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New England Braces For Hanna's Drenching Rains - Guardian Unlimited
boston (ap) - southern new england is bracing for drenching rain and gusts near 50 mph as tropical storm hanna runs up the eastern seaboard. hanna came ashore saturday morning in the carolinas and forecasters at the national weather service expect it ...
www.guardian.co.uk

Old Friends In New Places
vida bowles started life in cookietown, so a trip to new york was a fantastical dream. but her dream came true at the age of 86. bowles' daughter, oklahoma city businesswoman terry neese, explains: "i took my ... mom to new york city recently. she had never been there. she wore me out — statue of liberty, walked out fifth avenue and central park, empire state building, broadway shows ...” along ...
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Photos Give New Look At '68 Czech Invasion
new york (reuters) - russian soldiers aim rifles at students waving flags.
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Thai Leader Dismisses Talk Of Military Coup - Seattle Times
thailand's embattled prime minister denied a rift with the army sunday and dismissed the possibility of a coup when he travels to the u.n. general assembly in new york later this month. prime minister samak sundaravej noted that thailand's last coup ...
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Boeing, With An Order Backlog, Is Hit By A Strike - Herald Tribune
the boeing company, whose order books are bulging with demand for its planes, was hit by its second major strike in three years early saturday, when the union that represents 27,000 machinists in washington state, oregon and kansas walked off the job ...
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Photos Give New Look At '68 Czech Invasion
source: reuters by louis charbonneau new york, sept. 5 (reuters) - russian soldiers aim rifles at students waving flags. tanks, cars and buses burn. a mother and her small daughter tread through rubble in front of ...
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Plane Owned By State Unit Becomes Part Of An Inquiry
the plane, owned by the new york power authority, has been used for years to transport governors and state police officials, sources said.
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Last Dance: Days May Be Numbered For Nyc Strip Club That Survived ... - Los Angeles Times
new york (ap) _ the end may be near for scores, the legendary strip club that has attracted celebrities while withstanding mafia infiltration, fbi raids and ex-mayor rudy giuliani's crusade against smut. after 17 years of notoriety, the owners are ...
www.latimes.com

7 Years On, Sept. 11 Is So Far And Yet So Close - Forbes
it is not a tidy anniversary this year. seven years between that awful day and this sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. no longer ...
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new York State To Audit State Employees', Retirees' Dependents To Ensure Eligibility In Health Care Plan
the new york state department of civil service this fall is planning to launch an investigation to ensure that the 1.2 million state employees, dependents and retirees who receive health insurance under the new york state health insurance program are eligible for their coverage, the albany times union reports.
www.medicalnewstoday.com

The Water Plant Under New York
filtration plant in the bronx has been delayed by six years and costs $2.8 billion it requires enough concrete to build a sidewalk from new york to miami and enough pipe to reach the top of the empire state building 140 times over. workers carved out enough dirt from the ground to fill more than 100,000 dump trucks.
www.baltimoresun.com

Bank Of America Ready To Settle Security Probe - Star News Online
bank of america corp. said friday it is ready to settle federal and state investigations into sales of risky auction-rate securities, joining eight other big investment banks that have agreed to buy back a total of more than $50 billion of the ...
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Sizing Up Wrongful Execution Risk - Baltimore Sun
in the last of its four public hearings, the maryland commission on capital punishment explored yesterday the risk of innocent people being executed - calling upon of one its members to tell the story of his own wrongful conviction. former maryland ...
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Meeting Will Shape State Of Natural Gas Drilling
harrisburg — the scope of natural gas drilling activities in northeast pennsylvania and new york state’s southern tier should become more apparent when the susquehanna river basin commission meets this week.
www.citizensvoice.com

State Panel Wants To Hear Ideas For Reducing Taxes
members of the state commission on property tax relief want to know what you think should be done to lower property taxes in new york. chairman tom suozzi and other commission members will hold a public hearing nov. 12 in syracuse to hear ideas on ways to reduce property taxes.
www.syracuse.com

The Bells And Whistles Of Fall - Minneapolis Star Tribune
the whistle blew, the tracks shook and the earth rumbled. steel wheels rolled out their hypnotic percussion -- ca-chunka, ca-chunka, ca-chunka. in the murk of half-sleep, i had the sensation of traveling on a train, but i couldn't remember where i ...
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Bishops And Rabbis Join To Defend True Marriage - Catholic Online
rabbis and bishops joined in affirming their common beliefs regarding marriage in a joint statement titled "created in the divine image." rockville centre, new york (zenit.org) - marriage should be protected as a relationship between a man and a ...
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Tri-state Cleans Up After Tropical Storm Hanna
tropical storm hanna brought showers and humid, tropical conditions to the tri-state saturday, as well as flash flood and even tornado warnings. highways were flooded and flights were delayed for hours. fortunately, the inclement weather cleared out overnight. sunday is expected to feature sunny skies, breezy weather, and temperatures in the 80's.
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Military Retirees State Chapter Being Reactivating
plattsburgh -- the american military retirees association new york empire state chapter will be holding its first convention wednesday at veterans of foreign wars post 125.
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Keith Naughton - Newsweek
keith naughton was named newsweek's midwest bureau chief in august 2006. based in detroit, he manages both the detroit and chicago bureaus, covering news and managing reporters throughout the midwest. naughton came to newsweek in august 1999 as ...
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