What fun would it be, as a serious journalist, to have an emergency surgical procedure and not write about it at length and in anatomical detail? Not one to disappoint, here are the gory …
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By Mary Malloy
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9/16/11
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I survived!Phew.You clearly did too.Damn Hurricane Irene.The way they were talking on the news, it was like Long Island and other areas in the tri-state region might no longer exist after Irene made …
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By Mitchell Hart Cooper
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9/8/11
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Franklin Square says goodnight, Irene
[Photo gallery]
These images of Irene on Sunday tell the tale of ferocious winds and torrential downpours. Photos by Jina Papadoniou.
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8/28/11
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I am ready to report. Camera? Check. Batteries? Check. Video? Yup. My journalistic instincts have kicked in, wondering what everyone is doing and wanting to tell everyone else what they're doing. Reporting on …
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By Mary Malloy
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8/27/11
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Screw you. No, I’m serious. I’m going to do whatever the hell I want. I mean, I might as well take a page out of everyone else’s book and at least even the playing field. After all, …
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I’m back from a brief hiatus, and just in time in fact, to see the United States default for the first time in history. Oh… Wait, what? We didn’t default? A last–minute deal …
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By Mitchell Hart Cooper
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8/17/11
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People don’t take me seriously, and that’s OK sometimes.
I know it’s my own fault. Even though I have a respectable job, drive an ordinary mom-mobile, and live in a …
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By Mary Malloy
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7/27/11
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It can get lonely at times, I admit it. I mean, everyone’s been there and can relate. Being single can be, well, challenging.
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By Mitchell Hart Cooper
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7/26/11
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In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the song “Happy days are here again!” in his successful presidential campaign. The lyrics evoke both the optimism and buoyancy that was badly needed during the Depression years to restore confidence in government planning and policy.
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Hal Peterson
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7/20/11
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “We made a difference.”
That quote appeared in a June 27 Newsday story explaining how Andrew, Dean (Skelos) and Sheldon (Silver) fared in the tumultuous legislative session that came to a close last week. The paper’s overall assessment is positive, with the New York Post also crediting the governor with “political skills, the likes of which [haven’t] been seen in the Capital for 50 years.”
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Hal Peterson
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6/29/11
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