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Namath: Making documentary was tough

His life story has been told many times, but Joe Namath says sitting down to talk about it for a new HBO documentary wasn’t easy.

“It was difficult because I don’t care to do this kind of talking and revisiting,” Namath says on the phone from his Florida home.

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Gov. Cuomo’s 2012 budget is tough on unions

ALBANY — Proclaiming a new course for New York, Gov. Cuomo unveiled a budget proposal Tuesday that reduces spending for the second straight year while seeking pension reform, a statewide teacher evaluation system and Medicaid reform.

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Torts apologizes for tough talk, fine still likely

It almost certainly won’t dissuade the NHL from levying a heavy fine against John Tortorella for his public tirade against the referees Monday after the Winter Classic in Philadelphia, but the Ranger coach apologized several times Wednesday.

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NYC, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough 2011 (AP)

Confetti flies over New York's Times Square as the clock strikes midnight during the New Year's Eve celebration as seen from the balcony of the Marriott Marquis hotel, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – From New Zealand to New York, the world eagerly welcomed a new year Sunday with confetti-filled celebrations, glittering fireworks displays and star-studded festivities.


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NYC, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough year (AP)

Revelers cheer behind police barricades in Times Square in anticipation of midnight on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, in New York. Some revelers, wearing party hats and '2012' glasses, began camping out Saturday morning, as workers readied bags stuffed with hundreds of balloons and technicians put colored filters on klieg lights. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP – Revelers erupted in cheers amid a confetti-filled celebration in New York’s Times Square to welcome in the new year, part of star-studded celebrations and glittering fireworks displays around the world to usher in 2012.


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World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year (AP)

Fireworks burst over the Sydney Opera House, rigfht, as New Year's celebrations begin in Sydney, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP – Glittering fireworks in the shapes of butterflies, hearts and a cascading waterfall exploded over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge on Sunday as cheering revelers welcomed 2012 and bid a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and economic turmoil.


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New Year’s Eve in Times Square makes midtown driving tough Saturday 

All city parking rules are in effect Friday and Saturday
.Complicating New Year’s getaways on several Bronx and Queens arteries is the second annual Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, between Iowa State and Rutgers. Almost 50,000 college football fans will feel the squeeze on the Major Deegan and Cross Bronx expressways and the George Washington Bridge .

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