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Mayor Bloomberg wins fight to extend term limits

(AP) - Arguing that New York needs his financial skill to guide it through the crisis on Wall Street, Mayor Michael Bloomberg persuaded City Council to amend the term-limits lawThursday so that the billionaire

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