June 13, 2008 | Select excerpts from the New York Sun Saudis Pushing U.N. Démarche Against Israel
May Force an American Veto That Could Alienate American Allies in Europe
BY BENNY AVNI - Staff Reporter of the Sun
UNITED NATIONS — Amid reports of a widening rift between Saudi Arabia and America, Riyadh's diplomats at the United Nations are pushing for passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements, a move that would likely force an… Bloomberg Airs Strong Hints About Future
BY GRACE RAUH - Staff Reporter of the Sun
Signaling that he may be pursuing a future in philanthropy instead of politics, Mayor Bloomberg issued one of his strongest denials yet about a possible run for governor, while handing over more money than ever to a New York foundation to which he… Albany Surprise: Bruno Opposes Tax Cap
BY JACOB GERSHMAN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
A dispute in Albany over Governor Paterson's proposal to cap growth in school property taxes has opened a surprising rift in the state Senate. In a vivid illustration of the topsy-turvy world of state politics, the Senate Republican majority leader… McCain on Wall Street: 'Angry' About Oil
BY JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
Speaking on Wall Street last night, Senator McCain of Arizona sounded more like an economic populist than a proponent of the kind of unbridled free-market capitalism promoted by many who work on the trading floors nearby. At a town hall meeting in… 'Soviet-Style' Tactics Said To Be Used To Help Yanks
BY PETER KIEFER - Staff Reporter of the Sun
City and state officials are working in concert to convince the Internal Revenue Service to make it easier to get access to hundreds of millions of dollars in tax-exempt financing for the construction of the Yankees, Mets, and Nets stadiums. All… Bribery Case Lands Ex-Assemblywoman in Prison
BY ANNA PHILLIPS - Special to the Sun
A former Brooklyn assemblywoman will spend two to six years in prison for attempting to bribe a private contractor with city-owned land in exchange for building her a house. The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles Hynes, announced Diane Gordon's… Sharpton's New Education Group Under Fire
BY ELIZABETH GREEN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
The Reverend Al Sharpton said yesterday that his decision to join a national group pushing for educational improvements has been criticized by a labor leader. Rev. Sharpton said on his radio show that he received a telephone call from a union leader… Nonprofit Helps Red Hook Students Try Farming
BY ROSS GOLDBERG - Special to the Sun
A group of Brooklyn elementary school students got a lesson in agriculture this week, harvesting vegetables in a field at the end of Long Island. "We looove carrots," a second-grader, Theresa Serra, said, as her classmates munched on vegetables… Schumer Bill To Make Tax Season Easier for Actors
BY Special to the Sun
According to Senator Schumer, struggling performing artists should only worry about breaking a leg, not the bank. Mr. Schumer, along with Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation in Congress that… Robbers Said To Have Used Craigslist To Lure Victims
BY Special to the Sun
Police have arrested four men for robbery after they allegedly placed ads on Craigslist offering discounted iPhones to lure victims whom they then robbed at gunpoint. The scheme allegedly began in early March, when the group advertised bulk sales of… Woman, 62, Has Purse Snatched, Car Stolen
BY ANNA PHILLIPS - Special to the Sun
A 62-year-old woman who had her purse snatched this week returned home to find that her assailant had taken her keys and stolen her car, officials said yesterday. Police officials said that as the woman stood outside the gate of the Good Shepherd… Steps Outlined To Reduce Risk Of Violence Among Mentally Ill
BY E.B. SOLOMONT - Staff Reporter of the Sun
In the wake of several violent incidents involving mentally ill individuals — including the murder of an Upper East Side psychiatrist in February — city and state officials yesterday announced a series of new policies designed to improve care for… Buildings Department Charges Brooklyn Architect
BY Staff Reporter of the Sun
One of the city's most prominent architects is facing administrative charges from the Department of Buildings for allegedly falsifying documents. Robert Scarano, who runs a Brooklyn-based firm that has designed many of the city's newest buildings… After Near Tie, Como Wins Queens Council Seat
BY Special to the Sun
The Queens County Board of Elections commissioner, Anthony Como, will represent the 30th district in Queens in the City Council after winning a special election to replace Council Member Dennis Gallagher, who resigned earlier this year after pleading… Stereotyping Republicans
BY ALICIA COLON
