AP pushes bid for independent coverage of Obama

DONNA BRYSON, Associated Press DENVER (AP) โ€” The Associated Press is seeking to broaden independent news coverage of the White House under an administration that is hypersensitive about its image and which frequently bars the press from events involving President Barack Obama. AP White House correspondent Julie Pace and chief White House photographer Charles Dharapak [โ€ฆ]

Senate Dems join House in pressing Obama again about final Iran nuclear deal

FOXNEWS Senate Democrats are joining House lawmakers in pressing President Obama again on nuclear negotiations with Iran, insisting the president hold Tehran to iron-clad international agreements and keep them apprised of developments including the need for new sanctions. The letter was signed Friday by 23 Democratic senators and is nearly identical to the one recently [โ€ฆ]

Journal News Gun Map Fallout: Assemblyman Zebrowski (D-New City) sponsors new bill protecting rights of gun-owners

SAFE Act supporter gives a little to local permit holders BY DYLAN SKRILOFF When the White Plains-based daily newspaper the Journal News published a list of legal pistol permit holders on an interactive website map back in December 2012, it stirred a local and national hornetsโ€™ nest.  Amazingly, fallout continues 15 months later. The Rockland [โ€ฆ]

Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. โ€˜on the edge of deathโ€™

NY DAILY NEWS No oneโ€™s going to protest against this guyโ€™s death. Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps Sr. has been admitted to a hospice facility and is โ€œon the edge of death,โ€ his estranged son revealed. The 84-year-old preacher established the small Kansas church in 1955 and made it a household name by picketing [โ€ฆ]

BIG WIN: GOP gains Florida seat

Republican wins Congress seat in 2014 โ€˜Obamacareโ€™ test (via AFP) Republican David Jolly won a special congressional election in Florida, in an important early test of President Barack Obamaโ€™s health care reforms as lawmakers gear up for Novemberโ€™s mid-term elections. โ€œWe had a big win last night in Florida,โ€ Houseโ€ฆ

WALL STREET BONUSES WENT UP IN 2013

The average bonus paid to securities industry employees in New York City grew by 15 percent to $164,530 in 2013, which is the largest average bonus since the 2008 financial crisis, and the third highest on record, according to an estimate released Wednesday by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The bonus estimate includes [โ€ฆ]

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