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Stakes are high in State Senate coup

ALBANY - Two weeks after the leadership coup in the State Senate, half of the Capitol, it seems, wants to pretend it never happened.

Both sides in the Senate stalemate are in denial because at stake is power, millions of dollars in pork-barrel grants, hundreds of patronage jobs - and potentially the governor's office, should David A. Paterson become incapacitated.

Thirty-one Democrats...

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