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Last week, President Obama and Governor Cuomo gave their annual addresses on the nation and state, and both focused a good portion of their speeches on education. While both placed a heavy emphasis on charter schools, they were far apart on other issues.
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1/29/15
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Governor Cuomo certainly puts the “bully” in bully pulpit. In his State of the State address . . .
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1/29/15
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Third- to sixth-grade students in the Merrick School District now receive Spanish instruction for 45 minutes every six school days. Soon, however, they may learn the meaning of “no mas.”
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By Brian Racow
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1/28/15
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On Oct. 21, 1982, Democrat Mario Cuomo, then a candidate for governor of New York, was campaigning furiously on Long Island. Among his stops was WGBB radio, on Landsdowne Avenue in Merrick, where he debated Lewis Lehrman, his Republican-Conservative opponent and an investment banker.
Richard Kessel, a native Merokean whom Cuomo later named executive director of the New York State Consumer Protection Board, was there that day. He had lunch with Cuomo afterward.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/7/15
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For three days, Pablo C. wandered the 120,000- square-mile Sonoran Desert in southwest Arizona, where temperatures can reach 118 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. He was a teenager, alone, with no food or water.
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By Laura Schofer
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12/20/14
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He has talked about it, and now he’s done it. After months of challenging Congress to act on illegal immigration, to pass legislation, the president has acted with the most expansive use of his presidential power.
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11/28/14
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President Obama finally seems like he’s trying to get back in the game. Unfortunately, part of politics at his level is a game.
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11/28/14
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There was a grand old party on Election Day, as voters sent President Obama and his party a message: They’re fed up with the political rhetoric and want action.
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11/13/14
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We can be thankful that the 2014 election is behind us. Republicans are dancing for joy, and Democrats are in a state of doom and gloom.
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11/13/14
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At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice between Germany and the Allied forces went into effect.
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11/6/14
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