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Rangel found guilty of ethics violations
By Maddie Dockery
November 16, 2010 - 5:26pm
The veteran New York congressman was found guilty of multiple violations of House rules today.

Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel was found guilty on 11 of 12 counts by a House ethics subcommittee today. CNN reports that some of the charges include improper use of government mail service and letterhead and failure to pay taxes on a house in the Dominican Republic. 

Election 2010: Republicans take back the House, while the Democrats cling to their Senate majority
By Stephanie Tardugno
November 3, 2010 - 10:43am
Republicans will pick up 60 House seats after this year's election.

Voters' anger over a stubborn jobless rate and anxiety over troubled economy helped Republicans to a sweeping takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives and a stronger presence in state offices, projections indicate, according to CNN.

Schumer to debate challenger
By Lorne Fultonberg
October 14, 2010 - 7:21pm
The Democratic incumbent will debate Jay Townsend next weekend.

Democratic Senate Incumbent Charles Schumer has agreed to debate Republican challenger Jay Townsend, Sunday, Oct.

Schumer, Gillibrand ahead in senate races
By Lorne Fultonberg
October 8, 2010 - 12:50pm
New poll shows incumbent Democrats comfortably in the lead.

The incumbent senators from New York both hold sizeable leads over their Republican opponents, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University.  The poll, which was released today, showed Kirsten Gillibrand with a 21-point advantage over challenger Joe DioGuardi, 55 percent to 34 percent.

State senators ask Espada to step down
By Evan Williams
April 22, 2010 - 7:39pm
Plus, Senate Dems push to advance financial reform bill and CBS wins rights to NCAA tourney.

Senators and congressmen congregated Thursday to call for Senate Majority leader Pedro Espada Jr. to step down because of an ongoing investigation determining his involvement in shady political and business activities.

Senior Al Qaeda leaders in Iraq killed
By Drew Sagon
April 19, 2010 - 1:45pm
Plus, Andrew Cuomo could announce his candidacy for governor next week and a Long Island man is convicted in a hate crime case.

A joint Iraqi-US operation succeeded in killing the two most senior members of Al Queda in Iraq according to CNN today. The US military said the deaths of Abu Ayyub al-Masri and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi are "a potentially devastating blow," to Al Queda.

Google closed in China
By Katie Siefert
March 22, 2010 - 6:40pm
Plus, new budget plan passed in New York and a potential rule change in the NFL.

Google decided to close its Internet search engine in China on Monday.  Chinese Google users will now be directed to the uncensored Hong Kong version of the site which may get blocked on the mainland.

According to the New York Times, Google is turning its back on the world's largest Internet market of 400 million web users.  Google plans on maintaining its China sales department and research and development team.