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...Attack of the Clichés The phrase "at the end of the day" topped a poll of the most irritating clichés in the English language. The poll, conducted by the Plain English Campaign among its 5,000 supporters, identified other terms deemed past their sell-by date: "to be honest," "like" and "thinking outside the box." Fortunately for the unimaginative - and headline writers the world over - some old favorites escaped sanction. There's light at the end of the tunnel, after...
...remaining cops off normal duty to work on terrorism prevention. "We're doing more with less in many ways. There's an opportunity cost," Kelly says. "People who were doing homicide are now doing terrorism." New York City estimates its counter-terrorism needs at $900 million, he says. To date, it has been awarded about $206 million. "We are grateful for the help, but it does not come anywhere near the needs that we have," Kelly testified. "Far and away, the people and city of New York are bearing the cost of defending the homeland in New York...
...torso. The coiffed Sicilian ran the Bonannos' Montreal franchise. According to court documents, he quarreled with another captain, Anthony Grazino, over the latter's supposed cocaine use. Massino, the government claims, backed Grazino and said Sciascia "had to go." This is the one murder charge that doesn't date back to the Reagan years, and Massino could be executed for the crime because it occurred after '94--when a federal murder-in-aid-of-racketeering law was updated to include the death penalty...
...There was no real resolution,” said Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman, a Council member who said that concerns about the early start date and a potential decrease in teaching time were not addressed by the report...
...nearly forty years, Medicare has ensured that all of America’s seniors have access to healthcare. But this week, the program’s trustees set an end date for health benefits—they announced that the Medicare trust will be broke by 2019. Medicare has come back from the brink before, and, clearly, Washington should do what it takes to protect it. But the prospect of an end to seniors’ health benefits should remind Americans of how weak the system of state-sponsored health insurance is in this country. When even the elderly aren?...