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Bloomberg Apologizes for Crack About 'Inebriated' Irish

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has apologized for remarks he made to an Irish-American group stereotyping drunken celebrations on St. Patrick's Day. The mayor, addressing the American Irish Historical Society on Wednesday, quipped that he lives nearby the society offices and is used to seeing inebriated people...

How Cory Booker Beat Michael Bloomberg in the Mayor-Blizzard Game

Memo to Michael Bloomberg: The next time a monster blizzard hits your city, do what Cory Booker did. The Newark, N.J., mayor has emerged as an online hero after he and his staff went around the city helping residents cope with the winter blast. Besides communicating with constituents on Twitter, Booker helped shovel snow...

Cheap Thanksgiving: Serve Roadkill Instead of Turkey

(Nov. 22) -- With turkey prices at an all-time high this year, you may want to seriously consider serving another type of meat at your Thanksgiving dinner -- roadkill -- since it's fresh, fast and free. According to Midwest hunter Buck Peterson, author of "The Original Roadkill Cookbook" (Ten Speed Press) and other...

AOL Poll: Half Would Consider GOP Prez in 2012

(Nov. 3) -- Half of the American electorate would at least consider voting a Republican into the White House in 2012, while four in 10 say they won't and the rest are undecided, according to an AOL poll conducted as Republicans seized control of the House of Representatives. The poll also found that 50 percent of...

Bloomberg Report Shows TARP Profits Top Treasury Bond Returns

(Oct. 20) -- Returns on the Troubled Asset Relief Program used to bail out the financial industry, better known as TARP, generated higher profits for taxpayers than 30-year Treasury bonds, according to a Bloomberg report. The government earned $25.2 billion on its investment of $309 billion in the financial sector, which...