Category Archives: Politics

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  Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces “Jobs Express”

  Posted on January 31, 2012 by B and O in Featured, Politics

    Contact Information: Governor’s Press Office NYC Press Office: 212.681.4640 Albany Press Office: 518.474.8418 press.office@exec.ny.gov Andrew M. Cuomo – Governor Governor Cuomo Launches Summer Jobs Express To Encourage Businesses To Hire 16,500 Youths (May 20, 2011)Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the Summer Jobs Express program to encourage business leaders to hire 16,500 youths between [...]

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  Yahoo! readers rate the debate: ‘$10,000 is more than some people make in a year’

  Posted on December 11, 2011 by B and O in Featured, Politics, Politics

  For the Republican candidates’ debate in Iowa on Saturday night, Yahoo News posed real-time questions to those watching the event live stream to gauge their feelings about candidates’ responses to moderators (and each other), and solicited comments on a live blog of the event. Here are the key takeaways from our audience feedback, along with [...]

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  Democrats encouraged about Obama in 2012

  Posted on December 11, 2011 by B and O in Politics

  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dreary summer marred by the fight over government borrowing, rank-and-file Democrats say they are growing more optimistic about President Barack Obama’s political prospects in 2012. They cite his tougher, more populist tone and what they view as a chaotic primary fight among Republicans. Many Democrats acknowledged that high unemployment and [...]

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  Wyclef resigns from Haiti charity Preparing for presidential campaign

  Posted on August 6, 2010 by Brian aka Bear in Caricom, Politics

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Wyclef Jean has stepped down as leader of the embattled aid group he founded as he prepares to formally declare his candidacy for the Haitian presidency. The singer released a statement today that he was resigning the chairmanship of Yele Haiti effective immediately. Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean, right, speaks with flood victims [...]

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  The Abner Louima Case, 10 Years Later

  Posted on August 1, 2010 by Brian aka Bear in Politics

  By SEWELL CHAN LouimaAbner Louima, who was tortured in a Brooklyn police station in 1997, appearing at a news conference in 2001 after he received $8.7 million in settlements with the city and the police union. (Photo: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times) Ten years ago today, a 30-year-old Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima was arrested [...]

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