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Audi’s Super Bowl ad for its A3 TDI “clean diesel” vehicle is drawing criticism from the American Chemistry Council. Read more…

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Audi Super Bowl ad draws fire from chemical industry

House Democrats say leadership will struggle to convince the public to support a tax increase on those making more than $250,000. Read more…

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House Democrats support ending tax cut, but see it as tough sell

House Democrats blast two Republican initiatives, hoping to get momentum for their own ideas on fixing the economy.

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Dems seize on Ryan’s budget, Boehner’s Wall Street fundraising to score points

Harold Ford Jr. has a national base of support if he decides to run for the Senate in New York — a network of donors and friends cultivated over years that could ease the burden of raking in campaign cash

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Old friends ready to show Ford the money

With political incumbents quaking in their tasseled loafers, some New York Republicans are hoping that popular CNBC commentator Larry Kudlow can do what would have seemed impossible a mere six months ago — beat Chuck Schumer in the race for US Senate. No one thinks knocking the hardest-working man in…

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CNBC host is urged to take on Schumer

Conservative darling Sarah Palin blasted President Obama over the weekend as “that charismatic guy with a TelePrompter,” but during her keynote speech to the National Tea Party she relied on a low-tech assist — crib notes written on her hand. Photos of Palin speaking at the Tea Party convention in…

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Palin’s handy helper

ALBANY — Whether or not you like Gov. Paterson’s decision to pick the politically connected Aqueduct Entertainment Group to run video lottery slots at Aqueduct Race Track, it’s hard to defend the sleaze-soaked process that led to it. The debacle is the product of a scheme hatched by…

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Dave botched chance to clean up bidding process