Lawyer: Cell phone law broke dangerous ground — Newsday.com
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The state’s cell phone ban could clear the way for laws against anything that causes accidents, from having a pet in the car to drinking coffee, warned a lawyer fighting to have the ban declared unconstitutional.
“This is a new kind of law,” James Ostrowski […]

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State Democratic Chairman Finds That His Sally Against Faso’s Stand Backfires
ALBANY, June 7 — What started out as a partisan attack on John Faso, the Republican candidate for governor, quickly backfired on Democrats on Wednesday after their chairman suggested that tax cuts might not be a priority for Democrats this year.
Herman D. Farrell Jr., […]

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INSIGHT
“If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand.” —Francis Schaeffer
“He who is unaware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.” —Richard Whately
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back […]

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Rape victim’s dad joins Pataki to push for expanded DNA databank
NEW YORK — Six years after his daughter was raped, Michael Canavan’s fury burns stronger than ever. Now, armed with DNA evidence but lacking a name to match it to, this father is channeling his energy toward state lawmakers.
On Wednesday, Canavan joined Gov. George Pataki […]

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N.Y.’S MEDICAID MESS, CONT’D
June 7, 2006 — Anyone who doubted reports last year that New Yorkers were losing billions annually to Medicaid fraud should take a look at a federal audit released Monday, which ripped Albany for doing so little to stop the bleeding.
As the clock winds down on Gov. Pataki’s tenure, reports like this […]

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Grand Island School District�s Capital Project � the Debacle Continues
Jim Mulcahy
Posted June 5, 2006
There was a lot of glad-handing and high fives that the District gave itself after it won the budget vote last month. Because of the �echo� you may have missed the request at the following board meeting to replace All-Weather Roofing as […]

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Gunfire Erupts on Streets of Grand Island
(Grand Island, NY, June 7, 2006) - - There has been an apparent shooting on Grand Island overnight. Police are searching for the gunman who allegedly opened fire on a car full of people. News 4’s Melissa Holmes has more from Grand Island.
At this point, police are not saying […]

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