links for 2011-04-05

• Cut the fat, count the calories – Times Union
  Surrounded by fast food joints, Karl and Rena Cooper sat in the food court at Crossgates Mall on Monday eating their homemade lunch of salmon, carrots and reduced-fat potato chips.

  Unbeknownst to the couple, the state health commissioner was holding a press conference in the corner of the food court encouraging New Yorkers to eat meals with 600 calories or fewer.

• This grade's for the teacher – Times Union
  On Monday, a 63-member task force that includes teachers, administrators, union leaders and school board members released a comprehensive report that will move the state toward an objective evaluation method for its teachers and principals.
• Crime cameras on Syracuse's Westside now active
  After a lot of fanfare, and some controversy about civil liberties, new crime cameras are now active in Syracuse. They captured their first frames of video over the weekend
• Gov. Cuomo And Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Make A Deal On State Ethics Reform
  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he has struck a deal on an ethics reform bill with Gov. Cuomo.
• Feds call on natural gas industry to repair 2.5 million miles of aging pipelines
  Gas companies are already legally required to check pipeline integrity in highly populated areas and make repairs where necessary, but Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has asked executives at major pipeline companies to make it a priority.

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