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Last week, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform commenced hearings to examine what went wrong when the American ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three others were killed in Benghazi last month.
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10/18/12
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There is a terrible cynicism to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s master Medicare plan. What the pair are banking on is the notion that anyone age 55 and older, who would be unaffected by it, doesn’t give a hoot about anyone 54 and younger.
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8/30/12
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Paul Ryan is Tim Tebow. Ryan is who you want on the field as a strong second to the president. He’ll make all the big plays when called upon.
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8/16/12
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The Port Authority has launched a new online form for registering complaints about aircraft noise, and local officials who represent their villages as part of the Town-Village Aircraft Safety & Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC) think it is a positive step for having their voices heard.
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By Jeff Bessen
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7/5/12
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Following a recently released National Transportation Safety Board report that calls for more comprehensive driver history checks of bus drivers, New York State Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, called on the state Assembly to pass legislation that would require criminal background checks for bus drivers. The legislation, sponsored by Fuschillo, was approved by the Senate in January.
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6/18/12
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Lawrence resident Dr. David Sussman says he wants to bring common-sense thinking and reform to Albany.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/7/12
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Every day, nearly 50,000 vehicles illegally pass stopped school buses in New York state. According to the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee 2009 report, 69 students were injured between 2002 and 2004 by motorists illegally passing buses. One student was killed.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/24/12
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Hillel Friedman, a senior at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) High School, was one of the two presidents in charge of organizing the 23rd annual Yeshiva League Model Congress on March 14 at the Young Israel of Woodmere and despite his moments of stress and doubt, more than 300 students from yeshivas across New York and New Jersey participated.
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ANN E. FRIEDMAN
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3/22/12
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The Nassau County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee approved the Police Department’s revamped Police Precinct Efficiency Initiative along party lines, 4-3, at a Feb. 13 public hearing. The full Legislature will vote on the plan on Monday, Feb. 27. It must pass with a majority vote.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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2/15/12
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Parents at the Sacred Heart School in North Merrick are planning to rally at the Diocese of Rockville Centre on Saturday, Jan. 21, to protest the closing of six Long Island Catholic schools in June.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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1/18/12
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