The first day of the Democratic convention in Denver and the talk has been too much about the Clintons.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are working out a deal that would give her some votes during a roll call vote, then move to unanimous support for Obama, according to the Associated Press.

She will tell her delegates [...]

All of you rockers no longer have to travel to Cleveland to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

An annex will open in New York City’s Soho in November.

It will showcase Bruce Springsteen’s 1957 Chevy, John Lennon’s Record Plant piano, Elvis Presley’s motorcycle jacket, a handwritten poem by Jim Morrison and more.

“It’s only fitting [...]

The tight security plan that the New York Police Department has for the rebuilt World Trade Center makes you wonder about the rest of the city.

Of course, the Freedom Tower, the museum and the other buildings will be a target for terrorists. The Trade Center was attacked twice by the time it fell.

The New York [...]

Today I wrote about spotting a black bear while on a walk with my sister-in-law in Connecticut.

I wouldn’t say I was scared exactly, but I certainly was uneasy, anxious to get inside, and quite happy to be on my way the next morning for the beach.

Okay, maybe I was scared.

Encounters with bears are becoming more [...]

A Westchester company will sell its excess solar energy to Con Edison.

From the Associated Press:

THORNWOOD — A New York construction company has become the first Consolidated Edison business customer to use a system under which excess power generated by its solar panels can be sold back to the utility.

C.W. Brown Inc. CEO Renee Brown says [...]

I will be away from the office until Aug. 11.

Here’s videotape on the ABC News Web site of Barack Obama’s prayer being lifted from the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

The piece of paper was taken from the crevice after Obama walked away. Its contents were published by the daily newspaper Maariv, sparking an uproar over the intrusion into his relationship with God.

“Lord—Protect my family and [...]

Here’s Bob Hope on politics. It’s funny, wherever you stand.

Earlier this year, I wrote about Julianne Culhane, who had just finished Pace University Law School, was studying for the bar exam, looking for a job and living with lupus.

After she got sick while she was in college, her kidneys failed and she needed a transplant.

This month, Culhane competed in the U.S. Transplant Games sponsored [...]

Apparently not. The Louisiana governor told Fox News he was NOT interested in running as John McCain’s number two.

“Let me be clear: I have said in every private and public conversation, I’ve got the job that I want. And I’ll say again on air: I’m not going to be the vice presidential nominee or [...]