An academy in the Albany School District has had to be closed for the forthcoming school year as a result of asbestos problems. According to reports student from the Thomas O’Brien Academy of Science and Technology will have to be relocated to other schools in the area after a massive problems with asbestos was discovered [...]

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There is no doubt in my mind that the late 1960 was a pivotal time in the world of television, and were it not for some farsighted risk takers many of today’s shows would never have seen the light of day. There are three TV shows that I really think were influential, The Man From [...]

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By Lawrence Meyers Many of us good, hardworking Americans spend our time at our jobs.  The lucky ones, myself included, have the good fortune of having a job that is loads of fun.  That’s my life as an entrepreneur.  On any given day, I evaluate business plans from folks seeking capital for their own dream [...]

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Amber thinks Daniel is kidding about just wanting to be friends again. She says they really connected last night. He says he just isn’t sure they can go back even though last night was unbelievable. He tells her this isn’t easy for him, it isn’t like he doesn’t love her. He tells her that walking [...]

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A man comes up to Max and Max asks if he can help him. The guy says he believes he can. He says he understands he is looking for a girl named Mel. The guy asks Max what he wants with Melanie. He wants to know where she is. He asks Max if it is [...]

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“We drew ‘em a road map to the story. All they had to do was follow it and do a little basic reporting. We did it. Fox did it. They can, too–if they want to.” David Perel, Editor-in-Chief, National Enquirer, on the Mainstream Media failure to check out the John Edwards affair and cover-up Our [...]

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Boston.com is reporting that the man accused of kidnapping his 7 year old daughter, Reigh Rockefeller reportedly made an exchange of cash for gold according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. The detectives involved with the investigation think that putting his money into gold could be a part of his elaborate [...]

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From the introduction written by Otto Penzler:  The contributors to this volume are mostly young (even conceding that nowadays everybody seems young to me), writing in a style as colorful as Elton John’s laundry. It is mostly vulgar, nasty, obscene, violent, and sewer-mouthed. It is visceral, unadorned and crueler than a puppy juggler. Lines that [...]

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 UPDATE Included For the second time in four days in Massachusetts an Amber alert has been issued by the police. Ryan, 3, Lyndsey, 2, Lauren, 22 months, and Roddick, 11 months, have allegedly been kidnapped along with their mother by their father, Rodlyn Petitbois. The children were last seen at 1 am at the scene [...]

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Currently posted on the website of Rep. Lamar Smith, R-TX. is a blog by him referring to the Media Fairness Initiative (MFI). This is an initiative proposed by conservative Representative Lamar Smith in response to what he claims is a biased liberal media. There is no doubt that he is correct as all polls show. [...]

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I’m pretty sure I would have liked being a twin.  Well, so long as he wasn’t too much like me.  Even a stepbrother or next door neighbor who was my same age would have been pretty boss.  That never happened to me, at least not until I went off to college.  At that point, there [...]

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I wish I had magical powers.  I could make the water boil right away when I make Raman noodles, I’d make my paychecks a little bigger, I could even make biking up long slow hills a little easier.  Magic is sweet, albeit fake.  So I understand the attraction it has with kids.  Look at Harry [...]

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The National Enquirer Releases More Details on the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter Love Child Scandal: It’s a Girl! Hush Money Paid to Hunter, Young Baby’s Name is Frances Quinn Hunter [NOTE: Updates throughout the day will be posted to this article.] UPDATE #1 at 10:50 EDT July 30, 2008 – at end of article. The National [...]

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 Citing President Bush’s agreeing to a “time horizon” for troop withdrawals from Iraq (second item) and the administration’s having authorized high-level talks with Iran and North Korea, The New York Times notes that McCain – who remains opposed to a timed withdrawal that is not based on conditions on the ground, as well as to [...]

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In Part 3 of his series, Lawrence Meyers and Monty Bennett discuss Ashford’s strategy of taking advantage of hotel cycles. By: Lawrence Meyers L:  Okay, last time we discussed how your management experience helps you decide the right times to buy and sell hotels for Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE: AHT). But how do you really [...]

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New Depths of the Republican Party? It looks as if we are beginning to see the real John McCain now — not exactly a model for one’s children. Sad. Having been raised in a Republican family with such examples of decency as Robert Taft and Eisenhower, it is distressing to see this major party sinking [...]

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As incredulous as Jay Bush not wanting to serve baked beans at his barbecue, Barack Obama recently stated that he does not give his kids birthday presents or Christmas presents. Now this is an attitude that I can understand somewhat. At a time in my life I felt that the true spirit of Christmas was [...]

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REXANO www.REXANO.org  Editorial By Zuzana Kukol There are probably not many animal lovers who haven’t read the article or seen the latest YouTube sensation “Christian the Lion” . It tells the heartwarming story of a pet lion bought in 1969 and raised in the apartment by two Australians living in London. It is not a surprise that [...]

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