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Northeast struggles to dig out from massive blizzard
Much of the Northeast struggled on Sunday to dig out from the massive weekend blizzard. By evening, a 27-mile stretch of the snow-covered Long Island Expressway remained closed, a day after vehicles became mired there during the blizzard. At New York...Tags: Suffolk County (Massachusetts), Government, Highway Transportation, Long Island Expressway, Snow Storms
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Northeast blizzard eases; snowplows revved up for the big dig-out
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BOSTON--The blizzard of 2013 began to ease somewhat Saturday as the Northeast began to slowly dig out from a fierce, and in some places, record-breaking storm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow and as much as 3 feet in some places. The worst of the...Tags: Suffolk County (Massachusetts), Central Park, Government, Snow Storms, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Ed Koch remembered as 'Uncle Eddie' and a savior of New York
NEW YORK -- To his family, Ed Koch was "Uncle Eddie." To New Yorkers, he was "hizzoner," the omnipresent three-term mayor who was remembered Monday as the man who lifted a grim city to glory but who always had time for his nieces, nephews, and a...Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Manhattan (New York City), Government, Hillary Clinton, Human Rights
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 4
Concealed-carry permits could lead to less gun crime To the editor: Thomas Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, correctly notes that the gun-control controversy is debated almost solely in terms of fixed preconceptions, with little or no...Tags: Interior Policy, Gun Control, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ed Koch dies on day his documentary opens
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died the same day a new documentary about his life and legacy opened in New York. "Koch," which will open in Southern California theaters beginning March 1, offers evidence that the combative mayor had mellowed...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City), Gold Standard Incorporated, Ed Koch, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Television Industry, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush
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O'Malley lays out liberal agenda in State of State address
Gov. Martin O’Malley urged the General Assembly on Wednesday to approve an unabashedly liberal agenda that includes repeal of the state’s death penalty, new curbs on guns and spending for construction projects that create jobs. Asking...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Hillary Clinton, C-SPAN (tv network), Richard F. Colburn
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Chris Cuomo hired by CNN amid major shakeup at the network
Jeff Zucker has officially been on the job at CNN for all of 8 days, but sweeping changes are already underway at the ratings-challenged cable news network. First up: The network announced on Tuesday the hiring of “20-20” anchor Chris...
Tags: Bob Costas, CNN (tv network), Interior Policy, Gun Control, Sarah Palin
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Chris Cuomo hired by CNN amid major shakeup at network
Jeff Zucker has officially been on the job at CNN for all of eight days, but sweeping changes are already underway at the ratings-challenged cable news network. First up: The network Tuesday announced the hiring of Chris Cuomo, formerly the anchor of...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Bob Costas, Today (tv program), Interior Policy, Gun Control
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Psychiatrists, mental health advocates uneasy with gun policy prescriptions
Sitting around a broad table in a nondescript office in Reisterstown last week, more than a dozen mental health advocates, medical professionals and law enforcement officials stared tensely at one another. Nearly a month after the state-created task...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Psychiatrists, Social Sciences, Interior Policy, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Wendy Greuel walks tightrope in mayor's race
One big advantage for a Los Angeles city controller aspiring to higher office is the ability to make news with a steady flow of audits exposing wasteful spending at City Hall. So while stuck in Hollywood Freeway traffic on a recent morning, Wendy...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy, Local Government, Gloria Molina, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Legislative Task Force Leaders: No Pressure To Keep Up With N.Y. In Passing Post-Newtown Gun Restrictions
The Hartford CourantGeneral Assembly leaders, in announcing Tuesday the formation of a task force on the Newtown massacre, said they want to pass a major legislative response by the end of February but denied feeling pressured by New York state lawmakers' having already...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Donald E Jr Williams, Government, Personal Weapon Control
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