11 October 2008, 7:52 am
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush says he's "confident" the Group of Seven nations will be able to act together to defuse the global economic crisis. Appearing outside the White House Saturday flanked by the leaders of six other ...... read more
8 October 2008, 10:33 am
Well, nobody ever said changing the term limits law was going to be easy. The mayor is looking for an easy way out by merely letting the City Council vote on extending limits to 12 years in all, from two to three, four-year terms for all citywide ...... read more
2 October 2008, 5:57 pm
A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independent voters support changing the term-limits law so Michael Bloomberg can run for reelection, according to a Quinnipiac poll out today. But Bloomberg's plan isn't universally popular; there's a notable ...... read more
12 September 2008, 5:59 pm
The death of a woman found unconscious in East New York last week has been ruled a homicide, police said yesterday. Nazellon Coward, 45, appeared to have been hit in the head when she was discovered on Glenmore Street and Van Siclen Avenue on Sept. 5 ...... read more
10 September 2008, 5:54 pm
Author/illustrator Patricia Polacco will promote her new book, For the Love of Autumn, at 11 a.m. Sept. 13 at Magic Tree Bookstore, 141 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park. Polacco didn't learn to read until she was 14 - the age she was diagnosed with ...... read more
3 September 2008, 5:56 pm
NEW YORK -- A teenaged prankster working as a fire safety officer at the U.S. Open Tennis Championship used his laptop to call in phony bomb threats to the games, the Queens District Attorney said Thursday. Mehmet M. Kadayifci , 19, of Elmhurst ...... read more