Letters
The Democrat and Chronicle's endorsement of Randy Kuhl for the 29th Congressional district has all the marks of a coerced confession. Since our letter to that paper may not be printed there, here is a brief list of the statements made in the editorial, with our interpretation: - Eric Massa "fails
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Throughout this election cycle, one group that was perhaps the most complicit in electing George W. Bush has been remarkably silent. The Religious Right was instrumental in electing Bush in 2000, and re-electing him in 2004. In fact, we know now that voter turnout in 2004 was one of the strongest
Opinion
Do you have some thoughts on today's historic election? Sure you do. Let us know what you think by posting in our Election Watch Forum.
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Responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. From Christ Good Shepard, 1000 N. Winton Road: "This is probably the most phenomenal election that we're going to ever have in this country. So this was the year if, you never voted before, you needed to come out and make your opinion known."
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TOTALS - 4189 U.S. soldiers, 314 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 88,851 to 96,976 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October November 3. American servicemen and -women killed October 24-29: -- Sgt. Scott J. Metcalf, 36, Framingham, Mass. SOURCES: iraqbodycount.org, icasualties.org, Department of
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Muslim doc Nazareth College's Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue will screen Mara Ahmed's documentary "The Muslims I Know" on Thursday, November 6, at the Shults Center at
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County legislators want to know whether a change in the county's child-care eligibility rate has increased costs in other public-assistance programs. When the county made the change - from 165 percent to 125 percent of the poverty level - some parents said that they might have to stop working or cut
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Three years ago, when administrators at Asbury First United Methodist Church on East Avenue hired a steeplejack to inspect the building's tower, the 55-year-old structure looked like it may need some minor restoration work. But a closer look at the steel frame under the limestone
Opinion
The election maps on media websites have told the story: we may be a melting pot, but the melt doesn't extend to our politics. We're a sharply divided country: red center and south flanked by blue northeast and west coasts. And we don't seem to be able to figure each other
Letters
I have ridden bikes in all sorts of environments for over 60 years, and I am adamantly opposed to allowing any bicycles on the same paths as pedestrians. It is a recipe for disaster. We should follow the example of Holland, the most bicycle-friendly country in world, where I have
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Thank you for your continuous coverage of Ren Square. As an admirer of the arts, I enjoy seeing productions at Geva, the Eastman, and the Auditorium. Why would anyone want to tear up downtown to build another theater? As both the Eastman and the Auditorium have been renovating,
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Regarding "The Homecoming of Prisoner 908B0643": I tip my hat to City Newspaper and Tim Macaluso for the in-depth look at the journey of reentry through the lens of service providers and a couple of people facing the awesome and sometimes brutal journey of reentry. Reentry is a journey of epic
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All is not well in the 56th Senate District. County Republicans have obtained a court order to impound absentee,affidavit, and emergency ballots from the district, reports WHEC channel 10.Board of Elections staff confirm that the ballots have been impounded. WHEC's report says the order means that the ballots can't be counted until
Restaurant Articles
It's Wednesday morning. Hump day. The day after the most important election in recent memory. You did vote, didn't you? And now it's the day after. You were up late last night, either celebrating or drowning your sorrows. You need some breakfast to get you moving again. Fortunately, James Brown,
Music Articles
He isn't asking for much, really. Shit, he just wants to play the guitar. MS is robbing Dave D'Angelico - a.k.a. Texas Son - of the use of his legs, and he ambles along slowly and precariously with two canes. He plays on stage sitting down. The dexterity in his
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Does anyone remember Icicle Works? "A Whisper To A Scream"? Anybody? No? How about The Jam or The Hoodoo Gurus? Well, these were all bands that emerged during the post-punk return to pop songwriting. The Beaumonts weren't there - in fact, the band just got here - but they could've
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Georgia's is a bar beneath a bridge (kind of). It's tucked next to and under the 490 ramps, between Geva Theatre (on Woodbury) and the Central Library (on South Ave). You might pass over it all the time, never noticing the neon "Open" sign in the window. If you
Art
If you're down in the East End this month, you might see some young men staring lustily through the front window of Rochester Contemporary Art Center at the giant sphere of car stereo speakers. In my view, art generally falls into two groups: art that is personally owned vs.
Family
Before there were XBoxes, Nintendo DS systems, and 24-hour cartoon channels on cable TV, kids had to rely solely on this little thing called "imagination" to entertain themselves, and inspiration was often found in between the pages of books. Who can forget the swashbuckling tales of Robinson Crusoe, the inspired
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So here we are, at the end of a presidential election that cost close to $1 billion; a slate of State Senate races that cost more than $40 million; and local Congressional races that cost at least $2 million each - save the low-key race run by Democrat Louise Slaughter