On my way to a Republican fund-raiser in Manhattan this Tuesday, I had an interesting conversation with a Haitian cab driver that involved the Bronx, New Jersey, and Staten Island. After we had traded pleasant anecdotes about family and the lure of… MTA Paid $1.1B in Settlement Costs Over 12 Years
BY Special to the Sun
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has had nearly 87,000 personal injury or property damage claims from customers since 1996, resulting in $1.1 billion in settlement costs, according to a report issued by the state comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli… Operator of Spitzer's Prostitution Ring Pleads Guilty
BY Associated Press
The operator of a prostitution ring that counted Governor Spitzer among its clients pleaded guilty yesterday in a criminal probe that put his company out of business and forced the governor to resign. Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, N.J., became… Mayor Urges Congress To Increase Spending
BY RUSSELL BERMAN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
WASHINGTON — Mayor Bloomberg yesterday urged Congress to increase infrastructure spending dramatically, warning that federal inattention to crumbling roads, bridges, rail lines, and water systems "threatens our status as an economic superpower." The… Bush To Bow to the Nine on POWs
Habeas Corpus Is Extended to Guantanamo Prisoners
BY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in American civilian courts. Text of the decision (pdf) | Sun Editorial: The Grandeur of Justice, II. Earmarks Rise in Defense Bill
BY ROBERT O'HARROW JR. - The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers have gone on another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts. Earmark spending in the… Tainted Tomato Source May Never Be Found
BY JERRY HIRSCH - Los Angeles Times
Federal officials said yesterday they might never find the farms that produced tainted tomatoes that have now sickened 228 people in 23 states with a rare form of salmonella. "At this stage of the investigation there is no guarantee that we will be… Boy Scouts Mourn Four Lost to Iowa Tornado
BY Staff Reporter of the Sun
Boy Scouts mourn for four scouts killed by a tornado Wednesday at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch at Iowa… Study: Vinyl Shower Curtains Linked to Health Problems
BY TAMI ABDOLLAH - Los Angeles Times
Vinyl shower curtains sold at major American retailers emit toxic chemicals that have been linked to serious health problems, according to a report released yesterday by a national environmental organization. The curtains, sold at Bed Bath & Beyond… Princeton Reviewed Over Bias
BY Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — Princeton University says it's cooperating with a federal review looking into whether it complies with civil-rights law. The expanded review stems from a federal civil-rights complaint filed by a Livingston man who claimed the Ivy… Grandeur of Justice, II
Editorial of The New York Sun
When the Supreme Court in 2004 ruled in two cases on detainees in the war on Islamic terrorism, we responded with an editorial headlined "The Grandeur of Justice." We noted that the Constitution provides "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus… McCain in New York
Editorial of The New York Sun
Senator McCain was in Lower Manhattan last night for a "Town Hall Meeting," and let's just say, if Mr. McCain turns in this bad a performance before a handpicked crowd of loyal supporters, without any hostile questioning from the press or Senator… Microsoft Bid for Yahoo Probed by SEC
BY DAN DORFMAN
Suspicions that illegal insider trading may have preceded the year's biggest and most publicized corporate takeover attempt — Microsoft's hostile $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo — have prompted the Securities & Exchange Commission to commence a trading… Exxon Mobil To Sell Stations To Distributors
BY JOHN PORRETTO - Associated Press
HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. said yesterday it's getting out of the retail gasoline business, following other major oil companies who've been selling their low-margin stations to gasoline distributors. Motorists, however, will continue to see Exxon's… Yahoo Will Let Google Sell Some of Its Advertisements
BY Bloomberg News
Yahoo! Inc. agreed to let Google Inc. sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet searches, seeking to shore up sales after ending talks about a combination with Microsoft Corp. The deal may add $800 million to sales a year… Lehman Brothers Shakes Up Upper Management
BY YALMAN ONARAN - Bloomberg News
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. replaced its chief financial officer, Erin Callan, and its president, Joseph Gregory, after the firm failed to quell speculation about mounting losses and stem a 65% plunge in the stock this year. Ms. Callan, 42, who… Drug Store Chains Found To Carry Expired Goods
