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SAO PAULO — Obama urges end to oil, gas subsidies President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop alternative sources of energy. Obama said Saturday in his weekly address that he expected Congress to consider ending $4 billion in tax subsidies. He said the vote [...]

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If you ask most people, they’ll say it’s about time. Rochester is finally getting a music hall of fame. It’s been three years in the making, but Tuesday, it was officially announced that Rochester will have a music hall of fame. this year, eight people and one “place” will be inducted. The city has a deep [...]

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BRINGING THE ESSENTIALS: Before deciding what things or stuff you need to take with you to the track, you need to know a couple of important facts. First, the distance between your seat and your car is likely to be a mile or two. This means you will have a long walk to and from [...]

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Survivor Fiji is set up to be one of the better Survivors in recent memory. it is naive to think that TV shows, even as they enter into the double digits in seasons. Survivor, although a veteran of the reality TV show game, is still an evolving franchise. it is a living, breathing dynasty that [...]

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Courtesy of Parallel 37Ron Siegel, chef of Parallel 37 at the Ritz-Carlton.​Ron Siegel, chef of Parallel 37 in the Ritz-Carlton, has worked in three- and four-star restaurants for 20 years. In 1998, Siegel, then the chef at Charles Nob Hill, received international fame when he became the first American to win Iron Chef – the [...]

Continue Reading Q&A With Parallel 37′s Ron Siegel, Part 2: In SF, “Casual” Food Ain’t Really Casual

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Did you see Amare Stoudemire’s Dunk over the 7’1 Michael Olowokandi? How about the one over the 2005 Slam Dunk Champion Josh Smith? STAT also had some sick ones on Emeka Okafor and Yao Ming. Actually, before his knee surgery on October 18, 2005, Stoudemire had a 40-inch vertical The rehabilitation went well as he [...]

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