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    What’s best for America and its military
    Commentary, Local Columnists
    What’s best for America and its military
    ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. Special to Olean Times Herald 
    Feb 14, 2025
    My military service saw my allegiance to six different presidents over almost 40 years in uniform. I didn’t always agree with them or align with any p...
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    Universal basic income fails another test
    Commentary, Nation World
    Universal basic income fails another test
    Feb 14, 2025
    There’s a reason that ideas from the progressive ivory tower need to be tested. Often, the grandest theories fall apart when exposed to the rigors of ...
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    Concern over Trump’s tariffs is real
    Commentary, Nation World
    Concern over Trump’s tariffs is real
    Feb 13, 2025
    If we are to takeDonald Trumpseriously, we are to believe that he truly believes that tariffs are vital for the economic well-being of Americans. If w...
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    Cellphones are distractions, not toys
    Commentary, Nation World
    Cellphones are distractions, not toys
    ELLEN GLICKMAN InsideSources.com 
    Feb 13, 2025
    KENT, Ohio (TNS) — In today’s digital age, the ubiquitous presence of cellphones has transformed them into essential tools for communication, informat...
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    Albany has never kept its promise on mandate relief
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Albany has never kept its promise on mandate relief
    SEN. TOM O'MARA 
    Feb 13, 2025
    A newly proposed state mandate causes yet more consternation out of Albany under which the state Fire Prevention and Building Code Council would requi...
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    Money for their old schools
    Commentary, Nation World
    Money for their old schools
    Feb 12, 2025
    All universities send emails and letters to their alumni in the hopes of securing donations for future students. Members of the House of Representativ...
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    Can US get lucky again with bird flu?
    Commentary, Nation World
    Can US get lucky again with bird flu?
    ALEXANDRA M. LORD The Conversation 
    Feb 12, 2025
    WASHINGTON (AP) — In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu ha...
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    Overcoming our modern-day house divided
    Commentary, Nation World
    Overcoming our modern-day house divided
    DANIEL LIPINSKI RealClearPolitics 
    Feb 12, 2025
    With all the tumult surrounding the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, there is once again an uptick in talk of concern about the futu...
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    NIH cuts would set back NY biomedical research
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    NIH cuts would set back NY biomedical research
    WINTHROP H. THURLOW 
    Feb 11, 2025
    In news that should concern all New Yorkers and all Americans, this past Friday the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it was slashing...
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    No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
    Commentary, Nation World
    No, DOGE isn’t ‘unprecedented’
    HANS VON SPAKOVSKY and SETH LUCAS 
    Feb 11, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like spoiled children finally told “no” by their parents, bureaucrats and beneficiaries of wasteful government largesse are howling...
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    Price of eggs just one sore spot in a food economy
    Commentary, Nation World
    Price of eggs just one sore spot in a food economy
    Feb 11, 2025
    It’s getting painfully expensive to eat. We realize that’s not a news flash, but it’s what’s on Americans’ minds. No wonder. Among the necessities of ...
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    Trump’s isolationism hurts US influence in the world
    Commentary, Nation World
    Trump’s isolationism hurts US influence in the world
    DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
    Feb 10, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — When President Donald Trump announced last week that the United States will take over the war-blasted Gaza Strip , expel its Palest...
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    Letter to the Editor: Farmersville consigned to being industrial wasteland
    Commentary, Leters to the Editor, Local Columnists
    Letter to the Editor: Farmersville consigned to being industrial wasteland
    Feb 10, 2025
    I am a Farmersville resident and a non-participating landowner in the Alle-Catt Wind Project. On Dec. 30, the Cattaraugus County Industrial Developmen...
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    Dr. Anthony Fauci should come clean about COVID-19
    Commentary, Nation World
    Dr. Anthony Fauci should come clean about COVID-19
    DR. CORY FRANKLIN Chicago Tribune 
    Feb 10, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Just before he exited the White House, one of President Joe Biden’s last official acts was to grant a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony...
