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Compulsive gambling funds off pace of new casinos
May 6, 2013 STEPHEN SINGER, AP Business Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tom Leksan lost nearly everything when gambling became an addiction with easy access to casinos. more »»
Skier visits up 20 percent at Northeast ski areas
May 6, 2013 CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Buoyed by plentiful snow and good weather, Northeast ski resorts rebounded this past winter from a lackluster 2012 season that wa... more »»
Sotomayor speaks at NYC literature festival
May 6, 2013 VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just "Sonia from the Bronx. more »»
CNN's Kurtz apologizes for errors in Collins story
May 6, 2013 DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Media critic Howard Kurtz used his CNN show on Sunday to point a finger at himself, apologizing for a story on gay basketball player... more »»
Frederic Franklin, British-born dancer, dies at 98
May 6, 2013 VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Frederic Franklin, a British-born dancer who helped popularize modern ballet in the United States and performed until his mid-90s, has died. more »»
NY counties struggle with homeless sex offenders
May 6, 2013 ELIZABETH COOPER, Utica Observer-Dispatch UTICA, N.. more »»
$5.9 million to restore Sandy-damaged SI beaches
May 6, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — Some beaches on Staten Island damaged by Superstorm Sandy are getting some restoration help.Gov. Cuomo said the state is targeting $5. more »»
Horse herpes suspends racing at upstate NY track
May 6, 2013 VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — An outbreak of horse herpes has shut down racing temporarily at Vernon Downs in central New York. more »»
US flag-covered spire hoisted to NY's WTC roof
May 3, 2013 MEGHAN BARR, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Adorned with an American flag that flapped in the breeze, the last pieces of a silver spire were hoisted to the top of the World Trade Cente... more »»
Contracts a question as NYC mayor presents budget
May 3, 2013 JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $70 billion budget proposal for his final stretch in office is pointing up an issue that could linger for his... more »»
3 children, 1 adult dead in Schenectady, NY, fire
May 3, 2013 MARY ESCH, Associated Press SCHENECTADY, N.. more »»
NY saw sharp rise in suicide rate in middle-aged
May 3, 2013 CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. more »»
Feds: NY bus company made drivers repair vehicles
May 3, 2013 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Federal safety officials have shut down a small tour bus company after finding that it required drivers to maintain and repair vehicles and failed to keep proper records. more »»
City: No "Don't Tread on Me" flag on public land
April 26, 2013 JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. more »»
Ex-NYPD academy head testifies at stop-frisk trial
April 26, 2013 COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lot of training goes into turning someone into a New York City police officer — and they're expected to perform their jobs with integrity... more »»
NY judge says rafter broke guide licensing laws
April 26, 2013 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has found that a New York whitewater company broke state law by sending clients down the upper Hudson River with unlicensed rafting guides. more »»
Brother on trial: I bought $5M NY lottery ticket
April 26, 2013 SYRACUSE, N.Y. more »»
Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace
April 26, 2013 BRIAN WITTE and DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. more »»
Feds seek prison for Conn. ex-hedge fund manager
April 26, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Manhattan say a former hedge fund manager at a Stamford, Conn.-based firm should serve at least five years in prison for his insider trading conviction. more »»
NY court: Lousy workers deserve fair workplace too
April 26, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court in New York says even mediocre employees deserve protection from sexual harassment.The decision Friday by the 2nd U.. more »» |
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