2010 is going to be an interesting year for politics in Putnam County. The sides are lining up for a couple of Legislative seats and the race for the County Executive's seat. On the legislative side the Republican machine is gunning to shoot down...
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Melanie Shouse fought to her death for health care reform BY MICHAEL D. SORKIN 02/04/2010 When Melanie Shouse began feeling ill, eventually finding a lump in her breast, she couldn't afford a doctor. She and her partner had just used their savings to open a business. A year...
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When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist? 02/01/2010 by Jim Naureckas FAIR has long complained (Extra!, 7-8/95; Extra Update!, 12/98) about corporate media's avoidance of the word “terrorism” to describe the murder of doctors who perform abortions, even though it meets the standard definition: the use...
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AgriBusiness gets boost at Tech City Luc Roel, left, of Farm to Table Co-Packers, and Congressman Maurice Hinchey, tour the kitchen facilities at Tech City. KINGSTON – The former IBM facility here built mainframe computers, but its workers were still fed 7,500 meals-a-day. Now the facility, known as...
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7PM - The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity. Renowned climatologist Dr. James Hansen will be presenting his new book, Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth about the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save...
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Poll: New Yorkers are high on legalizing marijuana | LoHud.com Seventy-one percent of New Yorkers support making medical marijuana legal in the state, while voters have fizzled on a plan to tax soda and sugary drinks, a Quinnipiac Poll found Thursday. Fourteen states have legalized marijuana...
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Personal Health – Food Rules From Michael Pollan Worth Following In the more than four decades that I have been reading and writing about the findings of nutritional science, I have come across nothing more intelligent, sensible and simple to follow than the 64 principles...
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Town highway superintendent charged with stealing gas and equipment, among other charges Williams: Official misconduct BREWSTER – Patterson Town Highway Superintendent Charles Williams, Jr. has been arrested by State Police and charged with a number of crimes alleging that he stole gas for personal vehicles and tools,...
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On our last tour, so recently, he was meeting new friends and renewing old friendships every single day, so very full of life. Among the friendships he was renewing was that with his elderly parents, who came to our show in Brisbane, a...
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