Slap Shots Blog Brooks on Twitter Rangers 3 Capitals 2 By LARRY BROOKS The Garden clock had ticked into single digits and now the last chance for the desperate Capitals had come down to the last puck battle. But the last chance for the Capitals turned out to be no chance at all when Brandon Dubinsky beat Dennis Wideman along the wall and chipped the puck out of the Rangers' end to not only seal another victory for the conference- leading Blueshirts but another grinding victory.

Knicks Blog Berman on Twitter By MARC BERMAN Ten days ago at Boston's TD Garden, Jeremy Lin entered the Knicks' game against the Celtics late in the first quarter and crickets were heard all the way to Harvard Square.

DUMBO jobs go begging amid biz boom By RICH CALDER Apply here, tech whizzes and gamer geeks. Despite 9 percent of New Yorkers' being unemployed, according to the state Labor Department, the growing tech industry in DUMBO, the small, affluent waterfront corridor between the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, can't find enough qualified workers. "This is a rapidly growing, competitive industry, but at the same time,

Slap Shots Blog Brooks on Twitter By LARRY BROOKS The Rangers have not confirmed that Ruslan Fedotenko suffered a concussion as a result of his collision with Dominic Moore on Thursday night for which the Tampa Bay center was fined $2,500 for "an interference infraction that caused an injury," but the winger who missed the weekend sweep over Philadelphia and Washington could play in Boston tomorrow night.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Rick Santorum is pursuing an aggressive strategy to challenge Mitt Romney in the state where the Republican presidential front-runner grew up. Santorum said yesterday he could do "exceptionally well" in Michigan, where Romney's father served as governor.

Whitney Houston has had a colourful, if not always fairy tale, life but when it is all weighed, her 48 years on this Earth were remarkable. The I believe In You and Me hitmaker was born into music and died while battling to regain her place at the top of it.

WASHINGTON (AP): Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favourable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachu-setts sought tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for transportation projects through the state's congressional delegation. A prime example was the $30 million that the Romney administration

NEW YORK (AFP) - Mitt Romney has gotten a sorely needed boost in the rocky race for the Republican presidential nomination, winning a non-binding contest in Maine and a straw poll among conservatives after a trio of unnerving losses. The former Massachusetts governor edged out Texas congressman Ron Paul by fewer than 200 votes in the Maine caucuses Saturday, and outpolled former senator Rick Santorum in the straw poll at the Conservative Political

Posted GMT 2-13-2012 1:52:13 The rapidly changing Middle East is witnessing convulsions which are indeed revolutionary when it comes to alliances.

By JACKIE CALMES Published: February 12, 2012 WASHINGTON - With the election-year budget he unveils on Monday, President Obama more than ever confronts the challenge of persuading voters that he has a long-term plan to reduce the deficit, even as he highlights the stimulus spending and tax cuts that increase deficits in the short term. Election 2012 iPhone App A one-stop destination for the latest political news - from The Times and