Monday’s Links Worth Following

• NYC bedbugs scaring off NYC tourists
  New York City’s bedbugs have climbed out of bed and marched into landmarks like the Empire State Building, Bloomingdale’s and Lincoln Center, causing fresh anxiety among tourists who are canceling Big Apple vacations planned for the height of the holiday season.
• AP-GfK Poll: One-third may still switch candidates
  The jury is still out on who many Americans want in Congress.
• BBC News – Karzai confirms report of cash payments from Iran
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has acknowledged that his office has received cash from Iran, but insists it was part of a “transparent” process.
• Sick, touchy Elmo returns to Times Square, back to old antics as he scares parents and kids
  “What’s happened to society? Now Elmo is trying to shake down kids for a dollar? Only in New York,” said Lehman.
• National Grid power-rate surge criticized
  Local leaders are raising questions about National Grid’s proposal to raise its rates, collecting an additional $390 million in delivery charges each year.
• Government to propose truck fuel efficiency rules – NewsChannel 9 WSYR
  Tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans and other large vehicles will need to be more fuel efficient under first-ever standards
• Close race yields windfall for 48th candidates
  In a sign the 48th Senate District race is likely still polling close, Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, and Republican challenger Patricia A. Ritchie have brought $1.11 million into the battleground district since Oct. 1.
• Activists: Reinstate top NY environmental official
  Environmentalists are calling on Gov. David Paterson to reinstate the state’s environmental commissioner, who was fired Thursday for criticizing the administration’s budget cuts.
• Did GOP slip up in U.S. Senate bids?
  In a year when Republicans are poised to make gains in both houses of Congress, why aren’t New York’s Democratic U.S. senators facing closer elections?
• How Carousel Center changed forever the dingy lakeside landscape of Syracuse
  Mall is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
• Paladino’s home paper endorses Cuomo in guv race
  Republican Carl Paladino’s hometown Buffalo News on Sunday endorsed his rival in the New York governor’s race, declaring “there is no choice” but Andrew Cuomo.
• Media got Cheney face-shooting story wrong – War Room – Salon.com
  This is one of those remarkable instances in which the media gets basic facts wrong, and they are repeated again and again and again.

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