NEWS
WASHINGTON — Rep. Vito Fossella’s disclosure yesterday that he fathered a child out of wedlock boosts the chances that the Democratic Party will gain total control of the city’s congressional delegation for the first time in more than a quarter-century.
A week after his arrest for drunken driving, the Staten Island Republican admitted that he had an affair and a 3-year-old daughter with an Air Force lobbyist who retired as a lieutenant colonel.
A television ad in which the speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and a former speaker, Newt Gingrich, warn about the dangers of climate change may violate federal election law, according to two campaign finance lawyers.
The spot, which shows Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Gingrich seated on a couch in front of the Capitol, is being questioned because the California Democrat faces a primary election June 3 in her San Francisco district.
By BENNY AVNI, Staff Reporter of the Sun | May 9, 2008
UNITED NATIONS — Lebanon is on the brink of war, according to American and U.N. officials, with the leader of Hezbollah threatening to “cut off the hand” of his Lebanese enemies and their Western allies, and armed factions facing off on the streets of Beirut.
By TIM PARADIS | May 9, 2008
Wall Street fell sharply early today as investors contended with wider-than-expected losses at insurer American International Group Inc. and another worrisome spike in oil prices.
By ELAINE WOO, Los Angeles Times | May 9, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Elaine Dundy, a novelist, biographer, journalist, and memoirist who wrote about her turbulent marriage to legendary critic Kenneth Tynan and their life among the rich and famous, died May 1 at her Los Angeles home. She was 86.
The cause was a heart attack, according to her daughter, Tracy Tynan.
- Eddy Arnold, 89, Country Music Star
- Morgan Sparks, 91, Made First Practical Transistor
- Irvine Robbins, 90, Founded Ice Cream Chain
- Alvin Colt, 91, Doyen of Broadway Costumers
- Diana Barnato Walker, 90, Legendary Female Pilot
- James Day, 89, Public TV Pioneer
- Henry Brant, 94, ‘Spatial’ Composer and Impresario
