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NY county won't give gun info to paper
January 2, 2013 12:19 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Officials in Putnam County, N.Y., say they'll refuse a newspaper's request to release the names and addresses of residents with pistol permits. Robert Freeman of the state's Committee on Open Government says the county outside New York City would be violating state law if it withholds... more » -
UPDATE: Police identify KC Chiefs player dead at Arrowhead Stadium
December 1, 2012 1:32 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Police say Kansas City Chiefs linebackerJovan Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager. Police spokesman Darin Snapp confirmed it was Belcher, a fourth-year player from West Babylon, N.Y., who... more » -
Elderly face challenges coping with Sandy's impact
November 4, 2012 1:14 PM
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Eileen James sits by the window when the sun is out, wears gloves to bed and hasn't had a hot meal in a week. Like many elderly people in the New York area coping with no electricity or heat in their homes in the aftermath of... more » -
Debate preparation trumps 2012 campaigning
October 14, 2012 12:09 PM
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney won't be making campaign appearances today. They both are expected to spend hours preparing for Tuesday's presidential debate. Obama and his advisers are in Williamsburg, Va., while Romney and his team are at the Republican's Boston-area home. Obama is looking... more » -
Police: Buffalo man tried to eat bogus $50 bills
September 4, 2012 12:26 PM
DARIEN, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a 35-year-old man tried to swallow several counterfeit $50 bills after he was caught trying to use the bogus money at a western New York amusement park. The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to Darien Lake Theme Park and Resort on... more » -
Puppy out of hospital after flung from car in NY
September 2, 2012 3:10 PM
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) - A pit bull puppy that was thrown out of a moving car on Long Island is out of a veterinary hospital. Newsday reports that the puppy, named Joey, was discharged Friday from the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island in West Islip. He was there for... more » -
Web comic helps fuel donations to Tesla's lab
August 26, 2012 2:00 PM
SHOREHAM, N.Y. (AP) - Support from a popular Web cartoonist is re-energizing a decades-long effort to restore a decrepit, 110-year-old old laboratory once used by visionary scientist Nikola Tesla. In little more than a week, tens of thousands of donors from more than 100 countries have kicked more than $1... more » -
Lightning injures 10 soldiers
August 15, 2012 11:33 AM
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) - Military officials say a lightning strike has injured 10 soldiers from a New Jersey Army National Guard unit who were training at Fort Drum in northern New York. First Sgt. David Moore tells The Associated Press that the soldiers from the Lawrenceville-based 50th Infantry Brigade... more » -
Family remembers Ft. Carson soldier killed in Afghanistan
August 12, 2012 4:29 PM
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Relatives of a Wyoming soldier who was killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan remember him as a man who was dedicated to the military and to his family. The Defense Department said Thursday that 45-year-old Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin J. Griffin, who grew up... more » -
Trying to draw people in, Niagara Falls considers paying down student loans
August 5, 2012 12:31 PM
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - In recent years, Niagara Falls has thrown open its doors to casino gambling, gay weddings and a tightrope walk that, until laws were relaxed, would have meant arrest. It has even briefly considered taking in toxic wastewater from hydraulic fracturing. After the city's old strategy... more » -
NY medical schools chart progress with stem cells
May 6, 2012 11:09 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Almost halfway through a $600 million state program supporting stem cell research, eight medical schools around New York are reporting progress on projects such as replicating liver cells and eradicating leukemia cells. A new report from Associated Medical Schools of New York updates work at the... more » -
CO among states trying to restore anti-smoking funds
February 26, 2012 11:59 AM
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Steve Panetta smoked for 34 years, the last 10 at a three-pack-a-day clip. He watched his father die from lung cancer and his stepfather struggle with emphysema. He tried quitting six times before a state-funded cessation program helped him beat the habit in 2002. Weekends now... more »
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