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Protesters crash street renaming
It’s only the beginning of August and things have already started to get ugly in the Corona political world. Or rather, the ugliness of Corona politics is back from its summer break – ...
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Working Families or Hardly Working?
Backroom politics over at the Board of Elections…we don’t believe it for one minute! But that’s exactly what Anthony Como, who is challenging State Senator Joseph Addabbo this No...
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Pol & reporters do a little "Rangel"-ing
Could all of the stress of the ethics probe and pending charges against New York City Congressman Charlie Rangel finally be getting to him? Rangel has been scolding and snapping at reporters like ...
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This won't be a negative-Frei race
Has civility finally returned to local politics? The race to fill the seat being vacated by Assemblyman Michael Gianaris in Astoria – who is in turn the clear frontrunner to replace the reti...
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Who wants free papers?
You might recall that after taking a brief hiatus from the City Council, Karen Koslowitz was re-elected to represent the Forest Hills district she once repped before term limits forced her out in ...
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Driscoll says 'so long' to Parkside
Bill Driscoll, the senior founding partner at The Parkside Group, has suddenly parted ways with Evan Stavisky and Harry Gianoulis. Driscoll was considered the most savvy at the political consultin...
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Marty: see you in a few years LeBron!
There were a whole lot of people upset about LeBron James’ decision to leave the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, none more so than the fine people of Cleveland, OH. But King James let down a w...
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Weiner with catch up on ESPN
We gotten used to seeing Congressman Anthony Weiner all over our television sets as of late. The Brooklyn/Queens representative has become one of the most outspoken members of Congress, and has mo...
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Talk is cheap
Look out naive and sloppy journos, Errol Louis is going to out you! Louis, a columnist with The Daily News, recently had Congressman Gregory Meeks as a guest on WWRL’s Morning Show with Erro...
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What's in a kiss? A lot in Albany!
Anthony Como wasn’t the only GOP candidate to pounce on an opportunity to discredit their challenger this past week. Rick Lazio, who is running for governor and will likely face current At...
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Come on, it's just a million bucks!
Really, what’s $1 million or so if you’re the richest man in the world? Well, $1 million might be a drop in the bucket to billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg, but the money apparently ...
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AP - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.
AP - A bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package after police evacuated four of six concourses at Miami International Airport for several hours on the eve of the Labor Day travel period, an airport spokesman said Friday.
AP - An oil platform that burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday was the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.
