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Belmont Stakes patrons brave long lines, alcohol abuse
WatchdogI am embarrassed to admit it took 40 years as a New York sports fan and 25 as a New York sportswriter for me to set foot in Belmont Park. But I got there Saturday, and wrote a column about......Tags: Big Brown, Belmont Stakes, Equestrian, New York, Triple Crown
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Nets still hope to open Barclays Center in 2010
WatchdogIf I stopped blogging, watching sports on TV, listening to the radio and sleeping, I could do a bang-up job covering the financial nuances of the new sports palaces going up around Big Town . . . which theoretically is......Tags: Internal Revenue Service, National Basketball Association, Sports, Radio Industry, Brooklyn Nets
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CBS, U.S. Open offer live video of delayed men's final
WatchdogBack in 1987, the last time the U.S. Open men's final was played on a Monday, live video streaming on the Internet was not a viable option. This time it is, and CBSSports.com and USopen.org will offer it for people......Tags: U.S. Open (golf)
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Today's game postponed; split DH tomorrow
On the Mets beatWith Tropical Storm Hanna en route, the Mets already have postponed today's game. It will be made up as the first game of a split doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 2:15 p.m. The second game will start at 8:05 as regularly......Tags: Tropical Storm Hanna (2008), New York City Transit, Tickets, Sports, Services and Shopping
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Long Island Raid Road: Latest pension-scam locus
Spin CycleThe Long Island Rail Road has a comparatively astounding -- and plainly suspicious -- number of disability claims that lead to fatter pensions, compared to other transit systems, according to an in-depth New York Times story here. Reacting to the......Tags: Lawyers, Wages and Pensions, Executive Branch, The New York Times, Corporate Crime
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LIRR: Mario caves, Andrew probes?
Spin CycleAfter the NYT's big story on the Long Island Railroad money pit -- disabilities for everyone, early retirement with full pension in your 50s, work rules that let you get three days of pay for a day of work......Tags: Collective Contract, Landforms, Career and Workplace, Caves and Caverns, Unions
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Monday 10: Dems want checks on bailout
Spin CycleWorld's Most Powerful Man Hank Paulson's bailout plan for Wall Street still has momentum, but Democrats are looking for some oversight on asset values, some pain for the bankers, and some help for homeowners. McCain and Obama insist that......Tags: David Paterson, Massachusetts, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Sarah Palin
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Gov. puts federal foot forward in LIRR pension scandal
Spin CycleGov. David Paterson, reacting again today to the Long Island Rail Road disability-pension scandal, leans toward the federal in his public statement: "The Governor called on Congress to look into the workings of the federal Railroad Retirement Board, and...Tags: David Paterson, Employees, Government, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Ten for Wednesday: Obama stakes clear lead?
Spin CycleThe turmoil on Wall Street has "altered the shape of the presidential race" and given Obama a 9-point lead, the first clear breakaway for either candidate this year, according to a new ABC/WashPost poll. A closer look at two......Tags: Lobbying, Michael Bloomberg, CEO Pay, Politics, Freddie Mac
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Ten for a Tuesday: Sarah! comes to the UN
Spin CycleAs the Dow dropped by 372 yesterday, the bailout package proceeded fitfully in Washington -- but there was no breakthrough on the key question of punitive measures for Wall Street that would discourage repeats in the future. Execs on......Tags: Hamid Karzai, North Dakota, Alvaro Uribe, Henry Kissinger, John McCain
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Thursday's Ten: Bush enters the fray
Spin CycleBush's prime time address last night and his call for a meeting with Obama and McCain underscored a growing sense of urgency that Congress must act to avert a crisis. The politics of being drawn into the financial crisis......Tags: Republican Party, Heads of State, National Government, Washington Post Co., Government
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Sen. Skelos, and rival Simon, on LIRR pension fiasco
Spin CycleSenate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) has long been the state lawmaker most involved with the Long Island Rail Road, with cordial union ties and a hand in its capital funding. Asked Thursday about state and U.S. probes......Tags: David Paterson, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Employees, Lawyers, Railway Transportation
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