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Higher tolls begin at New York City bridges, tunnels
Starting Sunday, traversing several New York City bridges and tunnels costs about 10 percent more. As part of the state's rescue of the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority, fares rise at 3 a.m. at the authority's nine crossings. For cars...Tags: Whitestone, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City, Throgs Neck, Metro-North Railroad
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Tolls to rise Sunday on many NYC bridges, tunnels
Drivers are about to pay more to use many New York City bridges and tunnels. Tolls are set to rise by 10 percent at 3 a.m. Sunday on the nine crossings controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. They include the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Triborough Bridge
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Ill. Sen. Roland Burris bowing out of 2010 race leaves wide open field for seat with baggage
Associated Press WritersCHICAGO (AP) — Embattled Sen. Roland Burris may have relieved Illinois Democrats of their biggest political headache and reduced Republican chances of capturing a valuable Senate seat next year by announcing Friday he won't run for a full term....Tags: Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Primaries, Lisa Madigan, United States
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AP sources: Illinois Sen. Roland Burris tells Democrats he will not run for full Senate term
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Lisa Madigan, Republican Party, Roland Burris, Pat Quinn
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Burris makes it official: Won't run for Senate
Chicago TribuneEmbattled appointed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris made it official today -- he won't seek election next year to a full six-year term. "Life is about choices," he told reporters, reading from a statement. "Make no mistake. I love serving in the United States...Tags: Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Primaries, Values, Merchandise Mart
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Sources: U.S. Sen. Roland Burris won't seek election
Tribune reportersDemocratic U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, his political prospects and personal legacy weakened by controversy, is expected to announce Friday he will not seek election to the seat he was appointed to by Rod Blagojevich after the then-governor's arrest,...Tags: Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Primaries, FBI, Lisa Madigan
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Governor, Senate candidates charging out of the gate
Tribune reportersThe floodgates in Illinois politics opened Wednesday after Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan passed on running for governor or U.S. Senate, a decision that also improves the chances of unelected Gov. Pat Quinn and could increase the field of challengers against...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Primaries, Lisa Madigan, Dillard's Incorporated, U.S. Senate
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Robert S. McNamara dies at 93; architect of the Vietnam War
Driven, cerebral and pugnacious, Robert S. McNamara was the preeminent policymaker behind the massive buildup of American forces in Vietnam between 1964 and 1968. As Defense secretary for two administrations, he wielded blizzards of facts and figures to...Tags: Auto Trends, Bill Clinton, Disasters, Daniel Ellsberg, United States
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Ill. attorney gen. won't run for higher office
Associated Press WritersIllinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Wednesday that she's running for re-election instead of seeking higher office, a surprise decision that leaves potential candidates for governor and Senate figuring out where they stand in the new political...Tags: Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Primaries, Lisa Madigan, Alexi Giannoulias
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Book details alleged affair between RFK, Jackie
Mark Shanahan & Meredith GoldsteinExcerpts from "Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story'' - a tell-all that hits shelves next Tuesday - are making waves thanks to writer C. David Heymann's claims that Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy were deeply in love and had a long-term affair after...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Don Shields
Don Shields,53, of Huntington Station, is an attorney. In 1969 he was a 13-year-old eighth-grader at St. Brigid's School in Westbury. His father, Gerry Shields, now deceased, was a methods engineer at Grumman. I followed the Mercury, Gemini and...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., United States, Space Programs, Huntington Station
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'Yankee Doodle' 3 Marylanders' birthday tune
Peter Angelos is taking a rare day off. Pam Shriver is leaving the television spotlight and making a dash from England to California to be with her three children. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend will spend a civilized day in Towson instead of enjoying the...Tags: Bodies of Water, Landforms, Celebrity Mothers, Maria Shriver, Salads
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