Dede Scozzafava

Scozzafava will not seek seventh term
By Samuel Taylor
April 21, 2010 - 8:26pm
Plus, Georgia has confirmed the interception of highly enriched uranium and the NFL has suspended Ben Roethlisberger for six more games.

Former congressional candidate and New York State Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava will not seek a seventh term, her husband confirmed today, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Afghanistan has a new president
By Samantha Lavien
November 2, 2009 - 11:40am
After a controversial election, Hamid Karzai is elected as the president of Afghanistan.

Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election on Monday. His win came after the Independent Electoral Commission announced that they would be canceling this weekend’s second round of voting. According to CNN.com, the opposing candidate, Abdullah Abdullah resigned from the race on Sunday.

Karzai’s win comes with much speculation. In the first election held on August 20, widespread fraud was suspected. Two months after the vote, the U.N...

Possible deep cuts for bailout companies
By Lindsay Kukla
October 21, 2009 - 5:35pm
Highest paid executives may now face pay cuts up to 90 percent

The government bailouts of 2008 sparked controversy about executive salaries within the salvaged companies.  Now, the Obama administration will force the seven companies that received the most aid to slash compensation, an anonymous official said Wednesday.

The 25 highest paid executives will have their paychecks cut by about 90 percent, according to the official who spoke under anonymity because the decision has not yet been announced.

All other executives will receive a pay drop of about 50 percent,...