BY Associated Press
ALBANY — Two statewide drug store chains have been selling expired food, medicine, and baby formula, Attorney General Cuomo said yesterday. Mr. Cuomo said the items were found at 142 CVS and 112 Rite Aid Pharmacies in New York. Many stores sold milk… 'Wanted': Hedge-Fund Fraud Convict
BY Associated Press
WHITE PLAINS — Federal marshals in New York have issued a "WANTED" poster that says a missing hedge-fund swindler should be considered "armed and dangerous." The subject of the poster, Samuel Israel III, disappeared Monday. He was supposed to start… Anheuser-Busch in Talks With Grupo Modelo
BY Bloomberg News
Anheuser-Busch Cos., the brewer that received a $46.3 billion takeover offer from InBev NV, is holding preliminary talks with Grupo Modelo SAB, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks might lead to a… House Approves Benefits for Jobless
BY JESSE J. HOLLAND - Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday approved an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed Americans, knowing the plan's chances are slight in the Senate and almost nonexistent at the White House. After failing to get a veto-proof… Italy Premier Praises Bush as a 'Personal Friend'
BY DAN EGGEN - The Washington Post
ROME — If there were any doubt about which current European leader is closest to President Bush, Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy erased it here yesterday. Appearing with Mr. Bush at a press conference held in a breathtaking Renaissance villa… Zimbabwe Opposition Deputy Leader Arrested for Treason
BY The Daily Telegraph
HARARE — The deputy leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party was arrested and charged with treason yesterday within minutes of stepping from a plane at Harare airport. He faces the possibility of the death penalty. The secretary general of the… Barak Threatens To Help Dissolve Parliament
BY JONATHAN FERZIGER - Bloomberg News
TEL AVIV — Israel's defense minister and Labor Party chairman, Ehud Barak, threatened to help the opposition dissolve parliament if the ruling Kadima Party doesn't move to replace Prime Minister Olmert. Mr. Barak gave Kadima two weeks to act… Iraq Officials Reject U.S. Security Pact Proposal
BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press
BAGHDAD — New American proposals have failed to overcome Iraqi opposition to a proposed security pact, two lawmakers said yesterday, and a senior government official expressed doubt an agreement could be reached before the American presidential… White House Official Defends Russia Nuclear Deal
BY Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A Bush administration official sought to convince skeptical lawmakers yesterday that an American-Russian agreement on civilian nuclear power would not undermine efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program. But he encountered serious… U.S. Releases Taliban Attack Video To Quell Pakistan
BY HENRY CHU and JULIAN E. BARNES - Los Angeles Times
NEW DELHI — Faced with outrage from a key ally, the American military yesterday released footage of a clash between coalition forces and Taliban militants that Pakistan alleges killed 11 of its soldiers. The unusual move by military officials was… Taiwan, China To Have Offices in Each Other's Territory
BY DEBBY WU - Associated Press
BEIJING — Taiwan and China agreed yesterday to set up permanent offices in each other's territory for the first time in nearly six decades of hostility, one of the biggest trust-building steps they've taken in their political rivalry. There were few… Anger Escalates Among Grieving Parents in China
BY Associated Press
BEICHUAN COUNTY, China — Hundreds of grieving parents blocked the road into a flattened town yesterday as police sought to quell a rising wave of public anger over schools that collapsed in an earthquake a month ago and killed thousands of children. … Scientists: Judean Date Palm Is 2,000 Years Old
BY WENDY HANSEN - Los Angeles Times
Scientists using radiocarbon dating have confirmed that a Judean date palm seed found in the ruins of Masada and planted three years ago is 2,000 years old — the oldest seed ever to germinate. The seed has grown into a healthy, 4-foot-tall seedling… Ireland Votes on Fate of E.U. Treaty
BY The Washington Post
DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland cast ballots yesterday on a treaty overhauling the European Union, in a referendum that by a fluke of constitutional law gives 3 million Irish voters a big say in the future lives of nearly 500 million Europeans. For the… Women Owners Slowly Gaining Traction
The Business of Sport
BY EVAN WEINER
If you take a look at the list of the 29 classes of inductees into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame, you will find one category of honorees has gone missing, in comparison to Cooperstown and elsewhere: There are no owners, team… What Was Learned In First Week of Euro '08
