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World War II veteran Don Fida, of Syracuse, arrived on the island of Kwajalein to salutes and song Thursday morning on the 71st anniversary of the battle he fought there. Fida arrived on his 91st birthday. He had just turned 20 years old when the ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Politically Correct have laid down the law at City University of New York, where gender-specific salutations are now a no-no. School officials sent out a memo barring professors and other staffers within the graduate program from ...
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Officials in western Pennsylvania are trying to figure out how a man who's been dead for more than two years wound up being reappointed to a county industrial authority board. Fayette County officials said it seemed they never tried checking in ...
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State Treasurer Rob McCord, who resigned suddenly Thursday, is under federal investigation. WPVI-TV citing anonymous sources, reported that investigators are focusing on the "alleged theft of campaign and other funds." A spokesman for Gov. ...
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The New York State Assembly is considering re-writing the rules after Sheldon Silver's arrest. Reformers in the Assembly want to limit background dealings and disperse power, after helping force one of the state's most influential politicians to ...
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Lawmakers in Albany have passed a series of bills stiffening penalties for sex offenders. Senator Ken Lavalle says the seven bills would help safeguard kids, college students and others from sexual predators. The package calls for more stringent ...
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Governor Tom Wolf is poised to sign an executive order restoring a moratorium on new natural-gas drilling leases on Pennsylvania's state parks and forests. Wolf's office says he'll sign the order today at Benjamin Rush State Park in Philadelphia. ...
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Findings just released from the National Council on Teacher Quality show Pennsylvania's teacher pension system carries the third highest unfunded liability in the country. Pennsylvania ranks seventh in the nation if that $32.6 billion liability is ...
01.28.15 |
Assembly Democrats announced Tuesday night that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will vacate his position by Monday. Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle will serve as speaker until Feb. 10, when an election will be held to fill the post ...
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With Buffalo drivers paying the highest gas prices in New York, and the second highest prices of any metropolitan area in the continental United States, relief could be on the way. Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw and County Legislator Ted ...
