In a tame and small inauguration ceremony, newly-inaugurated Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters that he plans to make some serious reforms to combat the extraordinary deficit in New York. With the state nearly $1 billion in debt, Cuomo promised to…

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Andrew Cuomo Tackles ‘Trust Deficit’

This can’t be the best way to hold a press conference. Jets Coach Rex Ryan told reporters Wednesday that a foot fetish video that Deadspin posted was a “personal matter.” The video features a woman who looks a lot like Ryan’s wife Michelle Ryan…

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Jets Coach: Foot Video Is ‘Personal Matter’

A 14-year-old accused of killing for a Mexican cartel has turned out to be a U.S. citizen. Flanked by police, the teen told reporters he was an orphan, that he’d dropped out of school in the third grade, and that the cartel leader Julio “El Negro”…

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Teen Hit Man Is U.S. Citizen

The process of extracting 33 miners from a Chilean mine, where they have been trapped for more than two months, is going better than expected, the nation’s health minister told reporters Wednesday.

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Rescue first step in long recovery

Afghanistan has banned eight private security firms, including the company formerly known as Blackwater, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai told reporters Sunday.

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Afghanistan bans 8 security firms

Prosecutors have dismissed all four charges against Robert Blagojevich, brother of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, defense attorney Michael Ettinger told reporters Thursday.

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Charges dropped for Blago’s brother