Here’s today’s roundup of stories from around the state. As always, if you have an interesting link to share, drop it in the comments below.
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Brief claps of gunfire and the shouts of victims echoed through a large hangar Thursday morning as emergency personnel from throughout the state faced a faux home borne terrorist attack at the state Preparedness Training Center.
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“But Mr. Doheny has said at least three times publicly that he supports reforming the system so that retirees decades from now could put at least a portion of their contributions into investments that they choose.”
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On the heels of the discovery of a Michelangelo in a home near Buffalo comes this tale of the discovery of some documents signed by our founding fathers, hidden for years in Watertown
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One of Carl Paladino’s prescriptions for New York’s chronic budget deficits, spending cuts of at least $7 billion in his first year as governor, may be imposed whether or not the underdog Republican candidate wins in November.
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The House will vote in November on a bill to provide $250 payments to Social Security recipients to make up for the lack of a cost-of-living increase for next year,
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The Oneida Indian Nation will continue to sell cigarettes tax-free under an order by a federal judge.
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Starting in January, most Verizon phone directories delivered in New York will not include the residential white pages listings.
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Says the article: “City property taxes will likely rise again next year – the only question is how much.” This is a harbinger of things to come for Fulton and Oswego — the issues are the same.
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An unfortunate typo on voting ballots in Illinois.
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Yes, it’s THAT Pat Sajak, the game show host and conservative, asking this question: “(S)hould state workers be able to vote in state elections on matters that would benefit them directly? … I’m not suggesting that public employees should be denied the right to vote, but that there are certain cases in which their stake in the matter may be too great.”
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More on consolidation: Macedon village voters yesterday rejected dissolution for the second time in three years.
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This weekend promises to be a good time to enjoy fall foliage–if you don’t mind Saturday’s rain
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A roomful of Republican supporters, aside a large bride and groom cut-out of Rep. William L. Owens, D-NY, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, stood behind 23rd Congressional hopeful Matthew A. Dohney as he was officially backed by the Upstate New York Tea Party (UNYTEA) Wednesday.
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Barack Obama is no longer the big man on campus, a new poll finds.
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The headline says it all.
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Say what you want about Gov. David Paterson, there’s never been a sharper, more sarcastic sense of humor in the Governor’s Mansion.
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There’s late movement towards the Dems in national polling, says Nate Silver, the country’s best analyst of polling trends: “After having lost ground in the Senate forecast for three consecutive weeks, Democrats have demonstrated improved polling in several key matchups over the past week, dimming Republican hopes for taking over the chamber.”
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Gotta love this: The Libertarian candidate for Governor, Warren Redlich, spoofs the Carl Paladino/Fred Dicker confrontation and proves conclusively that he’s not “full of crap” as alleged.
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I agree with Pat Sajack I believe that school district employees should be banned from voting in school board and budget elections. The way they stack the board with their cronies means that the negotiations are very one-sided.