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Scotia Post Office spared closure
The Mohawk Avenue Post Office in Scotia will stay open. This after the U.S. Postal Service removed it from its list of branches targeted for possible consolidation...
 
Boston Symphony unveils 2010 Tanglewood plans
Winter hasn't even arrived but the Boston Symphony Orchestra is already planning for summer...
 
Business associate: I hired Bruno for his contacts
A business associate and friend of Joe Bruno says he hired the longtime lawmaker as a consultant for his contacts and the credibility Bruno lent to the enterprises...
 
Mass. officer quits after child porn charge
A veteran Adams police officer accused of viewing child pornography on a computer in the evidence room at the police station has resigned...
 
Moody's: Inaction on deficit could hurt NY rating
Moody's Investors Service is warning that New York's stable credit rating could be hurt if the Legislature fails to cut spending and eliminate a $3.2 billion deficit...
 
Tax department cracks down on tax preparers
The state tax department is cracking down on dishonest tax preparers and refund-anticipation lenders with a new law...
 
Father of 10 gets prison time for raping a young girl
A father of 10 was sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping a young girl repeatedly over a two-month period in 2008...
 
Bruno grant helped associate's company   
Documents show Joe Bruno sponsored a $2.5 million state grant to a college in his district for a new technology center where the main tenant would be a company whose investors included Bruno business associate Jared Abbruzzese...
 
Winfrey: Prayer, careful thought influenced exit
Oprah Winfrey says her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air...
 Oprah's highlights through the years
 
Federal energy tax credit: worth your investment?
You've probably seen the ads urging you to buy energy efficient windows, wood stoves and insulation - to get a Federal energy tax credit. But how do you know it's worth the investment?
 
H1N1 vaccine offered in Columbia County schools   
Schools are ground zero when it comes to the H1N1 virus. That's why the Columbia County Health Department is taking its allotment of vaccine to classrooms in the county.
 
Cops say prostitution ring tied to Chinese mob   
Police say prostitutions bust at two Colonie beauty salons is linked to Chinese organized crime and reached into western Massachusetts and all the way down into New York City...
 
GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race
Two state Republican advisers say Rudy Giuliani has not decided whether to run for governor of New York but is becoming more interested in running for the U.S. Senate...
 
NY AG: Energy firm agrees to pollution disclosures
An energy company that operates several coal-fired power plants in the U.S. has agreed to put more information about global warming in its public financial disclosures...
 
NY unemployment rises to 9 percent
New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September. State labor department officials say that's the highest level since April 1983...
 
Lawmakers headed home, no deal on deficit
New York lawmakers are heading home without agreement on how to address the state's fiscal crisis...
 
Upstate flights OK despite FAA glitch
Airport officials in Albany, Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo say they haven't been hit yet by the widespread flight cancellations and delays caused nationwide by a glitch in the FAA's air traffic system...
 Schumer: FAA needs resources to prevent glitches
 
Firecrackers cause fright in Ballston Spa   
A 17-year-old is accused of throwing firecrackers into a crowd of students in the cafeteria at Ballston Spa High School Thursday morning...
 
NY to get federal green jobs grants
New York and seven other states will share nearly $4 million in economic stimulus funding to support a green jobs program...
 
Tire dump cleanup nears completion
Five years after the state launched a cleanup program funded by a fee on new tires, the DEC says 102 of 146 tire dumps are gone and the rest will be eliminated next year...
 
NY court: Married gay couples entitled to benefits
New York’s top court ruled Thursday that gay couples legally married elsewhere are entitled to some government benefits, boosting stalled legislative efforts to legalize same-sex marriage.  
 
Learn the lessons of life on the cheap
If you've having trouble making ends meet, learn words of wisdom from people who lived through the Great Depression...
 
Paterson signs Leandra's Law
New York's newest felony will send drunk drivers to prison when they are caught with children in the car...
 
Poll: NYers worry about deficit, blame lawmakers
A new poll shows New Yorkers are worried about the state's growing deficit. They believe Gov. David Paterson when he says the state will run out of money in December...
 
Senate OKed grants to company of Bruno partner
Documents show New York's Senate majority authorized $500,000 in grants to a technology company whose investors included a business associate of Joe Bruno...
 
Pet owner charged for not getting treatment for dog   
A pet owner has been arrested for failing to provide medical attention for her dog, and the economy may have something to do with it...
 
Paterson chides Legislature in deficit progress   
An angry Gov. David Paterson says the Legislature is failing its duty to New York because they aren't negotiating a fiscally sound plan to reduce a $3.2 billion deficit...
 
SUNY to increase tuition 2 percent
The State University of New York Board of Trustees is calling for a 2 percent increase in tuition, which would be the second straight year of increases...
 
Man shot a gun in his trailer; surprised bullet went next door
A Schodack man who shot a .22-caliber pistol inside his trailer while he was smoking pot told a judge he thought the bullets were too small to go into a neighboring trailer...
 
Boat goes over dam, one man drowns   
One man died Tuesday night after a boat he was on went over the Thompson Island Dam, pitching him into the Hudson River, fire officials reported...
 
The Cyrus Family Speaks Out on Loss of Tour Bus Driver
Fri 20 Nov .12:56 PM
Taylor Lautner on Kristen Stewart: We Have a Similar Relationship to Jacob & Bella
Fri 20 Nov .10:38 AM
'New Moon' Breaks Box Office Records
Fri 20 Nov .10:1 AM