Cahill urges override of governor’s early retirement vetoy
Albany – Assemblyman Kevin Cahill of Kingston has asked Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to reconvene the house to override Governor Pataki’s veto of the legislature’s state workforce reduction plan.
Last month the governor vetoed legislation that would have allowed public employees to retire with no penalties if they have […]

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Peaceful succession under way in Cuba: official - Yahoo! News
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has set in motion a peaceful political succession, dashing U.S. government expectations of chaos following
Fidel Castro’s hand-over of power to his brother, a leading Cuban intellectual and government member, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, said on Monday.
“They (the U.S. government) had not expected that […]

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BP shutting down large Alaska oil field - Yahoo! News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. began shutting down the Prudhoe Bay oil field Sunday after discovering unexpectedly severe corrosion and a small spill from a transit pipeline.
Prudhoe Bay represents about half of Alaska’s oil production and about 8 percent of U.S. production, according to […]

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Rus Thompson Candidate for Assembly will be holding a Press Conference Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM to officially announce his campaign for assembly in the 144th district against Sam Hoyt.
Rus has received the Republican and Conservative endorsements in this race.
Rus will be calling out Mr. Hoyt on a number of issues that have come to […]

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Buffalo News - Unions discussing citywide strike
Morale hits bottom as result of wage freeze
Buffalo’s largest public unions are discussing a possible citywide strike that would send teachers, firefighters, police officers and other employees walking off the job, The Buffalo News has learned.
Union leaders met privately Wednesday to discuss strategies for dealing with what they described […]

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‘Hizbullah committing war crimes’ (Human Rights Watch finally notices)
Hizbullah must immediately stop firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.
“Lobbing rockets blindly into civilian areas is without doubt a war crime,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. “Nothing can justify this assault on the most fundamental standards for […]

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SHEL LAW FIRM PULLS ‘SUE STATE’ WEB AD
ALBANY - A top law firm that employs Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has quietly removed a controversial solicitation on its Web site seeking clients to sue the state.
Weitz & Luxenberg deleted the section of its Web site that made an ambulance-chasing appeal to people who claim to […]

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Albany Strategy Lets Rich Evade Donation Limits - New York Times
ALBANY, Aug. 3 — As a candidate for governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer is barred from taking more than $50,100 from any single donor.
But that has not stopped wealthy donors from legally circumventing these state contribution limits to shower six-figure donations on the Spitzer […]

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Catholic News Agency
Washington DC, Aug. 03, 2006 (CNA) - Recent reports indicate that Hezbollah is using Christian villages to shield its attacks against Israel.
According to Christian Solidarity International, Hezbollah is hiding among civilian populations, mostly in southern Lebanese towns, such as Ain Ebel, Rmeish, Alma Alshaab.
Launching attacks behind human shields is in violation of the […]

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Blogs acroos NY State are talking about Tom Suozzi, he is starting to make a real impression with Democrats as he moves across the state having meetings.
I think it is high time that Spitzer get on stage with Suozzi and have 3 or 4 two hour long debates, let them focus on different issues in […]

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