THE INFLUENCE GAME: Mystery group run by NC law firm fans opposition around US to health billStates find demanding higher taxes from the rich during fiscal crisis can be risky businessALBANY, N.Y. — This year, New York’s deep-pocketed rich are being required to dig even deeper to help shore up state finances through new and higher income taxes. Ex-Congressman Foley talk show debuts in Fla.; resigned after lurid messages to male pagesWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley began his new career on a Florida political talk radio, three years after a lurid scandal ruined his congressional career. |