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MARGARETVILLE, N.Y. — A state trooper was shot to death and another was wounded in this Catskill Mountains town Wednesday as police chased a suspect in the shooting of a third trooper hours earlier, authorities said.

Spitzer Leads Pataki, 44% to 41% in ’06 Match-up; Pataki Lags on Job Approval, State Direction; Schumer, Giuliani Most Popular New York Politicians, New Zogby Poll Reveals Democratic Attorney General Eliot Spitzer leads Republican Governor George Pataki by three points in a potential 2006 gubernatorial match-up, a new Zogby New York poll reveals.  The survey also found a majority of New Yorkers disapproving of Governor Pataki’s performance on the job and saying the state was heading the wrong direction.  The survey of 613 New York likely voters was conducted Tuesday through Wednesday (November 16 to 17, 2004).  The margin of error...