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By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- The air in Times Square is cleaner since cars were banned from two stretches of Broadway in 2009 and a pedestrian plaza created, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday as he announced an environmental collaboration with former President Bill Clinton. Bebeto Matthews, AP New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, listens as former President Bill Clinton speaks during a news conference announcing air quality findings for the city on Wednesday. The concentrations of two components of car exhaust -- nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide -- dropped significantly in the ...
Passengers Tell of Horror in Fatal Bus Crash
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsMost of the 32 passengers aboard a bus returning from a casino during this morning's early hours were catching up on sleep, passengers said, when everything changed from routine to horrifying. The World Wide Tours bus, on its way to Manhattan's Chinatown from the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, flipped on a Bronx highway and crashed into a metal traffic pole, slicing off the top of the bus and killing 14 passengers. Eighteen others were injured. Chung Ninh, 59, among the passengers napping just before the accident, told the New York Daily News he opened his eyes to bloodshed. "A ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By not in system - AOL NewsEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? ...
'Feelings Thermometer': Michelle Obama Ranks 'Warmest' With Voters, Pelosi 'Coldest'
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEveryone is used to the familiar "horse race" poll that tells us who is out front when it comes to a campaign, but Quinnipiac University has a different measure for some of today's leading political personalities: namely, who ranks the "warmest" and "coldest" on a "feelings thermometer"? The winner when it comes to warmest? First lady Michelle Obama, with former President Bill Clinton close behind. The coldest? Sarah Palin and Nancy Pelosi. (Actually, Harry Reid ranks right in between them, but more later on why his result doesn't count as much). The way Quinnipiac did this poll, which was ...
Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles
By Walt Gardner - AOL NewsA scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages. From 2006 to 2010, the number of students who passed statewide math tests in Grades 3 through 8 soared from 58 to 82 percent. During the same period, the graduation rate leapt from 49 to 63 percent. Not surprisingly, the data were used by reformers to "prove" that miracles are possible when schools are held accountable. In fact, when Joel Klein announced his resignation to take a top executive position with News Corp., The New York ...
Voodoo Ritual, Sex Gone Awry Caused Fatal NYC Fire
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Candles ringing a bed in a voodoo ceremony that included sex ignited sheets and clothing strewn nearby and caused a fatal apartment fire last weekend, a city official said Friday. The blaze started around 6:40 p.m. Sunday, when a woman visited a fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn and paid a man $300 to perform a mystical ceremony that would bring her good luck, according to fire marshals with the Fire Department of New York. The man was known in the neighborhood as a priest, and the two were either having sex, or had sex when the fire started from the candles on the floor, though ...
Wisconsin Schools Stay Closed; New Yorkers Show Support
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsPublic schools in Madison, Wis., were closed for the third straight day today after teachers continued to call in sick in order to protest at the Capitol. The planned "sickout" spread across the state as several other school districts -- including Milwaukee, the state's largest -- canceled classes due to teacher absences. Demonstrations have swept through Wisconsin this week, as public workers rally against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed plan to limit collective bargaining agreements and to increase state employee contributions to pensions and health care premiums. Thursday, the state's ...
States Shift to Deep Cuts for Workers to Balance Budgets
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsDire. Drastic. Draconian. Call them what you will, but the measures being called for in state capitals to deal with record budget shortfalls are harsher than any in memory and have sparked angry protests from public employees most likely to feel the brunt of them. In Madison, Wis., police were dispatched today when every Democrat in the state Senate failed to show up for a vote on a bill to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. Thousands of teachers and other state workers have rallied in and around the Capitol, some holding signs comparing the new governor, Republican Scott ...
State Budget Cuts Could Mean Mass Teacher Layoffs
By Dana Chivvis - AOL NewsThe recession may have officially ended in June 2009, but school districts from New York to Los Angeles are grappling with state budget proposals that include massive spending cuts and teacher layoffs. A look at some of the major problems around the country: New York City New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans today to cut 6,000 teachers from the work force to deal with a looming gap in the city's budget. Only 1,500 of those teachers would be lost to attrition. The remainder would be laid off in the most significant cuts to New York City teachers' ranks since the 1970s, ...
Bloomberg Apologizes for Crack About 'Inebriated' Irish
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has apologized for remarks he made to an Irish-American group stereotyping drunken celebrations on St. Patrick's Day. The mayor, addressing the American Irish Historical Society on Wednesday, quipped that he lives nearby the society offices and is used to seeing inebriated people spilling out of the Manhattan building on St. Patrick's Day. "Normally when I walk by this building there are a bunch of people that are totally inebriated hanging out the window waving," Bloomberg said. "I know, that's a stereotype of the Irish," he went on, as members of the ...
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