Geoffrey Canada Delivers CU Speech

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The following is the transcribed remarks of Geoffrey Canada, CEO and President of the Harlem Children’s Zone, who delivered the Colgate University commencement address on May 17, 2009. Thank you Madame President, the trustees, the

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Con Ed: Changes Needed

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Today, in advance of a Con Ed shareholders meeting on Monday, and with two deadly home explosions within two years, Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens), Chairman of the Council Committee on Oversight and Investigations, called for

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The Probability Of An Islamic State

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The current governing paradigm in most Middle Eastern countries is marked by executive supremacy unbridled by any legal body or branch of government to restrain the oppressive power of the ruler. Bereft of a legitimate

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The Politics Of Israel

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As a country economically, culturally, and politically disparate from its neighbors, Israel represents a democratic bastion in a region rife with stagnant, totalitarian regimes. Zionism yielded a state born of immigrants from various backgrounds bound

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Hezbollah & The Politics Of Lebanon

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Hezbollah emerged in Lebanon as a corollary to a foreign intrusion by a country deemed the anathema of the Islamic world. In 1982, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon subsequently spawned the force that was to

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Just How Corrupt Are NY Democrats?

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There was a great deal of talk late last year and in early 2009 about corruption in Illinois politics, highlighted by the desire of former Governor Rod Blagojevich to in effect sell President Barack Obama’s

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May 16, 2009

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Bronx Artist Sells Shoes For $4,000.99

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Steven Cedre is an entrepreneur and artist creating these fancy one of a kind shoes. His latest Xbox Nike pair just sold on eBay for $4,000.99.

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May 15, 2009

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The Turkish Atrocities In Bulgaria

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More than 5,000 of the 7,000 inhabitants of the town of Batak, including women and children, were raped, slaughtered, beheaded or burned alive by Ottoman irregulars who left piles of dead bodies around the town

L&W Students Visit 69<sup>th</sup> Regiment

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L&W Students Visit 69^th Regiment

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Leake and Watts Executive Director, Alan Mucatel (far right), and Biondi Elementary students, (left to right) Victor Inoa and Uridalis Martinez, present Corporal Nicholas Sbano and the 69^th Regiment Thank You letters for their courage

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