WQXR News
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U.S. Judge Rejects Proposed 9/11 Settlement
A federal judge has rejected the proposed legal settlement for rescue and recovery workers sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center. Mar 19, 2010
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Levy Launches Run for Governor
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy made it official today -– he’s switching from the Democratic Party to become a Republican and run for governor. Mar 19, 2010
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Met Gets Grant to Support Wagnerian Singers
$1.1 million to encourage singers to pursue challenging roles of Wagnerian opera.
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Campaign Fundraiser Pleads Guilty to Fraud
A former fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Senator John Kerry has pleaded guilty in a federal bank fraud case. Mar 19, 2010
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Obama Postpones Trip, Stumps for Bill
The president wants a health care vote and is backing a new bipartisan immigration overhaul plan.
Mar 19, 2010 -
Diplomats Want Middle East Peace Talks
They want the two to work out a deal that creates an independent Palestinian state by 2012.
Mar 19, 2010 -
Cuomo Expands Public Pension Probe
Will investigate the practice of padding pensions by working overtime in the last three years of service.
Mar 18, 2010 -
Health Care Bill Projected to Cost $940 Billion
With Democrats preparing for a vote on Sunday, President Obama delays trip to Asia in favor of health care reform.
Mar 18, 2010 -
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U.N. Rejects Trade Bans on Tuna, Polar Bears
U.S.-backed measures to protect dwindling bluefin tuna stocks and polar bears fail at meeting in Doha, Qatar.
Mar 18, 2010