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The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorism organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Designating an entire mosque as a terrorism enterprise means that anyone who attends prayer services there is a potential subject of an investigation and fair game for surveillance.

In an attempt to raise money the state Republican Party is using two high profile candidates in this year's New York City elections. One of the candidates, Anthony Weiner, is pretty much dead in the water. He's lagging well behind in the polls and will not make the Democratic runoff that will follow the primary. The other is former governor Eliot Spitzer, who is running for comptroller and currently leading in his race.

Despite protections, inmates with severe mental illness are still ending up in solitary confinement at alarming rates. Prisons and jails across the country are filling with mentally ill inmates, while access to community mental health services dwindle. The Department of Justice estimated in 2006 that over half of all U.S. inmates suffer from a mental health problem.

When Amir Hall entered New York state prison for a parole violation in November 2009, he came with a long list of psychological problems. Hall arrived at the prison from a state psychiatric hospital, after he had tried to suffocate himself. Hospital staff diagnosed Hall with serious depression.

A federal judge appointed an independent monitor Monday to oversee changes to the New York Police Department's contentious policy known as stop and frisk after finding it intentionally discriminates based on race, a significant judicial rebuke for what the mayor and police commissioner have defended as a life-saving, crime-fighting tool.

A story about Long Island family that received a visit from local police after performing Google searches using the terms "pressure cookers" and "backpacks" was misleading.

John Fugelsang joins the show to discuss Anthony Weiner's latest "Carlos Danger" scandal and how the real problems with Anthony Weiner are things like Anthony Weiner's record on Iraq and Palestine. There are also jokes about pulling out...of the race for NYC's mayor.

Anthony Weiner says he's not dropping out of the New York City mayoral race in light of newly revealed explicit online correspondence with a young woman. His wife supports the decision.

Ousted former CIA chief Gen. David Petraeus is teaching oil-funded studies at an honors college in New York City this fall. According to the syllabus, "frackademia" studies that are kind to the oil and gas industry will be used to teach students about energy issues.

After starting off targeting business in Illinois and California, Rick Perry is now trying to lure New York businesses to Texas. But on Wednesday night's The Daily Show, comedian Lewis Black revealed he's not impressed with the Lone Star State.

The principal at the Pan American International High School in Queens — a school that specializes in immersive education for immigrant youth — is coming under fire after making racist remarks about the school's only black teachers. And then dismissing all three from their positions.

A person close to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he is planning a return to political life with a run for New York City comptroller. The former state attorney general plans to run as a Democrat in the wide-open field for comptroller.