Students back at NYC school after swine flu scare

Students streamed into St. Francis Preparatory School on Monday morning, happy to return after an outbreak of swine flu but wary of close contact, and some equipped with hand sanitizer in their backpacks.

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Sticky-fingered campus cop charged in pastry theft

New York State police say a sticky-fingered college campus policeman was helping himself to more than the free coffee at a convenience store. He also routinely stuffed a pastry into his coat.

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Marsalis' Mass Blends Gospel and Jazz

Wynton Marsalis will be turning the House That Jazz Built at the Time Warner Center into the House of the Lord when he premieres his first jazz Mass, which blends the gospel and jazz traditions in a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York State's oldest African-American congregation.

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BARACK OBAMA'S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army. This week's election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P.

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Extortion, bribery, racketeering — those are just some of the crimes that have sent members of the New York State Legislature to jail in the last five years. The good news is that the authorities caught up with them.

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Heather Walker: NY State Rally Against Mandatory Vaccine for Health Care Personnel, 9-29-09.

Gary Null: I'd like to welcome all of you, especially the Voice of America people all over the world, over a hundred and sixty countries.

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"State government overspends, overtaxes, and over reaches. It is polarized, unresponsive and unaccountable. It has destroyed rather than created jobs," Lazio said in a speech in Albany, N.Y.

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When the Bush regime decided to knock off the awful Eliot Spitzer as gov. of NY — for Wall Streetish reasons, and in a clear violation of the separation of powers — lt. gov., David Paterson became gov.

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Gee, maybe Gov. Paterson has a spine, after all: The popular president of the United States, head of the Demo cratic Party and leader of the Free World told Paterson to bow out of the 2010 race for governor. Dave's response? Take a hike, Mr. Prez.

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Politicians need high egos to withstand the public bashing that accompanies the American election process. However, this high ego will fall victim to reality when the fat cats conclude a candidate is not a good investment – high electability potential.

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In the city of Knox, NY, police detained four young men and a teenager after finding explosives and a video showing the group blowing up a turtle with a pipe bomb. The evidence was discovered while searching the home of a suspect in an Internet scam case.

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Like Gillibrand, most of those who prefer to keep ACORN's money flowing regularly enjoy the support of its close affiliate -- the union-backed Working Families Party.

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Gov. David Paterson is ordering state agencies to put a 30-day hold on contracts with the community organizing group ACORN and its affiliate New York Agency for Community Affairs.

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All told, ACORN reported fully $11 million in direct public support in 2007 -- and its various front groups likely get tons more.

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Their petitions were challenged by a member of the Democrat Party's State Committee, an employee of the Board of Elections, and former Democrat candidate for office.

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The New York Times reported Tuesday that Giuliani, who was famously dubbed "America's mayor" in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, will decide in the next 30 to 60 days whether he has enough support to be elected to the post.

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Governor Patterson parties in New York City while the state budget burns down. Revenue from their new law raising taxes on high earners has decreased by 50% over similar tax collections last year.

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Well, that's nothing new, really, in the NY State Senate:

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Last week I spent 90 minutes doing a couple of simple things -- registering to vote, changing my driver's license, filling out a domicile certificate and signing a homestead certificate -- in Florida.

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when B. Thomas Golisano, the billionaire who owns the Buffalo Sabres, recently said the budget convinced him to leave and save $5 million in new income tax demands, some dismissed it as a political stunt. What will be said of Nancy Bell?

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This is the border of Canada and the U.S. and where the Mohawk reservation is. Part of the Mohawk rights include being able to go back and forth between the US and Canada. This would probably create some problems. There has already been some incidents.

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NEW YORK--National Point and Insurance Reduction Course, a leader in defensive driving courses, announced today the launch of its Improv Aware Driver Course, one of the first New York State Department of Motor Vehicles approved online programs for New York drivers.

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A majority of New York voters would rather see Eliot Spitzer, the state's hooker-happy former governor, back in office than his beleaguered successor, Gov. Paterson, a new poll revealed Monday.

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MOREAU - A 42-year-old Greenfield man was arrested today for allegedly exposing himself at the Sherman Island Boat Ramp in Moreau on Monday.

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The New York State Assembly passed at least 4 bills today that would further restrict gun rights in the state, according to the Assembly's website. Additional anti-gun bills are like to be passed before the Assembly adjourns this week.

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On paper at least, retaking the Congressional seat in New York should have been a chip shot for the GOP.

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Good News Wednesday - Time to Look Forward Instead of Back

This past weekend, I had the honor of doing a speech before a group of 800 delegates from around the state for a Not-For-Profit I am an elected official of. I was re-elected as the vice-president of the organization which represents, this year, 69,600 member families.

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Adviser to Rockefeller befriended presidents, mobilized women's vote

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