Soccer
BY SAM STERN
The highlight of the first week of Euro 2008 was the Netherlands' historic defeat of Italy: The stunning upset blew Group C wide open, and set up the possibility that one of the two World Cup finalists, Italy and France, will not advance to the… Like Mets, Rangers Have Rich History of Frustration
Baseball
BY STEVEN GOLDMAN
Interleague play kicks off again today in an all-Texas way, with the Yankees visiting the Houston Astros and the Mets hosting the Texas Rangers. As disappointingly and strangely as things have gone for the Mets this year, with the latest development… Woods, Mickelson in the Hunt at Torrey Pines
Golf
BY Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — Tiger Woods grimaced and pursed his lips, unable to disguise the pain Thursday in the U.S. Open. No, it wasn't his left knee, though that was still tender from surgery. It was more the three-putt to end his round at Torrey Pines and… Wagner Blows Third Straight Save for Reeling Mets
Baseball
BY Associated Press
Billy Wagner blew another one for the struggling Mets. The All-Star closer coughed up his third consecutive save chance, this time wasting a splendid pitching performance by Johan Santana and allowing the Arizona Diamondbacks to rally past New York… USA Soon To Decide Whom To Bring to Beijing
Basketball
BY JOHN HOLLINGER
LOS ANGELES — The intrigue is beginning for the Beijing Olympics, and it's not all about protests, either. While the NBA Finals steal all the headlines, USA Basketball quietly announced this week that it will select all 12 players for the U.S… No Cannes Do at the Directors' Fortnight
Movies
BY STEVE DOLLAR
Born under polemical punches, the Directors' Fortnight was launched at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969, a year after the festival was forced to shut down amid the sweeping public protests of May 1968 — not to mention the fury of New Wave figures such… 'Call Girl' Dresses Down the World of Prostitution
Television
BY BRENDAN BERNHARD
Blame it on Showtime's delay in getting "Californication," its raunchy hit from last summer, back on screen as soon as possible for a second season. To plug the gap, and provide a second place-setting alongside the return of "Weeds," HBO's rival has… In Brooklyn, Ikea Will Quack Like a Duck
Architecture
BY OLIVER SCHWANER-ALBRIGHT
On Wednesday Ikea will open its doors in Red Hook, and Brooklyn's appealingly dilapidated waterfront warehouse district will be home to a 346,000-square-foot store as bright and cheerful as a new box of Legos. Cue the balloons and complimentary water… Kidd Jordan Makes the Vision Festival His Own
Jazz
BY WILL FRIEDWALD
In New Orleans, there's a venerated tradition of nicknaming younger, hot-shot musicians "kid" — sort of like Western gunslingers. The name often sticks, which is why it's no big deal to address an elder statesman as "Kid" in the Crescent City. Two of… Movies in Brief: 'Quid Pro Quo'
Movies
BY MARTIN TSAI
Carlos Brooks's Sundance entry "Quid Pro Quo" involves a bizarre subculture of able-bodied people who fervently hope and pretend to be paralyzed. Had Hollywood not previously exposed us to other secret cults, such as the masked hierogamy in Arthur… Need a Garage? Buy the Artek Pavilion
Auctions
BY JAY AKASIE
Not one chair from Mies van der Rohe's breakthrough Barcelona Pavilion from 1929 survives today. After the World's Fair came to a close, organizers disassembled the entire structure and threw away all of its Modernist furnishings, chairs and all. … Robert Baribeau Applauded at Allan Stone
Gallery-Going
BY LIZZIE SIMON
It had been four years since the painter Robert Baribeau had a show in Manhattan. And before Wednesday night's opening at the Allan Stone Gallery, before the guests arrived and the gallery was sparsely populated with interns, Mr. Baribeau confessed… A Slice of 'The Ring'
Classical Music
BY JAY NORDLINGER
Lorin Maazel has a long history with Wagner. He was the first American to conduct at the Bayreuth Festival (the Wagner shrine). And he was the first foreigner to conduct the "Ring" cycle there. In January, he returned to the Metropolitan Opera for the… 'Chris & Don': A Love That Defied Its Time
Movies
BY STEVE DOLLAR
Those of us who find the concept of "soul mates" corny and wistfully delusional may be defenseless against the intimate generosity on display in "Chris & Don: A Love Story." This quiet, observant documentary, which opens Friday at Quad Cinema, charts… Chaplin's Killing Joke
Movies
BY NICOLAS RAPOLD
In the 1940s, it was hard to imagine how Charlie Chaplin could top a foundational career that had already extended to a parody of Adolf Hitler in 1940's "The Great Dictator." Then came "Monsieur Verdoux," the superstar's clear-eyed 1947 twist on the… What Just Happened?
