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		<title>No Free Speech At Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PINELLAS COUNTY&#8212;Apparently the sheriff and chief deputy of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department need an introduction to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 
You know, the one that guarantees freedom of speech.
Ever been accused of being too blunt, of speaking your mind too honestly?
Pinellas County detention deputy George Loeffler posted a message on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/07/no_free_speech/</link>
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		<title>Man Nabbed For “Exposure Of Undergarment”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RIVIERA BEACH, FLA&#8212;Riviera Beach police take crime seriously. Don’t show your underwear in public or you’ll be before the judge. 
 
The Riviera Beach Police Department have cracked a case of saggy pants, busting a 29-year-old resident for exposing approximately two inches of his boxer shorts. 
 
Kenneth Smith was arrested over Labor Day weekend under the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/shorts_exposure/</link>
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		<title>Palin’s Troopergate Pale To Paterson’s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY
By June Maxam
It’s almost inconceivable that with New York’s energy crisis at the gas pumps and in the homes, Gov. David Paterson still has not named anyone to head the New York Power Authority.
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		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/dueling_troopergates/</link>
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		<title>Protected: The Sexism Of Troopergate</title>
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		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/troopergate_sexism/</link>
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		<title>Brooklyn Man Charged With Tossing Dog Out Window</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK&#8212;Humane Law Enforcement agents of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals arrested Sherman Haynes of Brooklyn Friday for aggravated animal cruelty, for allegedly causing the death of his girlfriend’s dog.
 
ASPCA Special Agent Peter Rivas responded to a complaint from Haynes’ girlfriend alleging he allegedly tossed her 3-year-old Shih Tzu, Zahara, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/out_window/</link>
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		<title>Joe Baumgartner Takes Plea Deal In Drug Counts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OAK HARBOR, OHIO&#8212;Pharmacist Joseph Baumgartner, husband of judicial whistleblower Elsebeth Baumgartner, has accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to one misdemeanor of possession of dangerous drugs.
 
Baumgartner was scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 29, charged with one felony count of possession of drugs and 15 misdemeanor counts of possession of such dangerous drugs as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/baumgartner_plea/</link>
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		<title>Lucky&#8212;Awaiting Freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Meet Lucky – one of the 80 dogs and cats on the Operation Baghdad Pups waiting list right now. Lucky’s soldiers are desperate to get her home to the United States and this is her story.
“On one of our daily missions to check to make sure frequently used routes are free of IED’s, the team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/lucky-awaiting-freedom/</link>
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		<title>SPCA Offers Reward For Tips On Animal Abuse Cases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to reduce the staggering number of animal cruelty cases and help law enforcement officials, SPCA International is expanding its Emergency Shelter program to include reward support for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons involved in severe animal abuse and neglect cases.
 
Animal abuse and neglect reports appear in news outlets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/spca_reward/</link>
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		<title>Candlelight Vigil For Peace Sept. 21</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PLATTSBURGH&#8211; Members and supporters of North Country Democracy for America, and the Plattsburgh chapter of Veterans for Peace will gather for a  Candlelight Vigil for Peace Sunday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.
 
The hour-long Vigil will be held at the base of the Macdonough Monument across from City Hall in downtown Plattsburgh.  Everyone is invited to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/peace_vigil/</link>
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		<title>Bolton Residents Busted For Pot Growing Operation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOLTON LANDING&#8212;Two Bolton residents have been arrested after the Warren County Sheriff’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit found an indoor marijuana growing operation at their residence. 
 
Robert S. Mitchell, 36, and Karen M. McCartney, 33, have been charged with second degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawfully growing cannabis, a misdemeanor, after sheriff’s officers executed a search [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/bolton_pot/</link>
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		<title>Hulk Hogan, Wife Living Above Poverty Level</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PINELLAS COUNTY&#8212;Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States are struggling to make ends meet&#8212;but not retired professional wrestler VH1 reality show star Hulk Hogan and his wife.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in eight Americans do not have enough money for food, shelter or clothing.
As Americans worry about staying warm this winter, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/06/no_poverty/</link>
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		<title>Retired Judge Guilty Of Mann Act: Spitzer Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK – If former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is reading the newspapers, he knows the federal government is serious about prosecuting violations of the federal Mann Act.
 
The 1910 law prohibits “interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes”.  In that federal prosecutors investigating a prostitution and money laundering ring say that Spitzer was caught [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/spitzer_mann/</link>
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		<title>Protected: Judge Nailed For Prostitutes, Is Spitzer Next?</title>
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		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/jester_judge/</link>
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		<title>Marilla Highway Chief Stole Money, Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO&#8212;The former elected superintendent of highways for the town of Marilla has been sentenced to seven months in federal prison as a result of his guilty plea to felony charges of theft of government money.
 
