Watch out Mitt: Santorum edges ahead of Romney nationally
15 Feb 2012 2:52am GMT Rick Santorum is on a roll. The surging presidential candidate has edged ahead of rival Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new national poll.
Gov. Cuomo steps in on teacher evaluations
15 Feb 2012 2:23am GMT ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is intervening in the “toxic” negotiations for a new evaluation system of city teachers.
1.8 MILLION dead people still registered to vote in the U.S., study says
14 Feb 2012 7:00pm GMT The shocking finding emerged in a report from the Pew Center on the States that concluded a whopping 24 million - or one in eight - of the nation’s active voter registrations have serious errors.
Pressure mounts for Gingrich to quit race
14 Feb 2012 6:38pm GMT Slumping GOP White House hopeful Newt Gingrich vowed to stay in the race Tuesday - dismissing the growing chorus of conservative voices begging him to drop out.
City kids lobby Albany lawmakers to pass state Dream Act
14 Feb 2012 6:15pm GMT Hoping to put a face on the plight of undocumented college students, dozens of immigrant high school kids from the city went to Albany on Tuesday to lobby lawmakers. The teens from Brooklyn and Queens are pressuring the pols to pass legislation that would help young people without papers get their sheepskin.