Posts Tagged ‘hits’
Gov’s plan hits bump
Gov. Cuomo’s plan to drastically cut the cost of public-employee pensions this year is in danger.
In a clear sign of the proposal’s trouble, Cuomo hastily scheduled a meeting Tuesday night in Albany with city labor leaders to gauge what kind of compromise the unions would accept.
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Hammerstein documentary hits right notes
Like Oscar Hammerstein II himself, this documentary on one of the great 20th century song lyricists scores far more hits than misses.
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Suicide bomber hits Pakistan militant base; 23 die (AP)
AP – A Pakistani official says a suicide bomber has killed 23 people, many of them believed to be militants, in an attack on the base of a rival insurgent group.
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Suicide car bomber hits Afghan airport; 9 killed (AP)
AP – A suicide car bomber struck early Monday at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, killing nine people in an attack insurgents said was revenge for U.S. troops burning Qurans.
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Interracial marriage in US hits new high: 1 in 12 (AP)
AP – Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million — a record 1 in 12 — as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely than before to marry whites.
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Doc Sander’s Rx hits the mark at Millrose Games
Dr. Norbert Sander is an internist on City Island and the only New Yorker to win the New York City Marathon. He doesn’t like to advertise that, doesn’t like attention of any sort, so he might as well turn the page right now, because he’s going to hate the next 750 words.
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Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst (AP)
AP – In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
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