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    There’s nothing green about the ‘green’ agenda
    Commentary, Nation World
    There’s nothing green about the ‘green’ agenda
    STEVE MILLOY RealClearPolitics 
    Feb 07, 2025
    Now that the Democrats have lost their lock grip on power, what’s a green activist to do? It’s almost comical how the climate left is trying to cloak ...
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    Trump continues to be a threat to our democracy
    Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
    Trump continues to be a threat to our democracy
    MARTHA TILLINGER 
    Feb 07, 2025
    President Donald Trump, his unelected co-president Elon Musk and the Project 2025 proponents never had a goal of making America great; their real goal...
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    February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
    Commentary, Nation World, New York
    February is Cancer Prevention Awareness Month
    WILL BARCLAY 
    Feb 07, 2025
    Like any disease, cancer can come at any time and impact any family. But with dedicated doctors and researchers, we have made great strides in recent ...
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    Improper federal payments go unchecked
    Commentary, Editorial Cartoons
    Improper federal payments go unchecked
    Feb 06, 2025
    Every November, OpenTheBooks’ auditors head to PaymentAccuracy.gov to review annual data about improper payments: money the government sends to the wr...
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    Gratitude for gadgets and innovations
    Commentary, Editorial Cartoons
    Gratitude for gadgets and innovations
    DEB WUETHRICH 
    Feb 06, 2025
    Have you ever thought about the innovations and gadgets surrounding us? I know, my mind slips down some strange alleys, but think about it. We take a ...
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    How we win the war for our children’s attention
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    How we win the war for our children’s attention
    GOV. KATHY HOCHUL 
    Feb 06, 2025
    When I became New York’s first-ever mom governor, I vowed to fight for our state’s children as if they were my own. I’m taking those efforts to our sc...
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    ECLV falls to LeRoy in District 2 final
    Local Sports, Sports
    NYS LITTLE LEAGUE
    ECLV falls to LeRoy in District 2 final
    ECLV’s inspired run ends with 6-3 loss in title game
    By J.P. BUTLER, Olean Times Herald 
    July 6, 2025
    LITTLE VALLEY — Over the last two weeks, Joe Myers emphasized three words above all others to his 11-12 all-stars: Never give up. And for the duration...
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    Bellinger’s shoestring catch starts double play, helps Yankees end 6-game losing streak
    Local Sports, National Sports, NY State Sports, ...
    Bellinger’s shoestring catch starts double play, helps Yankees end 6-game losing streak
    By LARRY FLEISHER - Associated Press 
    July 6, 2025
    NEW YORK (AP) — Cody Bellinger watched Juan Soto hit a sinking line drive, charged in a few steps from left field and stuck out his arm as the ball dr...
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    From drought to Super Bowl doorstep: Picking the Bills’ quarter-century 53-man roster
    Local Sports, Sports
    From drought to Super Bowl doorstep: Picking the Bills’ quarter-century 53-man roster
    Nick Sabato - Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. (TNS) 
    July 6, 2025
    Twenty-five years have passed since the Y2K scare fizzled. During that period, the Buffalo Bills have gone from scary inept to scary good. The first 1...
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    Trump protesters turn out again in Olean
    Local News, News
    Trump protesters turn out again in Olean
    By MARCIA M. KELLY Special to Olean Times Herald 
    July 5, 2025
    OLEAN — Demonstrators returned to Lincoln Park on Saturday afternoon, using the Fourth of July weekend to draw focus on their opposition to the polici...
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    What’s in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law
    Local News, National News, News
    What’s in the tax and spending bill that Trump has signed into law
    By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press 
    July 5, 2025
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday signed the tax and spending cut bill Republicans muscled through Congress this week, turning it into law...
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    Expect the unexpected in nature
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Expect the unexpected in nature
    By WADE ROBERTSON 
    July 5, 2025
    Mother Nature is an all-prevailing force. We exist at her fancy. In her mercy crops are grown, the earth cleaves together, the sun gives life. In her ...
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