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...Having sat in the studio with him, I can only say that he was a gentleman when the 'on air' light was lit as well as when it was not." - Former New York City Mayor Giuliani...
...even when it's below freezing, hardy Minnesotans commute via bike. Last year the U.S. Census Bureau ranked Minneapolis the city with the second highest number of bike commuters as a percentage of the population. (Portland was No. 1.) After completing 100 miles (160 km) of bike paths, Mayor R.T. Rybak has turned his attention to expanding bike-sharing and adding amenities like showers that cyclists can use before heading into the office...
Likewise, Denver mayor John Hickenlooper has presided over the construction of many of his city's 850 miles (1,370 km) of bike paths and is looking into getting solar-powered locks for his bike-sharing program."Whatever it takes," he says. "I want to get people excited about biking so that it becomes part of our social currency...
...even the harrowing fight about extending the pre-charge detention period for terror suspects is far from over. The debate is likely to surface during campaigning ahead of a by-election scheduled for June 26 in Henley, to fill the seat vacated by London's new Conservative mayor Boris Johnson. The morning after the terror vote, the Conservatives' shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, announced he is resigning his parliamentary seat to trigger a by-election in his constituency in northeastern England. He says he will use the poll to fight Labour on the erosion of civil liberties. Meanwhile...
...Mustafa Demir, mayor of the conservative Fatih municipality which is running the demolition program, says it's a much-needed social renewal project "to replace hovels." Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Sulukule "ugly", and expressed bewilderment over anti-demolition protests. That the neighborhood is in desperate need of a cleanup is clear, but critics accuse officials of failing to involve one of the city's oldest communities in plans for its redevelopment. Instead, the Roma have been offered two options: They can sell their property at a rate far below market prices (or face having it expropriated), or they...