Staten Island’s Ninja Burglar is back in action
The Ninja Burglar — Staten Island’s most nefarious thief and the borough’s top news story of 2007 — waited about one day into the New Year before striking again, hitting a home in Castleton Corners and making …
Bloomberg ‘campaign’ could start tomorrow
He hasn’t done a day of formal campaigning and isn’t running in any of the presidential primaries.
Sherwin Williams: Another Solid Year, Laughingly Undervalued
In a recent interview, Sherwin Williams CEO Christopher Connor reassured shareholders that despite the US housing situation, his company would post another solid year.
Linden council to review board secretary salaries
Linden’s city council plans to evaluate the salaries of all nine part-time board secretaries, salaries the mayor considers excessive, according to a report in the Home News Tribune .
Federal election - just how close it was …
Excerpt from The Age: Howard only 1.5% from being PM again 5 January 2008 It fel like a Labor landslide.
How should Gordon Brown best lead the country in the ‘dangerous’ year ahead?
Britain faces a hard year “difficult and dangerous” global economic conditions in 2008, Gordon Brown has warned.
Lawmakers will return to tight budget, full plates
COLUMBIA Immigration reform, a cigarette tax increase, financial incentives for businesses to install fire sprinklers and a battle for new dollars in the state budget are among the issues legislators say they …
Senate leaders seek money for roads
COLUMBIA Senate leaders have proposed a road-funding plan that could provide $1 billion to fix and build roads and bridges in South Carolina.
Employee is accused of theft of city money
By MITCH MITCHELL The third woman arrested in less than a year on suspicion of mishandling the city’s money told police that she took more than $870,000 in payroll and vendor checks out of love for her online …
State’s pipeline investment rests on three factors
Published: January 6th, 2008 01:25 AM Last Modified: January 6th, 2008 02:08 AM Should the state of Alaska be a major investor in the proposed North Slope natural gas pipeline? One of the first questions that …
‘Subprime’ plutoed many words in 2007
Used to describe a risky loan, ’subprime’ has been chosen as the Word of the Year 2007 by US linguists.