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Bloomberg Praises McCain On Education

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics

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Five days after John McCain met with and applauded education reform in New York City, the city's mayor is set to repay the favor. On Friday, Mayor M...

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Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg Launch $375 Million Global Anti-Smoking Campaign

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut s...

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Bloomberg LP Worth $25B, Mayor Mike $17B: Merrill Valuation

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg Shares, Bloomberg LP Sale, Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg LP, Michael Bloomberg, Business News

Merrill Lynch (MER) has reached a deal to sell its 20% stake in Bloomberg LP for $4.5 to $5 billion, the WSJ reports. The buyer: Bloomberg LP, which h...

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NYC Taxis Going From Yellow To Green

Reuters | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Environment, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Green News

NEW YORK - New York City's yellow taxi fleet now will go green at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars a month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday, ...

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NYC Leads By Example, Plans To Cut Greenhouse Gases By 30 Percent

Reuters | Joan Gralla | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Ed Skyler, Carbon Emissions, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gases, Green Living, New York, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will spend $2.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions from municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent in 30...

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The Notable And Notorious -- On Bicycles!

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Al Sharpton, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Ron Paul, Madonna, Angelina Jolie, David Beckham Carbon Footprint, Save the Environment, How to Save Money, Heidi Montag, Lindsay Lohan Rehab, David Beckham, Al Sharpton Barack Obama, Virgin Green Fund, Bike, Albert Einstein, Brangelina, Celebrities Biking, Guy Ritchie, Bill Clinton, Spencer Pratt, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson, Daryl Hannah, Barack Obama, Pamela Anderson, Madonna Workout, Bike Culture, Virgin Green Fund Filings, Biking, Angelina Jolie Photos, Obama Bike Ride, Heidi Montag Spencer Pratt, Lindsay Lohan Breasts, Environment, Al Sharpton Bike, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey, Save Money, Green Celebrities, Green Living, Green News

Inspired by such high-profile cyclists as Obama, Fey and Einstein, I've set to work amassing a comprehensive archive of 100 people we know, love--perhaps even despise--atop the bike.

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Bon Jovi To Play Free Central Park Gig

AP | Posted 07.01.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Bon Jovi will perform free concert July 12 in Central Park. It's billed as a prelude to the July 15 All-Star baseball game, which wi...

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NYC Waterfalls Launched (PHOTOS)

AP | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

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NEW YORK - Four manmade walls of water are cascading into the East River off Manhattan in a public art spectacle that Mayor Michael Bloomberg called t...

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After Heller, The Gun Lobby's "Slippery Slope" Is Gone; Reasonable Regulations Ahead

Paul Helmke | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.

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Alec Baldwin Does PSA For Homeless

AP | Posted 06.25.2008 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin is lending his voice to critics of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's homelessness policies. The "30 Rock" actor narrat...

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Reuters Guns For Bloomberg

The New York Times | IAN AUSTEN | Posted 06.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Reuters Bloomberg Fight, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Reuters Bloomberg, Thomas Glocer, Daniel Doctoroff, Michael Bloomberg, Reuters, Business News

For years, the Thomson Corporation was the information giant that rarely talked about its own business. But since its acquisition of Reuters, which c...

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Jewish Voters Cause Obama Jitters

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Terrorism, Middle East, Palestinians, Iran, Michael Bloomberg, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Swing States, Oil, Israel, Aipac, Florida, Jewish Donors, Hillary Clinton, Jewish Voters, John McCain, Politics News

A lackluster turnout of Jewish Democrats would hurt Obama badly. And even a low double digit defection to McCain in the absolute must win swing states of FL and PA would spell disaster for Obama.

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Bloomberg defends Obama before Jewish audience

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged Jewish voters to denounce the whisper campaign that for months has pushed the false rumor that Democrat...

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By Any Means Necessary

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has gone back on his word, Barack Obama is a hypocrite ... I couldn't be happier. Truth is, if what's necessary to win in November is some outright cheating, I'd be all for that, too.

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Falling Cranes and New York's Growing Pains

Sherman Yellen | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: New York Crane Collapse, Upper East Side, Crane Collapse, New York Real Estate, Michael Bloomberg, Real Estate, Gossip Girl, New York City, Breaking News, Gentrification, Politics News

Events like this morning's disaster will happen again and again because in Bloomberg's New York a crane hangs dangerously over the world below every few blocks.

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The Police Announce Their Final Show

AP | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers, Sting, The Police, Michael Bloomberg, Entertainment News

NEW YORK - The Police, who reunited for a 30th-anniversary world tour last year, say their final concert will take place this summer in New York City...

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Second Thug Life: Who's Afraid of GTA IV?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Bloomberg, Video Games, Grand Theft Auto Four, Crime, Madd, Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto Iv, Entertainment News

Those currently crusading against Grand Theft Auto IV are operating under a paradigm that's long since past -- that video games are strictly the domain of kids. They're not.

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My Conversation with Michael Bloomberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Environment, Education, Charlie Rose, Michael Bloomberg, Immigration, Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York, Global Warming, California, Politics News

Bloomberg and Schwarzenegger discuss what we need to understand about government's capacity to solve important people problems.

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Bloomberg: Looking Forward To An Adult In The White House

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who decided against a White House run, said Thursday his endorsement will go to the most straight-talking ca...

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Say What?! Bloomberg Compares Himself to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dan Brown | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Education, New York Sun, Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg, Martin Luther King, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, Mike Bloomberg, Education Reform, Letitia James, Bloomberg, Nyc, NYC Education, Bloomberg Martin Luther King, Politics News

No one slips and compares himself to Dr. King. This kind of comment betrays NYC Mayor Bloomberg's deeply out-of-touch relationship with the on-the-ground reality.

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Bloomberg's Budget Choices Hit Students Hardest

Dan Brown | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Keep the Promises, New York City Public Schools, Public Schools, Joseph L. Bruno, Mayor Bloomberg, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Uft, New York State Assembly, New York City, Politics News

The CEO mayor's logic may work in terms keeping a company's stock price afloat despite "belt-tightening" or lay-offs, but it doesn't fit one bit for schools.

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What Debbie Did for Dallas Bloomberg Does for New York, Or How to Destroy a City Without Bombs

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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What Bloomberg is prepared to dish out for New York's West Side is an ecological and aesthetic disaster, screwing our city in ways that even poor Eliot Spitzer could never think of doing.

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Obama-Bloomberg Ticket? MSNBC Points Out Potential

MSNBC | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

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MSNBC's First Read Reports: A fall preview: Those who love the Veepstakes will enjoy today's Obama speech, not for the substance but for the person ...

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School Accountability: NYC Sets the Tone, For Better or Worse

Dan Brown | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Michael Bloomberg, Nclb, Joel Klein, Standardized Testing, School Accountability, Uft, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, Public Education, New York City Education, Politics News

Life and education are too complicated for single letter grades. A smarter, nuanced alternative is within New York's grasp.

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Mayor Bloomberg Loses His Radio Gig, Looking For New Station

New York Times | Diane Cardwell | Posted 03.10.2008 | Media

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On his weekly call-in radio show with John Gambling on WABC-AM, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg may not have kept up the Wild West tone of his combative pr...

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