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    GOP's Lazio urges AG Senate probe

    Rick Lazio, the former Republican congressman from Brightwaters who wants to be governor, today called for a probe into the hiring of a state senator’s son for a plum state job.

    Lazio urged state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate how Pedro Gautier Espada became deputy director of intergovernmental affairs for the Senate’s Democratic majority. He will be paid...

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Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player?

  • Sarah Palin bringing her book tour to Fort Hood.
  • Lou Dobbs saying he'll remain in the "public arena."
  • Sen. Charles Schumer proposing tax breaks for donating game