Sunday, August 13, 2017

How Cuomo is 'building' blackouts for NYC and other top stories.

  • How Cuomo is 'building' blackouts for NYC

    How Cuomo is 'building' blackouts for NYC
    Better stock up on candles: In just three years, New York may face a wave of blackouts following the closure of the Indian Point nuclear-power plant. That’s the bottom line of a new report by the Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce: The early shutdown of the reactors in 2020 and 2021 “threatens the reliability of New York City’s electric grid.” And the risk is even greater because Team Cuomo is nixing pipelines needed to bring natural gas to plants that could replace IP’s juice. He urges New Yor..
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  • Car Hits Crowd After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends ...

    Car Hits Crowd After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends ...
    The turmoil in Charlottesville began with a march Friday night by white nationalists on the campus of the University of Virginia and escalated Saturday morning as demonstrators from both sides gathered in and around the park. Waving Confederate flags, chanting Nazi-era slogans, wearing helmets and carrying shields, the white nationalists converged on the Lee statue inside the park and began chanting phrases like “You will not replace us” and “Jews will not replace us.”Hundreds of counterprotest..
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  • Starting XI: LA Galaxy vs. New York City FC | August 12, 2017

    Starting XI: LA Galaxy vs. New York City FC | August 12, 2017
    Starting XI Brian Rowe; Pele van Anholt, Daniel Steres, Dave Romney, Ashley Cole ©; Jermaine Jones, João Pedro; Romain Alessandrini, Jonathan dos Santos, Emmanuel Boateng; Gyasi Zardes Bench: Jon Kempin, Nathan Smith, Bradley Diallo, Rafael Garcia, Bradford Jamieson IV, Ariel Lassiter, Jack McInerney Lineup notes For the third-straight week, the Galaxy will square off on ESPN, this time Saturday night at StubHub Center in what will be the best crowd of 2017 for the home side. Sigi Schmid, the w..
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  • AirDropping penis pics is the latest horrifying subway trend

    AirDropping penis pics is the latest horrifying subway trend
    There’s a new iPhone craze on the subway, and it’s not the latest Candy Crush update. New York women have discovered that creepy men are using the iPhone AirDrop app to send them photos of their privates while on the same train. Since more straphangers using the MTA are carrying advanced iPhones and awareness of the AirDrop app has increased, local straphangers have started noticing a troubling trend first reported in London in 2015. Britta Carlson, 28, was riding the uptown 6 train to a concer..
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  • New York Woman Who Allegedly Faked Cancer Charged With ...

    New York Woman Who Allegedly Faked Cancer Charged With ...
    A screenshot of Hoobraj's allegedly fraudulent GoFundMe page. A Westchester woman who claimed she had leukemia and took to GoFundMe to raise over $50,000 on allegedly fraudulent terms has been arrested in Florida and charged with wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Vedoutie Hoobraj, also known as Shivonie Deokaran, was charged with the crime for concocting "an elaborate story about having cancer when she did not, using GoFundMe pages and accepting money raised by a local ..
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  • Mueller Is Said to Seek Interviews With West Wing in Russia Case

    Mueller Is Said to Seek Interviews With West Wing in Russia Case
    Ty Cobb, a special counsel to the president, declined to comment, saying only that the White House would “continue to fully cooperate” with Mr. Mueller’s inquiry. He has frequently said that the White House would cooperate with Mr. Mueller’s investigation and that he hoped it would be completed quickly. Mr. Priebus did not return messages seeking comment.Mr. Mueller has expressed interest in speaking with other administration officials, including members of the communications team. But Mr. Trum..
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  • Lawmaker seeks inquiry into New York care homes after maggots ...

    Lawmaker seeks inquiry into New York care homes after maggots ...
    A New York lawmaker is demanding a federal investigation into the state’s care for the disabled following a report that revealed the case of a man infested with maggots in a state-run care home. Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi, of Utica, said on Saturday that he is asking the US Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the group home and other state-regulated facilities for the disabled where there have been allegations of abuse and neglect. “It’s clear from seeing this th..
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  • Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Moderates and Generates Chants of ...

    Elizabeth Warren Takes Aim at Moderates and Generates Chants of ...
    Despite Ms. Warren’s words, deep divisions remain in the Democratic Party in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential campaign. There is the familiar center-versus-liberal divide as well as an increasingly animated clash between economic-focused activists on the far left and liberals driven more by issues of race, gender and identity.While Ms. Warren first rose to stardom on the left because of her populist jeremiads against concentrated economic power, she sought to use her remarks in Atlanta to..
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  • ArDarius Stewart part of New York Jets' makeover at wide receiver

    ArDarius Stewart part of New York Jets' makeover at wide receiver
    When the New York Jets chose Alabama's ArDarius Stewart in the third round of the NFL Draft on April 28, they already had an opening at wide receiver. The Jets had released six-time Pro Bowler Brandon Marshall in March, even though he led New York with 59 receptions last season. In June, the Jets got rid of another veteran wide receiver, cutting Eric Decker after he played in only three games in 2016 because of injuries. Decker had 1,000 receiving yards in three of the previous four seasons. La..
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  • Yankees' miserable day shows how quickly fortunes can change

    Yankees' miserable day shows how quickly fortunes can change
    There was probably a way Saturday could have gone worse for the Yankees. But it would have taken cruelty and creativity to come up with it. In less than 24 hours they went from arguably their most thrilling victory of the season Friday night against the Red Sox to a Saturday that had all the charm of a Walking Dead script. Before a pitch was thrown, Masahiro Tanaka joined CC Sabathia on the disabled list, placed there with an inflamed shoulder. Then, while the Red Sox were taking batting practi..
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