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NY special elections set for Assembly, Congress

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

...photos to women online. By The Associated Press ALBANY - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primar

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Special Election Set To Replace Anthony Weiner

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

...N.Y. - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primaries. The 9th Congressional District includes parts o

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Special election set for Anthony Weiner's seat

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

...several women. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ALBANY, N.Y. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primaries. Th

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Weiner does not deserve his benefits

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner will receive a huge amount of money for being disgraceful. He disgraced his office, told lies and tried to cover up his story. But in the end, he did not lose. He gets to keep control of $4 million in campaign funds, ...

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Laugh Attacks

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

"Anthony Weiner is reportedly involved in choosing his successor. The first question he asked his potential replacements is, what's the difference between 'reply' and 'reply all?'" "A senior al-Qaida leader was arrested

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Ignore Social Media at Your Peril

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

Twitter may have cost former Congressman Anthony Weiner his career, but when used properly, social media and other Web tools can actually help you get a job. FINS spoke with Coleen Byrne, a former sales director at Yahoo, ...

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Faith & Values: Could you forgive Anthony Weiner?

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

Credit: AP By Times-Dispatch Staff Or Arnold Schwarzenegger? Or Jim Tressel? Or Tiger Woods? Or any of a score of figures whose moral lapses have become painfully public? If recovery of public status is a measure of forgiveness, then Eliot Spitzer has ...

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President should join former US Rep. Weiner in exile

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

Anthony Weiner has resigned. Everyone expected it. The Democrats demanded it. They very much wanted this guy to disappear, so he wouldn't sling any mud on their scheme to keep their party in power for 2012. Personally, I don't think they have anyt

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Vote to replace former Congressman Weiner on September 13

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

NEW YORK - A special election to replace disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after lying about sending lewd photos of himself to women over the Internet, has been set for September 13. Governor Andrew Cuomo at the start of the ...

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Anthony Weiner & successor

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

...into ... Republican leaders will likely choose candidates for a special election to replace Weiner ... Jul 01, 2011 · New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has decided to hold a special election on Sept. 13 to pick a replacement for former Rep. Anthony Weiner, w

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Cuomo sets Weiner special for Sept 13

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

Anthony Cuomo has set the special House election for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat for Sept. 13. It will coincide with the Empire State's primary day and six other Assembly special elections. It's also the same day Nevada is scheduled to h

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Metal security gates now officially illegal

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

The law was originally proposed in 1996 by Anthony Weiner. Vallone is, ironically, now seen as a possible candidate to fill Weiner's seat in the House of Representatives following the congressman's Twitpic scandal. [NYDN]

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Governor Cuomo Sets September 13th Special Election To Fill Anthony Weiner's Seat

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

...N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primaries. The other Assembly seats are in Oneida County

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NY special elections set for Assembly, Congress

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

...and photos to women online. tool goes here New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has set special elections for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's congressional seat and six vacant seats in the state Assembly for Sept. 13, coinciding with statewide primaries. The 9

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Gov. Cuomo announces special election Weiner seat

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

...due to Census results, and many political observers' suspect that the 9th Congressional District will be wiped out. Rep. Anthony Weiner quit after his disgraceful sexting scandal. (Craig Warga/News) Rep. Joseph Crowley, the Queens Democratic Party leade

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Anthony Weiner Replacement Election Set For Sept. 13

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

...Holtzman. Voters in New York's 9th Congressional District will head to the polls to choose disgraced Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner's replacement on Sept. 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced today. That makes the second Tuesday in September a kind o

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Being a guy, on Fourth of July

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

...Schwarzenegger admitted he fathered a child with another woman a decade ago. We identified with the wife of New York Rep. Anthony Weiner, who finally resigned after confessing he had sent those photographs over Twitter. What does it say about some men t

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Weiner ain't no winner

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

New York's US Representative, Anthony Weiner is no winner, even by the standards of the democrats who demanded he resign. Why would Mr. Weiner, who had the world as his oyster, lose it all by publishing, via cyberspace, inappropriate pictures of ...

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A Lesson From the Downfall of Anthony Weiner

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

There was a moment during the recent implosion of Congressman Anthony Weiner — which just became official last week — that should have sent chills down the spine of anyone who guides communication strategy for organizations, politicians or other ...

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Hoyt resigns, joins Cuomo team

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

...Assembly seats that need to be filled by special elections, plus another for the congressional seat left open when Rep. Anthony Weiner resigned earlier this month. Hoyt’s district covers much of Buffalo including downtown, Black Rock, Riverside, the U

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