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1. NYC Schools Chancellor Cathie Black's joke recommending birth control to ease crowding.

2.Sarah Palindeleting a controversial "crosshairs" map from her Facebook page.

3. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli naming ex-Assembly colleague Pete Grannis first deputy.

Last week's "winner": Rep. Peter King's bill to keep guns 1,000 feet from federal officials.

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