Marilyn Rauber

The Archive

CITY OF D.C. BOTCHED ITS WAY THROUGH THE PENTAGON DISASTER

WASHINGTON - New York has been lauded for its quick response to last week's terrorist attacks - but the nation's capital really blew it. Washington's emergency plan was virtually non-existent....

JOB APPLICATIONS POUR IN AT CIA

WASHINGTON - Americans are rushing to join the CIA as spooks, analysts and computer geeks in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks. Job applications at the Central Intelligence Agency...

PREZ GIVES 'BLANK CHECK' TO AID NEW YORK

WASHINGTON - President Bush is vowing to spend "whatever it takes" to help rebuild downtown Manhattan - and Sen. Charles Schumer said the president told him: "You have a blank...

W.: WE'LL SPEND 'WHATEVER IT TAKES' TO FIX N.Y.

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday vowed to spend "whatever it takes" to help rebuild New York, and Congress also rallied behind the devastated city with its own "I Love New...

JEFFORDS MAKING 'WRITE' TURN

WASHINGTON - Turncoat Sen. Jim Jeffords is cashing in on his defection from the GOP - first a tete-a-tete with actress Sharon Stone and now a two-book deal with a...

BUSH WARNS RUSSIA OVER DIRTY MONEY

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration yesterday warned Moscow to clean up money laundering or face sanctions - just days after President Bush tried to make friends with Russian President Vladimir...

MCCAIN: BUSH'S HEALTH BILL IS SICK

WASHINGTON - Renegade Republican Sen. John McCain was at it again yesterday - this time ripping President Bush over a bill to give patients the right to sue their HMOs....

SCHOOL BILL'S EXTRA CREDIT CITY STANDS TO GET FED $$ AID DOUBLED

WASHINGTON - Call them the 4 R's - reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and reform. The federal school reforms passed by the Senate last week could double the federal bucks for New...

IRAN COULD GET BOMB-RAP PASS

WASHINGTON - Uncle Sam is expected to indict at least 13 suspects in the deadly 1996 bombing of U.S. military barracks in Saudi Arabia, but some experts warned the real...

GOOD NEWS IN U.S. CRIME-TIME SURVEY

WASHINGTON - It's still a jungle out there - even if it's not as bad as it used to be. The nation's violent crime plummeted a record 15 percent last...

METS SPEND AMAZIN' DAY WITH DUBYA

WASHINGTON - The Mets scored at the White House yesterday, catching President Bush at home just before the First Fan left for Europe. It was the first time the Mets...

SUPREMES SAY SCHOOL CAN'T BAR BIBLE CLUB

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday had good news for the Milford Good News Club - ruling that an upstate school cannot bar the after-class kiddie Christian club while...

BUSTED BUSH BABES MAKE DIFFERENT BOOZE PLEAS

WASHINGTON - First Daughter Barbara Bush will have to belly up for community service and alcohol counseling for her underage boozing, but twice-busted twin Jenna may get to cut a...

MCVEIGH: GO AHEAD, FILM MY DEATH

A new fight erupted yesterday over videotaping the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, who said he doesn't mind dying on camera. In a bizarre twist just three days...

TAX CUT OK'D, BUT POLS PLOT TO TINKER

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday signed his $1.35 trillion tax cut into law - but the ink was barely dry when Republican leaders began calling for more, and top Democrats...

HERO'S WELCOME FOR DEFECTOR - DEMS HAIL JEFFORDS AS GOP VOWS SENATE FIGHT

WASHINGTON - President Bush dined with rebel Republican John McCain last night as Democrats celebrated their Senate takeover and gave a hero's welcome to GOP defector Jim Jeffords. But angry...

A WHITE HOUSE DASH FOR DASCHLE?

WASHINGTON - Today, Senate majority leader; tomorrow, the White House? Democrat Tom Daschle's surprise rise from so-what minority leader to perhaps the most powerful person in Congress has fueled talk...

EVEN DEAD TAXPAYERS GET REFUND : KIN WILL RECEIVE REBATES

WASHINGTON - President Bush is so dead serious about tax refunds he's even giving them to deceased individuals. Hundreds of millions of dollars could be going to as many as...

TAX REFUNDS ON FAST TRACK - TREASURY BOSS TO IRS: GET A MOVE ON!

WASHINGTON - Uncle Sam says the check's in the mail - almost. New York taxpayers can start looking for their tax-refund checks from the Internal Revenue Service in late July,...

JENNA IN NEW BOOZE BRUSH WITH FAKE ID

Terrible Twin Jenna Bush, busted last month for underage boozing, is in trouble again - this time with sister Barbara and a couple of margaritas in the mix. Cops in...