David Pierce, 55, of Marilla must also make restitution of $20,700 and serve two years of post-sentence supervised release.  Pierce also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/marilla_steal/</link>
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		<title>Two More Attorneys Removed From Retirement System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8212;Two attorneys, Carol Hoffman and Phillip Brothman, have had their Retirement System memberships revoked by the state comptroller’s office because they were erroneously reported as employees by school districts.
 
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli  also notified Brothman that he must repay $24,077 in pension benefits to the Retirement System. The actions are part of DiNapoli’s ongoing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/system_revoke/</link>
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		<title>NY Signs 2,421 New Contracts In August</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8212;The state entered into 2,421 new contracts in August 2008, totaling approximately $613 million, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. 
 
Details regarding these contracts can be found in Open Book New York. 
“It’s never been easy for taxpayers to follow where their tax dollars go,” DiNapoli said. “Open Book New York is changing that. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/august_contracts/</link>
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		<title>DA: Electric Firm Bookkeeper Embezzled $200K</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QUEENS&#8212;A bookkeeper formerly employed at a Richmond Hill electrical equipment firm has been charged with stealing more than $200,000 – or as much as $500,000 by her own admissions – from the company by inflating the amount of money contributed to her 401K savings plan.
 
Carol Harte, 49, of 156-17 75th Street in Howard Beach, Queens, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/harte_embezzle/</link>
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		<title>Saks Finance Manager, Niece Charged In Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANHATTAN&#8212;A public relations finance manager for Saks Fifth Avenue has been charged with stealing at least $680,000 from the company in a phony invoicing scheme. 
 
Ava John, 51, of 259-42 Craft Ave., Rosedale, was charged with second degree grand larceny, second degree money laundering, second degree forgery, second degree criminal possession of a forged instrument [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/saks_fraud/</link>
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		<title>Pharmacists Can Now Give Flu Shots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8212;The American Lung Association of New York has commended Governor David Paterson for signing into law a measure that enables licensed pharmacists to administer influenza (flu) and pneumococcal (pneumonia) immunizations. Sponsored by Senator Fuschillo and Assemblywoman Paulin, the law increases the availability of potentially lifesaving vaccines to vulnerable New Yorkers.
 
&#8220;You can find a pharmacy on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/pharmacists_flu/</link>
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		<title>Hershey’s Recalls Bottled Chocolate Shell Topping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HERSHEY, PA&#8211; The Hershey Company has announced a voluntary recall of 7.25-ounce plastic bottles of Hershey&#8217;s Chocolate Shell Topping because they contain undeclared almonds. 
 
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to almonds run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product, the company says. 
 
The only 7.25-ounce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/chocolate_recal/</link>
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		<title>Judge Dismisses Homicide Charges In Teen Deaths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUFFOLK COUNTY&#8212;A Suffolk County judge has dismissed criminally negligent homicide and third degree assault charges against a Smithtown teen indicted in March for causing a fatal accident Oct. 31, 2007 that killed three teens on Jericho Turnpike in Smithtown.   
 
Suffolk County Judge C. Randall Hinrichs granted Steven Badke’s application to dismiss three counts of criminally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/homicide_dismiss/</link>
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		<title>Ex-Argent Mortgage VP Sentenced For Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, FL –A former vice president of a subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest subprime lenders has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme that spanned more than two years and involved loans in Hillsborough, Lee, Pinellas and Polk counties.
 
Orson Benn, former vice president of Argent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/argent_sentence/</link>
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		<title>Cancer Still #2 Cause Of Death For New Yorkers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8211; Despite advances in prevention and treatment, cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in New York State, exceeded only by heart disease.
 
&#8220;Prevention and early detection are still the keys to reducing cancer incidence and cancer deaths,&#8221; said State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D. &#8220;All New Yorkers should reduce their risks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/cancer_deaths/</link>
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		<title>93% Retailers Complying With Tobacco Sales Laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8212;Nearly 93 percent of retailers who sell tobacco are complying with the law that forbids the sale of tobacco products to youth under the age of 18, according to a new State Health Department report.
 
Compliance with the law is at the highest rates since the department&#8217;s Tobacco Enforcement Program began 10 years ago, according to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/tobacco_sales/</link>
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		<title>Toy Safety, Health Care Program Topics Of New Laws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY&#8212;Governor David A. Paterson signed a package of bills into law this week to strengthen consumer protections, enhance education for the children of New York State, and improve environment and health care programs. 
 
Among the bills in the package is one of the Governor&#8217;s program bills, S.8297-A Fuschillo / A.11316-A Pheffer, which enacts the Children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/09/05/toy_safety/</link>
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