Movies
BY MEGHAN KEANE
If the road to movie hell is paved with good intentions, M. Night Shyamalan is getting pretty close to his destination. The well-compensated writer-director's new eco-thriller, "The Happening," takes retribution for human destructiveness to a new… 'Love Comes Lately': Falling Out of Love and Into Bed
Movies
BY RUTH GRAHAM
The great Polish-born chronicler of 20th-century Jewry, Isaac Bashevis Singer, wrote in the introduction to a 1981 collection of his short stories: "Unlike the novel, which can absorb and even forgive lengthy digressions, flashbacks, and loose… Maddin Brings Winnipeg to Waking Life
Movies
BY S. JAMES SNYDER
Home: a haven, or a prison? The place that holds us back, or sends us forward? Flowing underneath the surface wizardry — or is it insanity? — of Guy Maddin's pseudo-documentary "My Winnipeg" is this larger question of why we simultaneously yearn for… 'Beauty in Trouble': The Choice of a New Generation
Movies
BY BRUCE BENNETT
Hinging, as it does, on a woman's decision either to move to an Italian villa with a gentle older man or remain married to a petty crook whose controlling, abusive ways quicken her heartbeat, "Beauty in Trouble," a new film from the Czech Republic… If at First You Don't Mutate Into a Giant Green Beast ...
Movies
BY NICOLAS RAPOLD
This weekend, instead of raiding the comic-book menagerie for a new franchise or spin-off, Marvel Comics and Universal Studios are marching out a big, green do-over. "The Incredible Hulk" pumps up the muscle and loses the brains and heart of Ang Lee's… When the Limit Is Too Far
Movies
BY DARRELL HARTMAN
'Climb, climb, climb, blah, blah, blah." That's how one audience member at a recent screening summed up "To the Limit," which opens Friday at Cinema Village. Unfortunately, it's a somewhat accurate description of Pepe Danquart's documentary about… 'Blue Planet': It's a Beautiful World After All
Movies
BY BRUCE BENNETT
Franco Piavoli's 1982 film "Blue Planet," which screened at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater Tuesday and at Anthology Film Archives over the last two nights as part of a retrospective of the Italian director's hard-to-see and… Cheesesteak, Samosas, and Shorts at NYC Food Film Festival
Summer in the City
BY JAYANTHI DANIEL
The second annual NYC Food Film Festival, which kicks off Saturday, combines two summer favorites — a rather genius pairing — for a week of fun on the water. The festival, held at Long Island City's Water Taxi Beach, was co-founded last year by… Ikea Café Brings Swedish Flavors to Red Hook
BY MARISA KABAS
Brooklynites have more to look forward to than just sleek home furnishings with the opening of the new Ikea in Red Hook: The Scandinavian decorating destination will also include a café, bringing Ikea's interpretation of Swedish cuisine to the… The FDA and the Tumor
BY JOSEPH DOUGHERTY
Every morning I begin craving my cocktail — a drug cocktail. My life likely depends on it. I suspect Senator Kennedy will develop a similar appreciation for "drug cocktails" since his recent diagnosis with the same form of incurable brain cancer. It… McCain's 'Flight Status'
BY R. EMMETT TYRRELL, JR.
Think of it: Since early 2007 ambitious politicians have cluttered up the news with their campaigns for the presidency. Giants such as Dennis Kucinich, Joe Biden, and Bill Richardson, have tantalized us with the possibility that America could, under… Fatherhood: What Have I Done?
BY PATRICK McILHERAN
Once, as best man at my best friend's wedding, it was my duty to start a boom box that played Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime." This selection naturally baffled the congregants, especially the line, "This is not my beautiful wife." Yet that song… Reining in the Superdelegates
BY BARTLE BULL
Few things could be more damaging to American political culture than the polarization by race and gender that has characterized the Democratic party this year as it chose between a white woman and a black man. Political activists have accused women… Europe Pulling Euro Down
BY NIKOLAUS PIPER
"The dollar is our currency, but your problem," President Nixon's secretary of the Treasury, John Connally, snapped to his European colleagues in 1971. Today, the dollar is America's problem. There are obvious reasons why the greenback is so cheap… Park of Origin(ality)
Out and About
BY AMANDA GORDON
To the Battery they came, from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Governors Island, and the middle of Manhattan, for the Battery Conservancy's annual gala. The honorees came: the director of the New Museum, Lisa Phillips, and the president and chief executive of… | 
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