People close to state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that the Democrat who's expected to become his party's nominee for governor will oppose critical elements of the long-term financial recovery plan for New York developed by Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch. Full story
Oct. 30: The White House announced that at least 640,000 jobs have been created or saved because of the economic recovery plan, but is the president getting due credit on the economy? Msnbc’s Chris Matthews, CNBC’s Jim Cramer, and Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post discuss.
The White House promised that new figures showing progress in President Obama's recovery plan will be more accurate as it defended an earlier faulty count that overstated the jobs created so far. Full story
Sept. 21: President Obama says, there needs to be a sustained investment in education, technology, health care and research, during a speech on his economy recovery plan at Hudson Valley Community College in upstate New York.
They're all gray wolves, but the Mexican gray wolf is notably different than its faraway cousins, and conservationists now say the animals need specific protection under federal law to avoid extinction. Full story
The Obama administration on Thursday withdrew a Bush-era attempt at increasing logging in federal forests in the Pacific Northwest that are occupied by northern spotted owls and salmon. Full story
