Also, two government stalwarts cancel State Fair exhibits to save money, and lobbying by natural gas companies is up in New York state.
View full sizeKen Buck, the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate from Colorado, shown at a debate with opponent Jane Norton last week, is in hot water for insulting some members of the Tea Party movement.From CBS News:
Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck has once again talked himself into some trouble -- this time by insulting certain tea-party activists for questioning the legitimacy of President Obama's birth certificate.Buck was speaking to a Democratic operative who had secretly recorded the conversation.
» Read the story: GOP Senate Candidate Ken Buck Insults Birthers
» Colorado candidate regrets slam against tea party [The Washington Post]
» GOP Candidate on Tape Calls Tea Party Birthers Dirty Word [Fox News]
In other news:
» Protests planned ahead of Arizona's controversial immigration law [CNN]
» Syracuse city government, OCRRA cut their State Fair booths [CNYcentral.com]
» Natural gas industry ups lobbying spending in New York [pressconnects.com]
» Air tests to be released after union complaints [Utica Observer-Dispatch]
» SeekSyracuse Public Art Projec looks for letters in architecture [centralny.ynn.com]
» Paterson: We should start planning for layoffs now [Albany Times Union]
» Tornadoes leave chilling imprint on Southern Tier [The Buffalo News]
» Finalists for federal education grants to be announced Tuesday [Lexington Herald Leader]
» Niagara Falls man found crushed in trash compactor [MPNnow.com]
» Whale crushes sailboat off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa: