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Tale of two messages? NYC mayor's inequality fight sidelined by slew of 'sideshows'
• NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's ambitious agenda to fight income inequality -- a campaign he famously titled "The Tale of Two Cities" -- has taken a backseat in recent weeks to a series of political stumbles that have become tabloid fodder and shaken his everyman image.
• First, there was his late-night call to police on behalf of a political ally who was arrested but didn't spend a night in jail. ("BAIL OF TWO CITIES: Blaz's call to cops springs pal," the Daily News blared.)
• Then came widespread second-guessing -- led by TV weatherman Al Roker -- over inconsistent snowplowing of the tony Upper East Side in one heavy storm and the decision to keep schools open in another ("LET THEM EAT SNOW!: Rage as Bill keeps schools open," the New York Post chided.)
• And most recently, a TV news video caught de Blasio's motorcade speeding through stop signs, two days after he introduced a sweeping traffic safety program. ("It's another tale of two cities," the Daily News wrote, "one set of traffic rules for Mayor de Blasio, and one for the rest of us.")
• The mayor has often responded by being defensive and snippy when dealing with the media, and then chastising reporters for focusing on the blunders.
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Samsung's fingerprint technology not bulletproof, but provides convenient security
• BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it's alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal.
• The sensor brings convenience for entering passcodes and could encourage more people to lock their phones. But fingerprint security isn't foolproof.
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