Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed a spending plan lacking drama, with the most contentious elements of the budget at least seeming familiar.

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Mayor Bloomberg’s Budget Avoids Tax Rises or Broad Layoffs

A former aide to a prominent rabbi helped raise money from the rabbi’s followers for the 2010 campaign of Michael G. Grimm, according to interviews and records.

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Rabbi’s Followers Say Money Given to Grimm’s House Race Broke the Law

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, not ordinarily a fiction reader, made an exception for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.”

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Bloomberg, No Fan of Fiction, Finds ‘Tinker, Tailor’ an Exception

Members of the public are being invited to tweet their questions for the Education Secretary, Michael Gove.

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Public tweeting Gove questions

Is city driving more dangerous than country driving? It’s a much harder question than you think, writes Michael Blastland.

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Are country roads more dangerous than city roads?

Is city driving more dangerous than country driving? It’s a much harder question than you think, writes Michael Blastland.

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Are country roads more dangerous than city roads?

Overpraising children is under attack, which is interesting because almost exactly a year ago, one mother’s philosophy of withholding praise was receiving the same treatment. Yesterday, The Post’s Michael Alison Chandler wrote about a trend in which teachers refrain from showering kids with “Good try!” at every turn. Read full article > >

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With excess praise losing favor, vindication for Tiger Mom?

A suggestion by Education Secretary Michael Gove that the Queen should be given a new royal yacht to mark her Diamond Jubilee is rejected by Downing Street.

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Jubilee yacht proposal rejected

The Yankees moved quickly to get two starting pitchers from the Seattle Mariners, Michael Pineda and Jose Campos, and agreed to a one-year deal with Hiroki Kuroda.

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Yanks Trade Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda and Sign Kuroda

America has been learning a lot lately about “the Bain way.” The damning 28-minute video “When Mitt Romney Came to Town,” put out by a pro- Newt Gingrich super PAC, and the new book “The Real Romney,” by Boston Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, have shed light on the strategies that Mitt Romney ’s old private-equity firm, Bain Capital, used to generate outsize returns for its investors. Read full article > >

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When Romney ran Bain Capital, his word was not his bond

Convicted fraudster and Lib Dem donor Michael Brown has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after going on the run, police say.

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Fraudster donor held in Caribbean

Soul singer Michael Kiwanuka comes top of the BBC Sound of 2012 list, which showcases the top rising music stars for the year ahead.

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Kiwanuka tops Sound of 2012 list

It’s hard to explain why business leaders can be so pessimistic about the economy while being optimistic about their own company, writes Michael Blastland.

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The great confidence gap

Captain Michael Clarke scores the first triple century at the Sydney Cricket Ground as Australia continue to dominate the second Test against India.

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Clarke hits landmark triple ton

Former police minister and ex-First Minister Alun Michael announces his intention to stand for south Wales police and crime commissioner.

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MP wants police commissioner job