links for 2011-02-21

• Bayne wins Daytona 500; Cato's Smith finishes seventh
  Cato native Regan Smith finished seventh and led the race in the final 10 laps before being spun out. He was at or near the front for much of Sunday's NASCAR season-opener.
• With special ingredients, Thruway stripes are becoming easier to see
  New York State Thruway employee invents a new method for the stripes on the edge of the highway.
• Interior Department Rejects Catskill Casino for Munsee Indians – NYTimes.com
  The federal government rejected a proposal on Friday to build an Indian casino in the Catskills, nullifying a deal reached in the waning days of the Paterson administration to settle a land claim by a tribe based in Wisconsin.
• NYS GOP To Drop Winner-Take-All Primary System?
  Maghabe over at Politico hears some changes could be in store for the NYS GOP: She writes: "New York Republican officials are seriously considering changing the state's winner-take-all primary system to one with proportionality, meaning candidates could compete for the delegates doled out
• Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Strikes Settlement With Drug Company Pharmacia
  A month after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declared war on government cheats, today he announced a multimillion settlement today with one of them – a pharmaceutical giant that inflated the price of drugs sold to the state.
• Cuomo didn't put in budget $500 million needed for his proposed competitive grants for schools
  To lessen the pain of deep cuts in school districts statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has created two new pots of money — $500 million total — to reward districts for innovations and efficiencies.

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