is "dragged." It would also mark the end of New York's longtime estrangement from the rest of the country and complete its post-September 11th return to being the great American city. After which Americans could start to resent New York again.

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Billion-dollar elephant inches toward run

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:20:02 -0700

The Politico - By Ben Smith - Jun. 20 (News Report) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg revealed Monday that he has ended his marriage of convenience with the Republican Party, thrusting himself firmly onto the national stage as a potential independent candidate for president - a billion-dollar elephant in the room of presidential politics.

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Macho Mistakes at Ground Zero

Tue, 22 May 2007 12:57:32 -0700

New York Times - May. 22 (Editorial) - As more and more workers who inhaled the dust at ground zero fall ill, it has become increasingly clear that much of the problem can be traced to the Giuliani administration's failure to insist that all emergency personnel and construction workers at the site wear respirators.

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Corzine may not have been buckled up

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:47:17 -0700

Associated Press - By Kathy Matheson - Apr. 13 (News Report) - Gov. Jon S. Corzine was apparently riding without a seat belt, in violation of state law, when he was critically injured in the crash of his official vehicle, a spokesman said Friday. A state trooper was at the wheel and the governor was sitting as usual in the front passenger seat when the SUV slammed into a guard rail Thursday night, authorities said. Corzine broke a leg, his breastbone, 12 ribs and a vertebra.

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N.J. Pension Fund Endangered by Diverted Billions

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:03:11 -0700

New York Times - By Mary Williams Walsh - Apr. 04 (Special Report) - ... New Jersey has been diverting billions of dollars from its pension fund for state and local workers into other government purposes over the last 15 years, using a variety of unorthodox transactions authorized by the Legislature and by governors from both political parties.

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3 Detectives Are Indicted in 50-Shot Killing in Queens

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:54:23 -0700

New York Times - By AL Baker - Mar. 17 (News Analysis) - A grand jury voted yesterday to indict three city police detectives -- two black men and a white man -- in the killing of an unarmed 23-year-old black man who died in a burst of 50 police bullets outside a Queens strip club hours before he was to be wed last year, defense lawyers and police union leaders said last night.

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D.C. Vote Bill Sent To House Floor

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:27:27 -0700

Washington Post - By Mary Beth Sheridan - Mar. 16 (News Report) - A bill granting the District its first full-fledged seat in the House of Representatives passed the Judiciary Committee yesterday, clearing the final hurdle before a vote by the entire House, expected next week. The House Democratic leadership has vowed to pass the legislation and send it to the Senate, where it faces an uphill battle. The House floor vote will mark the first time since 1993 that the chamber has considered a House seat for the District, and proponents hope that a victory there would create a wave of support.

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Horrific Blaze Unites Cultures in Rituals of Grief

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:47:45 -0800

New York Times - By Timothy Williams, Manny Fernandez, Diane Cardwell, Rebecca Cathcart, Kate Hammer, Christine Hauser, Roja Heydarpour, Sean McManus, Nate Schweber - Mar. 10 (Special Report) - His journey from a small town in the West African country of Mali took 24 hours. The bodies of his children waited for him at a funeral home. Two others were hospitalized. Soon after landing, he went to a mosque in the Bronx, where thousands prayed. There the father, Moussa Magassa, was joined by Mamadou Soumare, who lost three children and his wife. So many came to pray with them that dozens of mourners had to kneel on the freezing pavement outside. They embarked together, an entire Malian and Muslim community suddenly at the center of a tragedy, on a centuries-old mourning process that involves an intricate ballet of timing and tradition.

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