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		<title>The Morning Read: Thursday, December 14, 2006</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota is <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-14T124712Z_01_N14250274_RTRIDST_0_USA-CONGRESS-SENATOR.XML">recovering</a> from stroke-like symptoms.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/news/nationalnews/bubbas_buds_chew_over_2008_with_hill_nationalnews_ian_bishop_________post_correspondent.htm">met</a> with her husband's political advisers last night in DC.</p>
<p>George Will wants Barack Obama <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/run__barack__run_opedcolumnists_george_f__will.htm">to run</a>.</p>
<p>Bronx state Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr. is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/nyregion/14senator.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion&amp;oref=slogin">charged</a> with pocketing $400,000 from non-profits that received state aid.</p>
<p>Negotiations in Albany over key bills are <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/45197">deadlocked</a>.</p>
<p>The plan to close some New York hospitals is headed for <a href="http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=544484&amp;BCCode=BNNEWYORKSTATE&amp;newsdate=12/14/2006">approval</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/news/regionalnews/a_hev_y_hitter_regionalnews_kenneth_lovett______post_correspondent.htm">The Post says</a> that the Albany DA has enough to indict Alan Hevesi on criminal charges.</p>
<p>Bill Hammond says Alan Hevesi is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/479815p-403746c.html">in denial</a>.</p>
<p>The sale of government office space <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/479958p-403846c.html">in Manhattan</a>  before its value was determined is "at best, bizarre and, at worst, illegal," said Assemblyman Richard Brodsky.</p>
<p>Daily News editors say there's <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/editorials/atlantic_yards_questions_editorials_.htm">no reason</a> the Public Authorities Control Board should not approve the Atlantic Yards Project.</p>
<p>And City Comptroller Bill Thompson wants Google and Yahoo to address <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/45150">censorship issues</a>.</p>
<p><em>-- Azi Paybarah</em></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota is <a href="http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-14T124712Z_01_N14250274_RTRIDST_0_USA-CONGRESS-SENATOR.XML">recovering</a> from stroke-like symptoms.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/news/nationalnews/bubbas_buds_chew_over_2008_with_hill_nationalnews_ian_bishop_________post_correspondent.htm">met</a> with her husband's political advisers last night in DC.</p>
<p>George Will wants Barack Obama <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/opedcolumnists/run__barack__run_opedcolumnists_george_f__will.htm">to run</a>.</p>
<p>Bronx state Senator Efrain Gonzalez, Jr. is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/14/nyregion/14senator.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion&amp;oref=slogin">charged</a> with pocketing $400,000 from non-profits that received state aid.</p>
<p>Negotiations in Albany over key bills are <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/45197">deadlocked</a>.</p>
<p>The plan to close some New York hospitals is headed for <a href="http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=544484&amp;BCCode=BNNEWYORKSTATE&amp;newsdate=12/14/2006">approval</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/news/regionalnews/a_hev_y_hitter_regionalnews_kenneth_lovett______post_correspondent.htm">The Post says</a> that the Albany DA has enough to indict Alan Hevesi on criminal charges.</p>
<p>Bill Hammond says Alan Hevesi is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/479815p-403746c.html">in denial</a>.</p>
<p>The sale of government office space <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/479958p-403846c.html">in Manhattan</a>  before its value was determined is "at best, bizarre and, at worst, illegal," said Assemblyman Richard Brodsky.</p>
<p>Daily News editors say there's <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12142006/postopinion/editorials/atlantic_yards_questions_editorials_.htm">no reason</a> the Public Authorities Control Board should not approve the Atlantic Yards Project.</p>
<p>And City Comptroller Bill Thompson wants Google and Yahoo to address <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/45150">censorship issues</a>.</p>
<p><em>-- Azi Paybarah</em></p>
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