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NYC City Council Speaker pressing Chick-fil-A to get out of town

One week after Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told anti-gay marriage fast food chain Chick-fil-A to stay out of the city, New York City’s City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is going one step further, asking that the lone outpost already in New York hit the road. Quinn, who is considered a…

At least 100 arrested at Occupy Boston protest

BOSTON (Reuters) – Tensions boiled over in the early hours of Tuesday in downtown Boston, where police arrested about 100 protesters after the Occupy Boston group expanded its footprint and was told by authorities to backtrack. Protesters said late on Monday that police had given participants an ultimatum to return to…