Rush on Cavuto: Limbaugh Leaving New York

Start spreading the news. Rush is leaving New York. Rush Limbaugh appeared on Your World with Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel. He talked about ...

Ex-New York Senate leader heading back to federal court where prosecutors ...

The defense will request dismissal of the charges, and failing that will go to trial again, defense attorney E. Stewart Jones said. There was never a kickback," Jones said, adding the government has spent tens of millions of dollars on the case. The allegations are more than six-years old, there's no factual truth in the indictment, and Bruno is now a private citizen and great grandfather, he said. During breaks from his trial in 2009, Bruno repeatedly stood on the courthouse steps in Albany and told reporters he had done nothing wrong and simply had outside business interests like most of New York's part-time legislators. "They've spent seven years investigating, harassing and intimidating Joe and his supporters. He was sentenced to two years in prison but remained free pending his appeal.

Jayson Williams says booze was his downfall

About Reid and Tom Reid Cherner and Tom Weir have been with USA TODAY since 1982 and they have written Game On. since March 2008. Both have tackled the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line. Hiestand is an Oregon native who went to Stanford while McCarthy is a native New Yorker who went to St. John's. Tom has covered every Summer and Winter Olympics since 1984, and has made numerous trips to the Super Bowl, World Series, Final Four and NBA Finals. About Mike and Mike Michael McCarthy and Michael Hiestand have more in common than their first names. Both have covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY. Reid has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros.

Studio and Garden: A Winter Morning

My paintings have gone through a gradual change in subject matter over the years: from "portraits" of Victorian houses to landscape with architecture, which led to agricultural landscape. The subject matter of my paintings––agricultural implements––is very tied to this rural area, as is my intense interest in gardening. Today, -22 C. here, think that is about -5 F. When I wake up each morning, I look eastward towards the White Mountains, a grand view that continues to surprise this ex-New Yorker. I love lying in bed, all warm with that soft light bathing the room. There is a certain feel to the room though that tells you it's bloody cold out there, and you might as well stay where you are for a while longer and luxuriate in the light....

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Ex-New York Senate leader heading back to federal court where prosecutors ...
MICHAEL VIRTANEN AP ALBANY, NY — The former majority leader of New York's Senate faces new federal fraud charges after his earlier convictions were overturned last year. Former Sen. Joseph Bruno pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Albany

Jayson Williams says booze was his downfall
Jayson Williams says booze was his downfall By Tom Weir, Ex-New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams, freshly out of jail, says his time behind bars was vital because it kept him out of bars. "Alcohol is the cause of all my problems," Williams told Fox (via the NY Post).

In the Knicks' final road trip to New Jersey, an exhausted Carmelo Anthony ...
In the Knicks' final road trip to New Jersey, an exhausted Carmelo Anthony ... By Howard Megdal JR Smith sat at a light wooden locker, unadorned by anything other than his bookbag, in the visitors' locker room of the Prudential Center in Newark following New York's 104-95 win over the soon-to-be ex-New Jersey Nets.

A vote not cast
As an ex-New Yorker, I am able to apply to vote via a Federal website or through my local board of elections. It seems I am eligible to vote in municipal contests and, for all I know, in school board races. Having downloaded and filled out an

Orchestrating a symphonic spectacle
Orchestrating a symphonic spectacle Of the teachers, there were three Australians (Indian, Caucasian, and Chinese), two Hawaiians (a haole ex-New Yorker and a Flip-me), a bona fide Filipina, a kimono-clad sensei, a Belgian (more Belgie than Belgique) married to a Zhongguoren lady who