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National Guard Activated in Weather-Beaten N.Y. By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2006 – The New York governor has called up members of the New York Army and Air National Guard for state active duty in western New York following record-breaking, lake-effect snowfall in the region. The Guard has been assigned to provide Humvees and drivers to the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., to provide emergency transportation for medical personnel and to the Buffalo Fire Department to transport emergency medical technicians and evacuate patients as needed, said Army Lt. Col. Paul Fanning,...

Granholm vetoes water board bill The Associated Press 3/21/03 4:00 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Friday vetoed a Republican bill that would have created a regional board to review rates agreed to by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. The veto was Granholm's first action on legislation approved by the House and Senate since she took office in January, Granholm spokeswoman Liz Boyd said. The veto marked the first major partisan conflict between the Democratic governor and the Republicans who control the Legislature. Senate Republicans will discuss the possibility of overriding the veto on Tuesday, according...