Bill Thompson said Wednesday he would create a form of merit pay for some New York City teachers if elected mayor, giving the city's best teachers incentives to work in struggling schools.

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Lescott, who becomes the second most expensive English defender after Rio Ferdinand, is expected to form a central defensive partnership with fellow new signing Kolo Toure and could make his City debut against Portsmouth on Sunday.

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So when a city or state sells bonds to build a new school, sewer or stadium, investors form a line around the block.

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In other words, is this a form of racial profiling, or are they an important and reasonable part of police procedure, insuring New York City as the safest big city in America.

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