Posts Tagged ‘fight’
Eat, pray, give Dolan tells flock to fight hunger
ARCHBISHOP Timothy Dolan doesn’t just lead the Masses — now he’s out to feed the masses. And he’s drafted former Met Rusty Staub to pinch-hit for his hunger-fighting team.
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Kid’s cancer fight takes turn for the worse
Gary Carter’s fight with brain cancer has turned from brave to extremely grave. On Thursday, Carter’s family received a phone call from the doctors treating the Mets Hall of Fame catcher informing them that the most recent MRI revealed “several new spots/tumors.”
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Congress revisiting bruising payroll tax cut fight (AP)
AP – With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas over renewing a Social Security payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits.
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Casinos embraced to fight economic slump
A Malaysian company’s plan to build a $4 billion convention center and big-time casino on the outskirts of New York City could be the biggest shot fired yet in a tourism arms race that has seen a growing number of Eastern states embrace gambling to boost revenue.
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GOP wannabes fight in N.H. to be fittest in November
From the start of Saturday night’s debate, Republican candidates clashed in somewhat testy fashion over who can best challenge President Obama.
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Stirring up a fight, Obama names consumer watchdog (AP)
AP – Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consumer watchdog on his own, provoking GOP threats of a constitutional showdown in the courts. Setting a fierce tone in the election-year fight for middle-class voters, Obama said: “I refuse to take `no’ for an answer.”
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