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Paterson: I Was Source in Times Story About Me
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(March 18) -- When The New York Times reported that New York Gov. David Paterson intervened in a domestic abuse case involving his top aide, Paterson said the story was based on unsourced claims and unnamed sources. Now, the governor says, he was one of those sources. Paterson told a New York radio station today that he was the source who led the Times to write the story that prompted him to drop his election bid and triggered the resignation of five of his staffers amid calls that he do the same. The Times flatly denies the claim. Chris Hondros, Getty Images New York Gov. David Paterson ...
New Yorkers Believe Paterson Should Finish His Term, Two of Three Polls Find
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyTwo polls found a majority of New Yorkers believe Gov. David Paterson should finish out his term despite overwhelmingly negative job approval ratings and revelations that he tried to influence an assault case involving one of his aides. A third poll had New Yorkers narrowly in favor of Paterson resigning. A Quinnipiac University poll conducted March 1-2 found that 61 percent said he should stay, while 31 percent said he should resign, with 9 percent undecided. Sixty-two percent -- including 58 percent of Democrats -- disapproved of the way Paterson is doing his job, while 24 percent approved ...
You Can't Judge a Princess by Her Tiara
By Donna Trussell - Politics Daily"I'd kill to have had your childhood," a writer friend once told me. She envied my bottomless pit of tragic inspiration. I, on the other hand, would kill to have had anything but. ...
The Economy's Tragic Consequences: Murder-Suicide in Foreclosed Home
By Bob Franken - Politics DailyThe murder-suicide in tiny Dumfries, Va., was tragic enough, but even more scary if we believe the friends and neighbors' explanations for what may have been the motivation.Wallis and Julie Fay were suffering the overwhelming problems that are consuming so many families. The husband and wife were found dead a day before they were to be removed from the house they had proudly called home for 15 years. After an all-too-familiar story of one setback after another, they were not able to pull themselves out of their downward spiral. ...
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