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The "Northway" is I-87 that is widely recognized as the highway that takes you from Albany, NY North up through the Adirondacks, Lake George up to a Lake Placid exit, Plattsburg and up to Montreal Canada.The former Van Halen singer reflects on writing the hit — and his love of upstate and the Adirondack Mountains They had been in Greece, Italy and Egypt before a safari in Kenya. “It was a wonderful family vacation,” Hagar said. The family had flown from Nairobi to London and then on to New York City before one last flight to Albany. All that was...

WASHINGTON — Just 55% of the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet was mission capable as of March 2023, a disappointing statistic driven by factors like a lack of depot capacity, insufficient supply of spare parts and overreliance on contractors, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The watchdog’s assessment — published days after a Marine Corps F-35B went missing for over 24 hours in South Carolina — highlights a complaint frequently aired by government officials: prime contractor Lockheed Martin, along with its countless subcontractors, were given too much control over sustaining the stealth fighter, a situation...

New polling released after the GOP presidential debate shows an age gap when it comes to Ron DeSantis supporters. A Léger survey conducted Wednesday and Thursday in conjunction with the New York Post shows that while DeSantis has 9% support overall (52 points behind Donald Trump, but in second place nonetheless), there is an age gap. Voters 54 years old or younger are much less likely to back the Florida Governor’s 2024 bid for the Republican nomination than those 55 and up. Among voters 18 to 34 years of age, DeSantis’ 5% puts him behind Mike Pence’s 6% and in...

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The other day our sister newspaper, the Gloucester County Times, reported on a raid at a fraternity house at Rowan University where — get ready for a shock — some college kids were drinking. About 100 of the kids were underage and will face charges. Believe it or not, that incident has its roots in the same problem that led to the controversy over the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere" in Alaska. That problem lies in the way the federal government distributes highway funding: poorly. It’s obvious in the case of the bridge that would have connected the city of Ketchikan,...

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama talks to President Barack Obama at the celebration of Cinco de Mayo at the White House in Washington May 4, 2009. President Barack Obama reacts to a guest during a Cinco de Mayo celebration in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 4, 2009. Left are first lady Michelle Obama and Arturo Sarukhan, Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.

55 mph is So 70s: Voters Oppose Lowering National Speed Limit Monday, July 07, 2008 A proposal to conserve energy by reducing the nationwide speed limit to 55 miles-per-hour is strongly opposed by the nation’s voters. Voters continue to prefer solutions that lead to finding more energy rather than relying upon conservation efforts. Majorities support both drilling for oil in both offshore wells and in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 59% of voters oppose the lower speed limit and 34% support it. Democrats are fairly evenly divided on the proposal with...

Influential Republican senator, John Warner of Virginia, suggested on Thursday that Congress consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to investigate what speed limit would provide optimum gasoline efficiency given current technology. Warner said he wants to know if the administration might support efforts in Congress to require a lower speed limit. In 1974, Congress set a national 55 mph speed limit because of energy shortages caused by the Arab oil embargo. The speed limit was repealed in 1995 when crude oil dipped to $17 a barrel and gasoline...

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who as a Democratic presidential candidate recently proposed an educational policy that urged "every financial barrier" be removed for American kids who want to go to college, has been going to college himself -- as a high paid speaker, his financial records show.

- In a surprise move yesterday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "most of the country" to return to a speed limit of 55 mph in an effort to slash fuel consumption... "The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage. And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it," Clinton said at the National Press Club.

BOYCOTT CINCO DE MAYO Its a Stinko Goodbye-O to the 2006 Cinco De Mayo You've heard the news stories. Illegal Mexican Immigrants marching in the streets, demanding amnesty and attacking Americans who want to protect our country by sealing its borders. Tell them to go protest and wave their Mexican flags in their own country. It's the Americans Turn to Protest ... BOYCOTT Cinco De Mayo... It's one thing to come to this great country looking for better lives, its a whole other issue when these same ILLEGAL immigrants start waving their Mexican flags, demanding that we change our laws...

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2006) -- Private First Class Frank Albano, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, was injured by shrapnel at Inchon, South Korea in 1950, just two years after enlisting in the Marine Corps. More than five decades later, the 76-year-old veteran was awarded his Purple Heart. During a Dec. 15, 2005 ceremony at Camp Horno, 55 years after being injured, Albano stood in front of Lt. Col. David J. Furness, Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment to be recognized for his sacrifices. “There were Marines with worse injures,” said the resident of Mission...

The LIVE California Primary Thread for March 2, 2004 U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican Bush, George W. (unopposed) U.S. PRESIDENT- Democrat Edwards, John Kerry, John F. Kucinich, Dennis Sharpton, Al U.S. SENATE - Republican Ball, Danney Casey, Toni C. Hatch, Barry L. Jones, Bill Kaloogian, Howard Marin, Rosario Quraishi, Bill Stewart, James Van Zandt, John M. U.S. SENATE- Democrat Boxer, Barbara (unopposed) PROP 55 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. YES NO PROP 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. YES NO PROP 57 Economic Recovery Bond Act. YES NO PROP 58...

  There may be many important issues to be resolved on the ballot next Tuesday, but none holds more significance for California’s long-term well-being than Proposition 56. Despite the innocuous-sounding name, the “Budget Accountability Act,” its actual effect would be to eliminate the protections first offered by Proposition 13. Specifically, Proposition 56 would reduce the two-thirds legislative vote requirement to raise state taxes down to 55%. Just a cursory examination of the proposition’s supporters is enough to prove Aristotle’s Principle of Causation: “Things act according to their Nature.” Proponents of the change include the AARP, Health Access and unions that purport...

The Official Unofficial California Freeper Exit Poll for March 2, 2004 Primary Since everybody's voicing their opinions on Tuesday's California primary, let's get everybody together here for a Freeper sample of the vote. U.S. PRESIDENT- Republican Bush, George W. Write-in (explain) U.S. SENATE - Republican Ball, Danney Casey, Toni C. Hatch, Barry L. Jones, Bill Kaloogian, Howard Marin, Rosario Quraishi, Bill Stewart, James Van Zandt, John M. Write-in (explain) PROP 55Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004. YES NO PROP 56State Budget, Related Taxes, and Reserve. Voting Requirements. Penalties. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. YES NO PROP 57Economic Recovery...

<p>SACRAMENTO - The state's largest teachers union today endorsed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's effort to pass a $15 billion bond in March, boosting his effort to woo skeptical voters.</p> <p>The 800-member California Teachers Association's State Council of Education gave its backing to the bond, Proposition 57, and a companion measure, Proposition 58, to limit state spending.</p>

Ringleader of rapist gang gets 55 years August 15 2002 at 11:35AM Sydney - A 20-year-old man was Thursday sentenced to 55 years in jail - 40 of them without hope of parole - for his role in organising a series of gang rapes of women around Sydney. Relatives of the defendant reacted furiously to the sentence, screaming that he was innocent until the judge ordered the courtroom cleared. The mother of the man, whose identity cannot be released under court order pending the sentencing of his brother in the same case, collapsed and was taken away by ambulance. It...