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Got blacklists?
Good news! It’s easier than ever to be a terrorist these days. All you need to do is oppose the government and not shut up about it. For example, if you live...
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NBA Eastern Conference Preview
EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW The Celtics are NBA champions. The Pistons, Cavaliers, Sixers and Raptors added Allen Iverson, Mo Williams, Elton Brand and Jermaine O’Neal, respectively. Even Larry Brown is back. The days...
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BU prof recalls college road trips with Obama
In Barack Obama’s old Toyota, during the car rides between Chicago and Madison, Wis., the U.S. presidential-hopeful and a professor at Binghamton University talked about practically everything. “He told me about his...
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Money crunch brings more applicants to Binghamton
The admissions department at Binghamton University has received 50 percent more applications this semester than it had this time last year. “We’ve noticed an increasing slope [in applications], going up over the...
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Election Special: First-timers out in Vestal
Election inspectors in Vestal voting districts were nearly unanimous by mid-afternoon Tuesday: the day had been one of the busiest they’d seen so far. Norman Stewart, an inspector working at Vestal Volunteer...
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Election Special: Change that can last
I’ve been saving all of my best material about the election for a column that was supposed to be written right before Nov. 4, but my math skills have left me in...
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X-country rolls at conference tourney
Wrapping up a record year with a strong conference meet seems fitting. The Binghamton University cross country teams traveled to Oregon Ridge Park in Baltimore, Md. for the America East Cross Country...
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To form a more perfect union
I congratulate the United Nations this month. Usually when I see the initials “U.N.” in a headline, I expect a story to follow about mind-numbing incompetence. But this past month it was...
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Sodexo deal could hurt workers’ benefits
After years of working for Sodexo, John brings home $8.05 an hour, visits charities weekly to put food on the table for his children and says the only sign of appreciation he...
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‘W.’ just as bad as 8-year Bush administration
I’m admitting it up front: I am very much not a fan of George W. Bush. Because of that, I was expecting “W.” to be a painful experience — which it was...