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Weingarten Criticizes Astorino For Common Core Dodge Even As She Pulls Another CCSS Dodge At The AFT
Jessica Bakeman at Capital NY:ALBANY—American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is using an anti-Common Core campaign to “cloak” his other positions on education issues that would be far less palatable to public school advocates. Weingarten, the former president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, said during a tele

Is Chris Christie In An "Unholy Alliance" With Andrew Cuomo Over The Bridgegate Scandal?
Fred Dicker raises the question in his NY Post column today:One of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s jobs as this year’s head of the Republican Governors Association is to help elect more GOP governors, but don’t tell that to people working on Astorino’s campaign. “Chris Christie has done diddly squat to help the Astorino folks,’’ said a highly knowledgeable Republican insider. “Either Christie has

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Perdido Street School: Bill Gates Plans For Wireless Remote Controlled ContraceptionI'm sure this couldn't have any downsides:First Bill Gates brought us a better condom. Now, the billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder is taking birth control to an even more amazing level.Gates is backing a long-lasting implantable birth control device that can be turned on and off with a remote control.