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• Delays on fracking turn off energy companies

  natural gas drilling technique known as fracking as a cure for upstate's economic blight.But regulations that Gov. David A. Paterson delayed in 2008 have stalled several times under Cuomo, most recently for a review of studies of possible water or air pollution   Read more »

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• Paterson Hints at Congressional Bid

  Follow @politicalwire Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D), who took the state's top executive post after Eliot Spitzer suddenly resigned amid a prostitution scandal, suggested he might run for Rep. Charlie Rangel's (D-NY) seat, Politicker reports. Sa   from Taegan Goddard's Political Wire Read more »

• Former Gov. David Paterson doesn’t shut the door on House run

  Making his semi-regular appearance on WGDJ-AM in Albany, the former governor was asked by host Fred Dicker if he has any interest in the seat currently held by Rep. Charlie Rangel, an 82-year-old Harlem Democrat who has held office since 1971. “I can alm   from Albany Watch Read more »

• 3 running to fill Ed Diana's position say vendors' gifts need not corrupt

  Buy This Photo Holt Construction, contractor for the SUNY Orange Middletown parking deck, and its CEO gave $19,400 total to Ed Diana's campaign. Times Herald-Record file photo For years, companies doing or seeking business with Orange County have plumped   from Times Herald-Record Read more »

• Professor: American Indians plagued by addiction

  By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE May 11, 2013 LAWRENCE, Kansas — The visitor to Haskell Indian Nations University detailed his roaring 20s: drug addict, garbage collector, suicidal burnout once told by a doctor that he was mentally retarded. It was a curio   from Cape Cod Online Read more »

• GOP rivals slam Joe Lhota over MTA hikes

  During a surprisingly contentious forum Tuesday for the Republican mayoral hopefuls, former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota sharply criticized Bloomberg’s handling of Hurricane Sandy. “The city wasn’t prepared,” Lhota declared, arguing City Hall did not have one   from New York Daily News Read more »