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Become a part of history 18 Sep 2009 | 05:46 am
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum has launched a new web project called “Make History” to tell the story of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath directly through the voices of those w...
Other politicians fare poorly too 18 Sep 2009 | 05:33 am
Gov. David Paterson isn’t the only one faring poorly in recent polls. Today, Marist Poll released a survey showing 69 percent of registered voters in New York State said they did not want disgraced f...
Paterson mired at the bottom 17 Sep 2009 | 05:57 am
The latest Marist Poll is anything but good news for New York State Gov. David Paterson. The governor’s approval rating is stuck at about 20 percent. The June survey found the governor at 21 percent. ...
Students want to kill print newspaper 15 Sep 2009 | 08:37 am
Students at the University of Texas at Arlington want to kill the print version of the student newspaper, The Shorthorn. They are advocating an online version only to save paper. It’s part of the sea ...
Photo of dying Marine sparks criticism 9 Sep 2009 | 09:26 am
Think of the Spanish Civil war and one photo comes to mind: Robert Capa’s “Death of a Loyalist Militiaman,” taken in 1936. The photograph, known as The Falling Soldier, shows the moment a Republican m...
Scarborough on Kennedy’s kindness 4 Sep 2009 | 06:06 am
Here’s a column from Joe Scarborough, the host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, in our sister Gannett newspaper, the Pensacola News Journal. He writes about leaving Congress, where he represented Northwest Fl...
Kennedy on Chappaquiddick 4 Sep 2009 | 04:52 am
Ted Kennedy’s accomplishments were always measured against Chappaquiddick—the night he drove a car off a bridge into a pond, swam to shore, failed to report the accident, and left behind a young campa...
Bloomberg’s latest gun blitz 3 Sep 2009 | 08:09 am
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to make New York’s gun laws even tougher. Bloomberg, who is running for reelection, made these proposals at a campaign appearance: Ban Armor Piercing Bullets: The may...
Lawmakers weigh in 2 Sep 2009 | 10:54 am
For tomorrow, I wrote about some ideas for reforms from some lawmakers, among them Assemblyman Mike Spano of Yonkers. Spano would make some cases of drunk-driving fatalities murder. In the meantime, t...
Another could-be challenger bows out 1 Sep 2009 | 08:44 am
Republican Rep. Peter King of Long Island announces he will not challenge U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Earlier Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney also stepped aside. More below. NEW YORK (AP) — Republic...
