Tuesday’s Links Worth Clicking On

• Police: Unable to move arms, victim is robbed of wallet
  A man with disabilities, unable to use his arms, was robbed of his wallet Monday in downtown Syracuse.
• State aims to establish patient records database by 2014
  Patient’s medical records could soon be accessible to any doctor, anywhere in New York State. An effort is underway to create a state-wide patient database by 2014
• Girl Scouts’ uniforms to be US-made
  The Girl Scouts of the USA announced Monday its uniforms will continue to be made in America following a public uproar over reports it was considering bids from overseas manufacturers.
• NY attorney guilty in $300k adoption scheme
  A New York attorney who advertised himself as an adoption expert has been convicted of stealing more than $300,000 from prospective parents for babies that did not exist.
• Former Gov. Pataki Bites Bullet, Endorses Carl Paladino
  Former three-term Republican Gov. George Pataki has finally put out a statement endorsing the GOP’s Carl Paladino — the guy who once called Pataki “a degenerate idiot”
• Andrew Cuomo On Tax Cuts: Don’t Hold Your Breath, New York
  Don’t expect tax cuts anytime soon under a Cuomo administration
• Chilean miner plans to run in New York City marathon
  Rescued miners Juan Illanes (left) and Edison Pena gesture during a ceremony honoring the rescued miners in Caldera, Chile, on Oct. 19. Pena is planning to run in Sunday’s New York Marathon.
• Next for GOP leaders: Stopping Sarah Palin – Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei – POLITICO.com
  Top Republicans in Washington and in the national GOP establishment say the 2010 campaign highlighted an urgent task that they will begin in earnest as soon as the elections are over: Stop Sarah Palin.
• State OKs rate hikes of up to 22 percent for MVP health plans to keep insurer solvent
  Even though it didn’t get as much as it wanted, MVP Health Care received state permission to increase rates next year on some of its health insurance policies by as much as 22 percent.
• The Rent May Be Too DAMN High, But These Items Aren’t Too DAMN Expensive
  Well, the website BidHere.com went through with it and hired Rent Is Too Damn High gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan as a pitchman
• New York judge says 4-year-old can be sued in bicycle accident
  Kids are accused of hitting an elderly woman while racing bikes down the sidewalk.
• Prosecutor: Leyritz alcohol level over twice limit
  Former major league baseball player Jim Leyritz had a blood-alcohol level more than twice Florida’s legal limit when he ran a red light after a night of drinking and crashed into a woman’s vehicle, killing her, a prosecutor said Monday as testimony began in Leyritz’s DUI manslaughter trial.

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