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NCPR Regional News ArchivesFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Word that Senator Hillary Clinton will give up her seat and accept the nomination to be Secretary of State in the Barack Obama Administration... Scoring a ticket to Obama's inauguration may not be as hard as you think... Debate over spending versus taxing to fix New York State's budget... And ideas for the new President on making the world a more peaceful place.
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Martha Swan (Photo: Brian Mann)
President-elect Barack Obama says he'll close Guantanamo Bay, ban torture, and begin a withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq. Peace and social justice activist Martha Swan, from Westport, says she welcomes those moves. But as part of our series, "A Fresh Start," Swan told Brian Mann that Obama should think much bigger about changing America's role in the world and our relationship with other countries.
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Governor David Paterson has been warning for months that the state has been spending too much money, and that those practices have finally caught up. But others say the projected $15 billion deficit is the product of commitments to new programs. And critics say lawmakers never found an adequate source of revenue to pay for them. Albany correspondent Karen DeWitt reports.
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The SUNY Board of Trustees voted for a tuition hike this week. Martha Foley has more.
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The healing power of creativity will be celebrated at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council this winter. Todd Moe talks with St. Lawrence County Arts Council Executive Director Hilary Oak about the upcoming "Arts for Healing" exhibit in Potsdam.
![]() Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Medical Center Foundation Adirondack Museum Niagara Mohawk Foundation Schumann Foundation John A. Sellon Charitable Trust several anonymous individual donors |
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