A more likely nuclear nightmare

By Susan Q. Stranahan

A more probable nuclear power threat than quake or tsunami: recurring fires

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"… e two reactors at Indian Point, N.Y., the commercial nuclear plant nearest New York City that could impact the largest number of people anywhere in the country.The …"

The relentless pursuit of Osama bin Laden changed over 10 years

By John Solomon

ANALYSIS: Pursuit changed over 10 years

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"… t began with the spectacular crashing of airliners into the twin towers in New York City on a bright September day 10 years ago ended Sunday with a simple “go” …"

After skipping Ground Zero event with Obama, Bush made three paid speeches

By Peter H. Stone

Bush skipped Ground Zero event but gave three paid speeches in the next week

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"… ge W. Bush declined President Barack Obama’s invitation to a ceremony at New York City’s Ground Zero after Osama bin Laden was killed, the former president cit …"

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Back to school for the billionaires

By Rita Beamish

Business titans find reforming schools much harder than just writing checks

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"… the graduation rates and test scores in 10 major urban districts — from New York City to Oakland — which collectively took in almost one-fourth of the total m …"

"… ntage points while the remainder of Texas fell only 2. Graduation rates in New York City on the other hand, while still trailing state averages significantly, impr …"

"… the car tags of suburban parents touting their children’s school honors.New York City: Success Bred ContemptThe business titans entered the education arena conv …"

"… s worked — but with unanticipated complications. One of those places was New York City.Boasting 1.1 million students spread across nearly 1,700 schools, New York …"

Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant's control room?

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Could rupture of aging pipeline ignite nuclear plant's control room?

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"… to the two reactors. …"

"… unsuccessfully that the reactors, which together supply nearly a third of New York City’s electricity, are not safe. Those calls have increased in recent weeks, …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… C. Minnite, an election fraud expert on the faculty of Barnard College in New York City, agrees. “The claim that voter fraud threatens the integrity of American …"

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The top ten PACs that will miss Chris Dodd

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

When Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd first ran for the Senate in 1980, his campaign cost only about $1.4 million. But three decades later, r

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"… al services sector plays in his home state of Connecticut (and neighboring New York City), it comes as little surprise that eight of the top ten donors are financi …"

Memo suggests FBI had mole inside ABC News in 1990s

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Agents treated reporter like informant, raising question: Who else?

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"… emo suggests the ABC journalist reached out to a counterterrorism agent in New York City on his or her own the night of the bombing, in part because the informatio …"

Cost of pursuing bin Laden? Half a trillion and climbing

By John Aloysius Farrell and Aaron Mehta

Cost of chasing bin Laden won't stop climbing with his death

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"… him down all the more compelling.” Since al-Qaida terrorists struck New York City and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, the global war on terror has grown stead …"

A legacy of spying

By G.W. Schulz

Civil libertarians worry that fusion centers, financed with hundreds of millions of dollars in homeland security grants, are a throw-back to

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"… Bouza served for eight years during an earlier period of his career in the New York City Police Department’s Bureau of Special Services, or BOSS, which became on …"

"… rated and eavesdropped on every conceivable group and scheduled protest in New York City, at the time building dossiers and an “intelligence index” that report …"

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