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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'May  5, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Byron Brown is invincible right now and unless some unforeseen scandal rocks City Hall, the job is his for as long as he wants it.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'May  1, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan is not on either Brown’s or Collins’s Christmas card list and as a result the pair have been supportive of each other on several issues.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Paterson\'s Ghost Act Wearing Thin';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 30, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The lack of face time for the visitors and local dignitaries with the Governor and Mullen caused some embarrassment and anger and had the media scratching their heads.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Grelick Only News In Buffalo';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 29, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A senate staffer told us last night that appointments like Mesi and Grelick’s go largely un-noticed east of Buffalo. ';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Brian Higgins Top Dog';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 28, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The obvious names were mentioned like Brown, Collins, Casey, Pigeon, Lenihan, but the number one choice hands down was Brian Higgins.';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Kearns Looking Like A Candidate';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 27, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Kearns hasn’t made his run against Byron Brown official, but he certainly sounded every bit the candidate Sunday.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 24, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Buffalo’s Mayor has managed to stay off the front page recently and has had a relatively quiet 2009. That may change however as word on the street says that disgruntled fire and police unions look to endorse a suitable challenger to Mr. Brown.<br />\n';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Collins Crafts A Good Deal For County At City\'s Expense';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 23, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Certainly the County provided a spread sheet to the City detailing why the cost has gone up but we would think the Buffalo Common Council will want to know why the price has jumped up $1.4 million in one year.<br />\n<br />\n';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Who Resembles The Joker ?';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 22, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jack’s birthday begs the question, who is most like this sly smiling thespian on our political scene? Who tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may?';
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  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sam Hoyt Survives Despite Powerful Detractors ';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Apr 21, 2009';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Sam Hoyt has withstood one of the most embarrassing public outings in the history of Buffalo politics and has systematically alienated both sides of the aisle with his platforms and yet still remains as an entrenched local Assemblyman.<br />\n';
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