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Paterson dumps top aide to stabilize administration

Faced with sagging poll numbers, Gov. David A. Paterson dumped his top aide yesterday as part of a shake-up aimed at stabilizing an administration increasingly in turmoil.

William J. Cunningham III, who had served since November in the state's highest ranking executive branch post, resigned after Paterson's widely panned performances filling the state's open U.S. Senate seat and a series of...

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