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G-8 leaders face rising expectations at summit
Associated Press WriterThe world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks and make good on pledges to battle poverty and hunger. Leaders from the Group...Tags: George Bush, Heads of State, Pope, Government, Illnesses
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Afghan officials: US missiles killed 27 civilians
Associated Press WritersAfghan officials said fighter aircraft battling militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths. The U.S....Tags: Marriage, Government, Family, Weaponry, Injuries
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Neither Candidate Can Stop Home Foreclosures
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Home foreclosures will keep rising next year no matter who is elected president in November. Even the optimism that surrounds a new president taking office can't resurrect home values overnight, and presidents have no direct ability to...Tags: Economy, Barack Obama, Government, Los Angeles, Vermont
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Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone
Associated Press WriterFederal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area. Government agencies have killed more than 6,...Tags: Animals, Epidemics and Plagues, Agriculture, Montana, Government
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NY slashes services hot line budget
Associated Press WriterMost New Yorkers can pick up a phone and dial one number to find out what services or assistance they're eligible for _ regardless of their needs. But a 92 percent cut in state funding for the 211 hot line could drastically limit its ability to help...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Local Authority, Government, Sheldon Silver, Disasters
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Portsmouth, N.H. blends the old and the new
shawna.vanness@newsday.comOh Portsmouth, my how you've grown. Tucked along New Hampshire's seacoast, Portsmouth is a city that's always had classic New England appeal (think gracious old Colonials, scenic harbors and that small-town, convivial atmosphere). But it's just been...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Anglican, Christianity, Government
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Finally, some WTC realism
Sadly, it was really no surprise when the Port Authority announced last week that the rebuilding of the World Trade Center is grossly behind schedule and over budget. The report was one in a string of disappointments about this emblematic site that...Tags: David A. Paterson, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Ceremonies, Society, Local Authority
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Corzine says he's ready to stump for Obama
Associated Press WriterAfter months of earnest campaigning on behalf of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Gov. Jon S. Corzine now says he'll do whatever it takes to help Barack Obama get elected president. The former chairman of Goldman Sachs recently met with Obama in Chicago for an...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Barack Obama, Government, The White House, National Government
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Transportation funding looms large
Associated Press WriterSo now that legislators and Gov. Jon S. Corzine have sealed up a new state budget and approved borrowing $3.9 billion without voter approval for school construction, what's next? For legislators, not much. They're taking the summer off. For Corzine,...Tags: Upper House, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Government, Richard J Codey, Parliament
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Lessons to be learned from famous couples' meltdowns
There are lessons in all these famous-couple meltdowns. It's just that none of the celebrity melters seems the slightest bit interested in learning anything. So the rest of us might as well benefit from their mutual self-immolations. Mr. and Mrs. Guy...Tags: Guy Ritchie, Madonna, North Fork, Barack Obama, Alex Rodriguez
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