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Kennedy seen as model for re-entry women
With her Camelot pedigree and Park Avenue address, Caroline Kennedy is not exactly the average American woman.
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Democrats seize control of state Senate
Democrats took control of the state Senate Wednesday for the first time since 1965 and elected the first African-American senator to lead the chamber.
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Falling crude prices squeeze Chavez oil diplomacy
Venezuela's slumping oil earnings are starting to squeeze President Hugo Chavez's public spending spree and curb the international aid he uses to counter U.S. influence.
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Oil prices tumble below $45 on oil reserve report
A car receives gas at a Sunoco Station in Andover, Mass. Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israel's ground offensive in Gaza and a dispute between Ukraine and Russia over gas imports pushed oil prices above $47 a barrel ...
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Review: Just Say `I Don't' to `Bride Wars'
This cliched comedy "Bride Wars" tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends.
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Governor says New York in 'perilous' state
Gov. David Paterson prepares his State of the State message in his office. Gov. David Paterson sees New York's condition as "perilous," but the courage to balance the government's budget and priorities can ...
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7 hospitals in N.Y. accused of $50M Medicaid fraud
Four hospitals in New York state paid kickbacks to get more patients into their drug treatment programs, which billed Medicaid for services that weren't standard or necessary and lacked state certification, ...
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VP-elect Biden sworn in for 7th Senate term
There, for example, was a tanned and grinning Vice President-elect Joe Biden, who - bizarrely - was sworn in to a seventh Senate term.
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Rip Torn faces drunken driving charges in Conn.
Actor Rip Torn has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Connecticut, nearly two years after being fined and losing his license for similar charges in New York.
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Unemployment Line Back Up
New York's unemployment claims systems have crashed, overwhelmed by tens of thousands of jobless New Yorkers trying to call or log in at once ahead of this week's filing deadline.
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Cuba allows access to Hemingway papers
The collection of the late author's documents includes coded messages Hemingway compiled when he used his fishing boat, El Pilar, to ply the waters north of Cuba during World War II, believing German U-boats ...
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Offensive, Ukraine-Russia spat send oil prices above $48
Israel's ground offensive in Gaza and a dispute between Ukraine and Russia over gas imports pushed oil prices above $48 a barrel Monday, but some analysts say there's more than just unrest in the Middle East ...
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Fashion week debut for Sienna
Actress Sienna Miller will make her debut at London Fashion Week next month with a collection co-designed with her older sister Savannah.
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Chronology of key events in Richardson withdrawal
Notable events leading to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's withdrawal of his bid to become commerce secretary: _ Early 2003: Richardson wins legislative approval of a $1.6 billion highway and transportation construction program called Governor Richardson's Investment Partnership, or GRIP. _ October 2003: CDR Financial Products Inc. CEO David Rubin contributes $25,000 to Richardson political committee, Moving America Forward. _ 2004: Bonds are issued for GRIP transportation program. CDR, which is based in Beverly Hills, Calif., becomes part of a team of investment and financial advisers selected by the New Mexico Finance Authority to put together the GRIP financing. CDR earns at least $951,000 in fees in 2004 for its services to the authority.
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Rainbow Room to close restaurant, citing economy
In this Dec. 17, 1998 file photo, guests at New York's Rainbow Room dance on the revolving floor of the restaurant and nightclub just before it was temporarily closed and remodeled.
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A Better Method of Kidney Storage
Pumping a solution continuously through a donated kidney raised the chances of a successful transplant when compared to simple cold storage of the organ, European researchers report.
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New York mayor, in Israel, backs strikes on Hamas
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressed solidarity with Israelis threatened by Hamas rockets on Sunday in a daylong trip to Israel that included visits to two towns targeted by the Islamic militant movement in recent weeks. During the visit to the embattled town of Sderot, Bloomberg and his party, which included Rep. Gary Ackerman, a New York Democrat, were briefly hustled to a bomb shelter when a missile warning went off. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Bloomberg said he fully understood Israel's actions. 'You should rest assured, if anyone in New York was being threatened, my instruction to the NYPD (New York police) would be to use all the resources at their disposal to protect civilians,' Bloomberg said.
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The Genius of Genesis VI: Can We Say Ferosh
Genesis VI Party A clean slate, a fresh start-it's what we all needed. And that's the genius of GENESIS-the first circuit party of the new year.
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Goldberg: The squeegee men of the New World Order
If you're old enough to have been around in the 1980s, and possibly even if you aren't, you probably know the name Leon Klinghoffer.
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Spoleto Festival USA unveils modest 2009 schedule
Tributes to longtime chamber music director Charles Wadsworth, a return visit by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and an operetta inspired by movie actor Peter Lorre highlight a more modest 2009 season of the Spoleto Festival USA. The 33rd season of the internationally known arts festival will be staged from May 22 through June 2 across Charleston, festival organizers announced Sunday. This year's festival has a budget of $6.2 million _ down from last year's $8.4 million, said festival spokeswoman Paula Edwards. Last year's festival was staged just as the national economy soured and ended the season $372,000 in the red _ the first deficit for the festival in 13 years.
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