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Rick Brand: POLITICS & POWER
As the only Republican official in the room, Rep. Peter King got a smattering of boos when introduced last week before nearly 1,000 Long Island labor activists in a Hauppauge union hall.

A.J. Carter: Not sheepish about counting exec pay
Seeing as he's an accountant, it would be safe to assume that Jerry Goldberg counted something when he couldn't sleep. But instead of sheep, Goldberg dealt with his insomnia by counting compensation for the top five executives at each of the Fortune 500 companies - and what he found was eye-opening.

Ask Amy
Amy Dickinson: How to drum out a rock rabble rep
DEAR AMY: I lead an interesting life. I have a corporate job during the day and play in a hard-rock band at night. I also sing in a professional men's a cappella chorus.

Animal House
Denise Flaim: Yes, they hiss, but not to worry
It's the old story of the dandelion and the daisy: Both flowers, but one's a weed, the other's a boutonniere.

Money & Power
Richard Galant: MONEY & POWER
In Patrick Duggan's world, there aren't many easy victories.

Katti Gray: Low points in a job with lofty ideals
During my first couple of years as an entry-level reporter on this newspaper's staff, I was assigned to work on Saturdays, which turned out not to be so bad.

Raymond J. Keating: They (who knows why) love New York
People who choose to move from somewhere else in the nation to New York fascinate me. That's not surprising, since the unusual or tragic tend to draw attention.

Sheryl McCarthy: In hiring, the FDNY is less than heroic
As the Fire Department graduated its latest class of probationary firefighters last week, Capt. Paul Washington and some of his black colleagues stood outside the ceremony to protest an enduring problem. Of the 139 new probies, just six were black, bringing the total number of black firefighters on the 11,400-member force to 325 - only 2.9 percent.

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Joseph Dolman

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Off Camera
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The God Squad
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Lawrence C. Levy

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Tami Luhby

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Carrie Mason-Draffen

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Les Payne

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James P. Pinkerton

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Ray Sanchez

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Jan Stuart

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Robin Topping

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