Marilyn Rauber
The Archive
HIGH COURT 'DELETES' TEN COMMANDMENTS
May 30, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Call it the 11th commandment - thou shalt not post the Ten Commandments on public property. The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday gave the nod to yanking the Ten...
KERREY SAGA'S NEW CHAPTER
May 30, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Bob Kerrey's memoirs could hit bookstores this summer - just weeks after revelations that he led a deadly raid on unarmed Vietnamese villagers. Kerrey's spokesman, George Arzt, last...
'TAX RELIEF IS ON THE WAY' REBATE CHECKS DUE AS BUSH SNARES $1.3T TAX-CUT WIN
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Taxpayers will see up to $600 in immediate tax relief - in the form of mid-summer rebate checks - as President Bush's $1.3 trillion tax cut was finalized...
GOP 'TURNCOAT' TIP IGNORED
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House ignored rumors that turncoat Sen. Jim Jeffords might quit the GOP because no one took them seriously, top Bush aides conceded yesterday. Though Democrats began...
BUSH GIVES 'PARDON' TO GIDDY MIDDIES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pardon me? Yep, it's true - President Bush waited only five months to issue his first presidential pardons. But they're not likely to spark a federal probe and...
A BIG BOOST FOR CHUCK, HILL AND ALL NEW YORKERS
May 24, 2001 | 4:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON - A Democrat-run Senate would be good news for New York - and for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer. The needs of a heavily Democratic state...
BUSH TO YALIES: 'C' WHERE IT GOT ME?
May 22, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush joked yesterday about his days as a Yale party boy as he accepted an honorary degree from the elite Ivy League university, while hundreds protested the commencement ceremonies...
POWELL TELLS MIDEAST FOES TO STOP THE KILLING - NOW
May 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Bush administration leaped into the Middle East mess yesterday, calling for an immediate end to the "unbearable" bloodshed and dispatching envoys to steer both sides to the peace table....
W. PRESCRIBES HOME REMEDY FOR HMOS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is pushing Texas and its patient bill of rights as just what the doctor ordered to cure all Americans of their HMO blues. More than three...
DEM LOOKS FUEL-ISH ON CONSERVATION
May 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt yesterday called for more conservation to ease the energy crisis - after hitching a ride to his news conference in a gas-guzzling SUV....
GAS-GUZZLIN' DEM URGING AMERICANS TO CUT DOWN
May 16, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -Top House Democrat Dick Gephardt yesterday called for more conservation to help ease the energy crisis -after hitching a ride to his news conference in a gas-guzzling SUV. As...
HIGH COURT WHACKS WEED RX
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday ruled there is no "medical necessity" exception for the seriously ill in the federal law that bans pot. The 8-0 ruling - Justice Stephen...
PREZ PLEDGES $550M TO ENFORCE GUN LAWS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday came out shooting against gun violence, but critics accused him of missing the target. The anti-gun-control Bush, who rarely talked about guns on the campaign...
MCVEIGH MAY NOW FIGHT TO BLOCK EXECUTION
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amOklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh may decide to fight his execution on the basis of thousands of newly discovered documents the FBI improperly withheld from his defense, his lawyers said...
SPY PLANE RECOVERY HITS SNAG
May 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Beijing yesterday shot down U.S. plans to fly home the crippled spy plane being held by China. The countries locked horns again as the White House insisted the...
PENTAGON UNVEILS PLAN FOR SPACE-ATTACK SHIELD
May 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pentagon boss Donald Rumsfeld yesterday announced he's beefing up military programs to combat outer- space attacks from "hostile" nations - but denied it will lead to space wars....
PENTAGON LOOKS TO THE HEAVENS FOR DEFENSE
May 9, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pentagon boss Donald Rumsfeld yesterday announced he's beefing up military programs to combat outer- space attacks from "hostile" nations - but denied it will lead to space wars....
CAP-ITAL IDEA: ARMY BANS CHINA BERETS
May 2, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a clear slap at China, the Pentagon yesterday banned Chinese-made berets for the Army. The move came amid chilly relations as a U.S. team of experts boards...
U.S. TO CHECK SPY PLANE TODAY
May 2, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A U.S. team will board the downed Navy spy plane today to find out just how much of the aircraft, and its secrets, were destroyed when it crash-landed...
BAD RAP FOR RECORD LABELS - THEY STILL TARGET CHILDREN: REPORT
April 25, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The music industry hasn't changed its tune - it's still peddling dirty and violent lyrics to kids, a new federal study says. The Federal Trade Commission, following up...