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Thursday,
04 December 2008
NYC mayor sees deficit spiking to $1.6 bln
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - New York Citys Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday estimated that tax revenues had fallen enough to add as much as another $300 million to the deficit, pushing it to $1.6 billion.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
US Charges 6 With Smuggling Elephant Ivory Through Kennedy Airport
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR They came through Kennedy Airport from Africa in boxes marked “African Wooden Handicraft” and “Wooden Statues.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
UGA loses bid for bio lab
By BEN SMITH and JULIA MALONE The University of Georgia has apparently lost its bid for a $450 million laboratory to research biological threats posed by animals, including anthrax.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Pa. governor apologizes for comments on Napolitano
AP - December 3, 2008 7:44 PM ET HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Ed Rendell has apologized for his comment that the Arizona governor is a good choice for Homeland Security secretary because she has no family.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
No. 2 Official in Nevada Is Indicted for Fraud
By STEVE FRIESS LAS VEGAS - Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, the first major Republican to announce a challenge to Senator Harry Reid in 2010, was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday on four counts of fraud related to his handling of public money as...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
US Supreme Court takes up tobacco case for third time
The case involves an ongoing tug of war between the high court and the highest court in Oregon. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - Mayola Williams has been fighting cigarette manufacturer Philip...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Paterson Criticizes Panel for Its Judicial Selections
By JEREMY W. PETERS Gov. David A. Paterson on Wednesday blasted the state commission that recommends candidates for chief judge, saying it was an outrage and an injustice that not one of the seven people presented to him was a woman.
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