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Last week's opportunity to have Bruce Berg , a Fordham University professor of political science, answer questions from readers on the New York Times's CityRoom blog, sent me to Berg's January 2008 book New York City Politics: Governing Gotham , a book that treats the West Side Stadium and Atlantic Yards as prominent examples.

If you didn't know Harry, you'd be forgiven for interpreting his loose, casual clothes and tousled head of hair as the outward evidence of a Santa Cruz gentleman of leisure.

It's Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop's First Latino DJ, By Luis "DJ Disco Wiz" Cedeno, powerHouse Books, $22.95. The Rat That Got Away, by Allen Jones with Mark Naison, Fordham University Press, $29.95. What Else But Home: Seven Boys and an American Journey Between the Projects and the Penthouse, By Michael Rosen, ...

Joe Cao is the name on most people's lips Inside the Beltway this morning. So, how did this freshman Republican escape GOP Whip Eric Cantor's hammer to vote with Democrats for health care reform, ruining Cantor's goal of unified opposition? Cao arrived in Houston at the age of eight with his parents and two siblings as refugees from Vietnam.

I'm one of only 11 council votes. So in order to do things, I have to work with the council.

As Army officials pick up the pieces after the tragedy that unfolded Thursday, when Maj.

Ross Mackenzie Tribune Media Quotations on Afghanistan and nationalizing the practice of medicine... Afghanistan Gen.

NORTH CASTLE - Fall colors come out about two weeks later than they did 20 years ago, Fordham University biologist Jim Lewis said, and spring buds arrive almost two months earlier than 30 years ago.

Age: 60 Education: bachelor's degree, Fordham University ; master's and doctorate, Johns Hopkins Occupation: professor of government, the College of William and Mary Family: married to Terry U. McGlennon; two sons Previous office held: elected Jamestown supervisor in 1997, 2001, 2005 McGlennon says tackling tough budgets in the current economic ...

Fordham University professor James Fisher presented his book "On the Irish Waterfront: The Crusader, the Movie, and the Soul of the Port of New York" at the Hoboken Historical Museum Sunday afternoon.

States often collect far more information about students than necessary and fail to take adequate steps to protect their privacy, a national study concludes.

Congress should repeal the Tower Amendment and other securities law exemptions for municipal issuers so that the Securities and Exchange Commission can require them to comply with certain disclosure requirements as well as with generally accepted governmental accounting standards, SEC commissioner Elisse Walter said Wednesday night.

UK Will Urge EC To Legalise Mashups, Format-Shifting, Content Sharing paidContent Lord Mandelsona TMs three-strikes proposal may have gobbled all the headlines.

Quintiles Consulting today announced three key appointments in its US Regulatory and Quality consulting practice.

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From guest blogger Dakarai I. Aarons: A new study released today raises concerns that states are collecting more information than needed in a quest to build education-data warehouses and are not doing enough to protect students' personal information, including Social Security and health data.

Editor's note: The Poughkeepsie Journal is running a series of candidate profiles prior to the Nov.

Legal scholars from the University of Kansas, other universities and organizations across the country will explore the state of aggregate litigation during the Kansas Law Review's 2009 symposium.

Veronica Mollere, standing eighth from left, and her fellow Fulbright scholars get the scoop on what awaits them during their initial days in Thailand.

Central Floridians have a local man to root for on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance." Jakob Karr, 19, from Windermere is among the Top 20 finalists announced on last night's show.