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Commentary: Coming home to Row Q
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BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Nov 14, 2023
My wife is a big basketball fan. She knows a lot more about it than I do, she cheers much harder than I do and she gets way more into it than I do. He...
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Why isn’t middle class buying EVs as hoped?
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CHARLES J. MURRAY Chicago Tribune 
Nov 12, 2023
CHICAGO (TNS) — Automakers are now learning an important lesson: Not all car buyers are wealthy environmentalists. This should be obvious but apparent...
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COVID money to hire hitmen?
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Nov 12, 2023
The Department of Justice recently charged 371 people with stealing a combined $836 million in funds that were meant to be used for Covid 19 relief, a...
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State sued for teaching phonics
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Nov 12, 2023
Not everyone is happy about efforts to help students learn to read well. The Reading Recovery Council of North America, an association for early liter...
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Battle buddies, lifetime friends
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MANDY COLOSIMO m.colosimo@bradfordera.com 
Nov 09, 2023
The year I joined the military was a historic one, though I did not know it at the time. I only knew that I wanted to be Military Police because that ...
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Fake ’emergency’ spending is costing us all
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DAVID DITCH 
Nov 09, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — It’s bad enough that Congress and the White House are making no serious effort to cut spending these days — something we all wind u...
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Shop local on Small Business Saturday
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JOHN FLEMING 
Nov 08, 2023
Turkey, stuffing, family and friends. Thanksgiving is that special time of year when loved ones gather from near and far to share for what and whom th...
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3 reasons Trump is leading Biden
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BYRON YORK 
Nov 08, 2023
The entire Democratic political establishment freaked out recently when The New York Times published a story headlined, “Trump Leads in 5 Critical Sta...
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Useless decongestants are just the tip of the iceberg
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F.D. FLAM Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 07, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — With cold and flu season ramping up, you may soon be heading to the pharmacy in search of relief. When you do, you might remember tha...
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Poll shows Biden in political trouble
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Nov 07, 2023
The latest Siena College-New York Times poll of six battleground states is a five-alarm fire for Democrats a year before the election. It shows Biden ...
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There’s one easy trick to winning in 2024
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 07, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history, and a present, of promoting wild conspiracy theories. His independent bid for the presidency is quixotic at best....
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Those who have served and sacrificed
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SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Nov 06, 2023
Let’s start this week with a memory because, in the end, this week will be all about remembering. With that in mind, I’ll recall former President Rona...
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Planning for ‘the day after’ war in Gaza ends
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Nov 06, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed for the Middle East to try to keep Israel’s war in Gaza from spinning out of...
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