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The View from One Police Plaza

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

When the NYPD announced random bag checks in the subways, it timed the new policy to coincide with increased fear of terrorist attacks. Police spokesman Paul Browne says the checks are not only necessary, but also consistent with the Fourth Amendment.

Civil Society

John F. Burns, Baghdad bureau chief and chief foreign correspondent for the New York Times
- asks if the situation in Iraq can be called a civil war
» New York Times

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View from the Ground

Maj. Erik Rundquist,, squadron commander with the 407th Expeditionary Security Forces
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Erica Gabor, lance corporal in the Army mail unit (responsible for morale boosting)
- give a soldier's perception of the situation in Iraq

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Our Bodies No Longer Ourselves

Alexandra Jacobs editor at the New York Observer
- on the endurance of the book Our Bodies, Ourselves, and its changing aesthetic

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What's Your Bag

Paul Browne Deputy Chief of Public Affairs with the New York City Police Department
- on the random searches of bags in the subway

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Democracy Wonk- Small Businesses Unite

small business owners share their political beliefs and on-the-job challenges, with Stacy from Maplewood the owner of a small business owner in New York
-on her experience as a small business owner whose workers were courted by a union

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Exit Stage Right

Fred Dicker state editor for the New York Post
- on Pataki's announcement that he will not seek a fourth term as governor.
» New York Post

George Pataki's press conference

Andrea Bernstein WNYC reporter
- on Pataki's ...

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Ways of Bowing Out

The news that New York Governor George Pataki would make a special announcement this afternoon got BL Blog all excited...Memories of a sweltering day, about one year ago, another governor, just across the river, also had something to get off his chest. What could it be?

And then, as ...

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