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Events for Wednesday, October 8, 2008

9:30 a.m. The City Council Transportation Committee holds a hearing on parking regulation improvements in the Council Chambers, City Hall. 10:30 a.m. NYPIRG volunteers announce a voter registration drive at the Times Square Subway Station, on the mezzanine between the shuttle and the subway. 11 a.m....

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Elsewhere: Obama's Spending, Bloomberg on America's Spirit

Tonight's town hall-style debate is pretty structured , according to Lynn Sweet. The Secret Service is looking into a report that someone yelled "kill him!" after Sarah Palin spoke about Barack Obama and Bill Ayers at a recent rally. Obama is spending much more money than John McCain in...

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Weiner: Outer-Borough Hearings on Term Limits, Please

Anthony Weiner is also criticizing the City Council for introducing legislation to change term limits because he says changing the law legislatively "takes away the right of New Yorkers to vote." Always on message, Weiner also notes that there is some geographic snobbery in the fact that hearing...

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Thompson: Term-Limits Legislation 'Inappropriate'

Bill Thompson is out with a statement criticizing the City Council for moving ahead with Michael Bloomberg's plan to change the term-limits law. This time he doesn't name names. Thompson said: Today, the New York City Council introduced two measures, one that would allow the Council and the Mayor...

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Government's £50bn bid to save UK banks

PM to announce plans tomorrow to use up to £50bn of taxpayers' money to take stakes in high street banks

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Jerome Corsi Seeks, Finds Attention

Andrew Rice looks at the author's publicity stunt and guesses Corsi is hoping getting deported from Kenya will put his book back on top of the bestseller list.

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Quinn Still Quiet on Term Limits, Citing 'Obligation' to Colleagues

There will be two public hearings at City Hall on the legislation to change term limits, at 3 p.m. on October 16 and another at 10 a.m. on October 17. That was the biggest news to come out of Christine Quinn's press conference in the Red Room of City Hall, which took place a few minutes ago and was...

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W.F.P Won't Unendorse Term-Limits Extenders, But Thinks Bloomberg Is Less Democratic Than Chavez

Two things stand out about the Working Families Party's announcement that they oppose changing the term-limits law, which the party formally announced at a press conference on the City Hall steps a few minutes ago. The first is that they will not withhold an endorsement from any City Council member...

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Giuliani on the 'Jerks,' Barron Won't Run Again

Barack Obama has gained in a CNN poll of four battleground states, including Ohio, where a Washington Post poll shows him leading by six points. [ AFP ] Christopher Orr is disturbed by what some audience members at McCain-Palin rallies are saying. [ The Plank ] In Ohio, Rudy Giuliani called conservative...

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Quinn Won't Take Stance on Term Limits Today After All

Christine Quinn will not say today whether she supports or opposes the bill being introduced to change the city's term limits law from two terms to three. "The speaker will not be making an announcement about her position," spokesman Jamie McShane said. He described yesterday's Democratic...

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