A rate hike worth support

Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM

Here’s an oddity: A utility company rate increase request that consumers can like.

Don’t end ethics effort

Updated: 02/10/10 8:38 AM

Now is when we will find out who is serious about ethics reform in Albany.

Perhaps, finally, it is a change whose time has come. With the nation’s top two military leaders calling for an end to the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the service, it is clear that the country and the military have come a long way since then-President Bill Clinton failed in his first-term effort to allow gays to serve openly.

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Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM

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Don’t ask or tell, just end it

Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM

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Men, grab your shovels

Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM

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Updated: 02/09/10 10:59 AM

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Updated: 02/10/10 6:52 AM

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