Archive for May, 2011

Ackerman bill could keep Wilpon in control of Mets

If Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are going to retain control of the Mets, and their family’s fortune, their best hope may be legislation introduced last week by a New York congressman. Rep. Gary Ackerman’s bill would bar bankruptcy trustees such as Irving Picard from suing investors victimized by a Ponzi scheme unless the trustee could prove they participated in the scam.

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Edwards, feds arguing if money was donated or gift (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010 file photo, former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is seen in Raleigh, N.C. Edwards and federal prosecutors are arguing over whether the money used to cover up his extramarital affair was a campaign contribution or just a gift from his old friends. An indictment of the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee appears imminent, but people on both sides still hold out hope for a last-minute deal for a guilty plea to a negotiated charge.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)AP – Former presidential candidate John Edwards and federal prosecutors are arguing over whether funds used to cover up his extramarital affair were campaign contributions or just gifts from his longtime friends.


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Carter’s cancer is inoperable: family

The news keeps getting worse for Hall of Fame catcher and former Met Gary Carter. Family sources told the Daily News Tuesday that the 57-year-old Carter has Stage 4 brain cancer, and that his tumors are inoperable. The family is expected to release a statement later Tuesday.

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NY rep hires lawyer after lewd photo posted online (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2011 file photo, Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., testifies before the House Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spokesman for Weiner on Sunday, May 29, 2011 said that a lewd photograph sent from the Democrat's Twitter account is just 'a distraction' perpetrated by a hacker.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP – New York Congressman Anthony Weiner testily fended off questions Tuesday about the lewd photo sent from his Twitter account and has hired a lawyer to help him figure out how to respond.


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O-VER-RA-TED: A-Rod, Joba & Jeter

It seems players around baseball don’t think much of the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez topped this year’s Sports Illustrated “Most Overrated Player” poll, followed by Joba Chamberlain and Derek Jeter. A-Rod received 18 percent of the vote among the 185 major leaguers that participated.

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Sarah Palin, Donald Trump split a pizza

Sarah Palin’s bus tour of patriotic sites rolled unexpectedly into New York Tuesday, when she went for a Times Square slice with fellow presidential flirt Donald Trump.

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High court rules out damage claim against Ashcroft (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2010 file photo, former Attorney General John Ashcroft in Washington.  The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday thatAshcroft cannot be personally sued over his role in the post-9/11 arrest of an American Muslim who was never charged with a crime. By a 5-3 vote, the court said Ashcroft did not violate the constitutional rights of Abdullah al-Kidd, who was arrested in 2003 under a federal law intended to make sure witnesses testify in criminal proceedings.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)AP – The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out damage claims against former Attorney General John Ashcroft over an American Muslim’s arrest, but four justices said the case raises serious questions about post-9/11 detentions under a federal law intended to make sure witnesses testify.


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