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- Paterson seeks new budget powers
- ... Senate Majority Leader John Sampson, D-Brooklyn. "This is what we were elected for." In a Web address Tuesday morning, Paterson asked for a "one-time authority to balance our current budget, preserve our credit rating and keep New York…
- Press & Sun-Bulletin
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- 18 minutes ago
- Lawmakes Return Home; Ignore Gov's Request To Make Cuts…
- ALBANY _ Gov. David Paterson proposed legislation Tuesday morning that would give him executive authority to do what's necessary to close the state's $3.2 billion mid-year budget gap if lawmakers can't come to an agreement. Paterson and…
- WGRZ TV
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- 35 minutes ago
- Honeywell to Present at Goldman Sachs 2009 Global Industrials…
- MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that David J. Anderson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Goldman Sachs 2009 Global Industrials…
- Biloxi Sun Herald
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- 40 minutes ago
- Court: NY can seize property for new NJ Nets arena
- ALBANY, N.Y. — New York's top court ruled Tuesday that the state can use eminent domain to force homeowners and businesses to sell their properties for a massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets. In…
- Asbury Park Press
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- 1 hour ago
- Holding People In Power Accountable: Niagara Falls
- The physical difference between Niagara Falls, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario is about two miles. But the difference between the two cities when it comes to having a thriving economy based on tourism is enormous. About a year ago, 2 On…
- WGRZ TV
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- Poll Puts Gray Over Fenty In 2010: Loose Lips Daily
- AFTER THE JUMP--- Protesters settle with city for $13.7M; Serrano says vouchers should be D.C.'s problem, not his; WaPo ed board smacks Gray for obstructionism; WaPo looks at the Pamela Butler whodunit; archdiocese warns that if vouchers…
- Washington City Paper
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- 1 hour ago
- The majority is much too deferential to the self-serving ...
- Earlier today New York’s highest court upheld the state’s controversial use of eminent domain on behalf of real estate tycoon Bruce Ratner and his Atlantic Yards/basketball stadium project. Not only does this disastrous 6-1 decision put…
- Reason.com
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- 1 hour ago
- U.N.: 150,000 still in Sri Lankan camps
- United Nations (CNN) -- Nearly 150,000 refugees from Sri Lanka's civil war remain detained in Sri Lankan government internment camps, according to the United Nations' chief humanitarian affairs official, John Holmes. Briefing the media…
- CNN
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- 43 minutes ago
- Lexington Realty Trust Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
- NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lexington Realty Trust ("Lexington") (NYSE: LXP), a real estate investment trust focused on single-tenant real estate investments, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30,…
- Biloxi Sun Herald
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- 51 minutes ago
- The spirit of this season: Be thankful, spend less
- NEW YORK — Sometime in the 1980s, when he was living on the street, the kid who later became the seminal rapper KRS-One stopped at the Bowery Mission for a sandwich. He doesn't recall what kind, only that it was served with respect. On…
- USA Today
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