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Man avoids jail in theft of TR's gun - 3/4/2007
CENTRAL ISLIP (AP) - A man was spared a jail sentence for taking the gun Theodore Roosevelt used in the Spanish-American War's most famous battle. |
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Nurse's aide is guilty in rape of 90-year-old - 3/4/2007
ALBANY (AP) - A former nurse's aide at a Rome Memorial Hospital facility has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a 90-year-old resident of the nursing home, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said. |
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First edition Book of Mormon to be sold - 3/4/2007
NEW YORK (AP) - A first edition Book of Mormon will be sold at an auction in New York City on March 22. It is owned by an antique dealer who purchased it in a lot of books and put them in an upstate New York barn before discovering the valuable text. |
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Village Voice fires editor of six months - 3/4/2007
NEW YORK (AP) - The Village Voice, which has had four editors in just over a year, has fired its most recent one after a staff meeting on concerns about racial diversity, a spokeswoman said Saturday. |
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Spitzer, Bruno, Silver reach agreement that should smooth budget negotiations - 3/3/2007
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer and legislative leaders announced agreement Friday on a sometimes sticky point in state budget negotiations - exactly how much money is available. |
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Pizza Hut's incentive to read attacked - 3/3/2007
NEW YORK - You've read the book, now eat the pizza. Since 1985, that's been the gist of Pizza Hut's Book It, an incentive program used by 50,000 schools nationwide to reward young readers with free pizzas. The program is now under attack by child-development experts who say it promotes bad eating habits and turns teachers into corporate promoters. |
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Giuliani and Romney invoke Reagan's name - 3/3/2007
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential contenders Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mitt Romney invoked the name of Ronald Reagan on Friday and boasted about their allegiance to the GOP's core principles as they sought to win over skeptics at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. |
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Heavy rains cause mudslide, delay flights - 3/3/2007
NEW YORK (AP) - Heavy rains flooded cars, led to a mud slide, delayed flights and forced road closures Friday in the New York City area. In Westchester County, flooding closed parts of major thoroughfares as well as numerous secondary roads, wreaking havoc with travelers' commutes. |
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State to share in costs of snowstorm cleanup - 3/3/2007
ALBANY (AP) - The state will pay some of the local governments' share of costs to clean up the record snowfalls that hit Oswego, Lewis and Oneida Counties last month, Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer said Friday. |
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Officer saved by badge in stabbing attempt - 3/3/2007
NEW YORK (AP) - A police officer's shield proved to be exactly that when a man stabbed at him after crashing a car and nearly running over a nun, police said. |
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Oil costs, refining shifts boost gas prices - 3/2/2007
Gasoline prices are rising in the Buffalo Niagara region, part of a nationwide increase resulting from higher prices for crude oil and a seasonal production change at refineries. |
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More restaurants closed in N.Y. City in wake of rat video - 3/2/2007
NEW YORK - A major owner of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell franchises saw a majority of its New York City restaurants shut down Thursday as the fallout continued from a video showing rats overrunning one of its Manhattan locations. |
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Agreement reached on sex offender law - 3/2/2007
ALBANY (AP) - The state's most dangerous sex offenders will be locked up in psychiatric centers after their prison terms end if a court determines they continue to pose a threat to the public, Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer and legislative leaders said Thursday. |
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Dominatrix arrested in prostitution bust - 3/2/2007
NEW YORK (AP) - A dominatrix was arrested on prostitution charges at a suburban estate that she leased from the rabbinical school next door, and school officials on Thursday began clearing the property of whips and chains. |
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Girl's abuser admits to making child porn - 3/2/2007
BINGHAMTON (AP) - A man who previously admitted sexually abusing a young girl was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. |
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'Hostage-takers' settle suit against college - 3/2/2007
MINEOLA (AP) - Five college students who lost campus jobs after making a gag hostage-taking video settled a lawsuit over the incident, and the college decided not to pursue disciplinary action against them, the students' lawyer said. |
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Deal likely by Spitzer, lawmakers on extra confining of sex offenders - 3/1/2007
ALBANY - Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer and legislative leaders were expected to announce a deal this morning on a measure that would let the state keep certain violent sexual predators confined in state mental facilities after their prison sentences expire. |
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Student admits giving doped brownie to aide - 3/1/2007
SYRACUSE (AP) - A high school student who gave a teacher's aide a marijuana-laced brownie at school pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony assault charge. |
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Judge blasted by father of DWI crash victim - 3/1/2007
MINEOLA - The father of a 7-year-old flower girl, killed along with a chauffeur when a drunken driver plowed into their limousine after a family wedding, called the judge a coward Wednesday for opting not to impose the maximum sentence in the case. |
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Same-sex photographs go back on display - 3/1/2007
NEW ROCHELLE (AP) - An exhibit of same-sex marriage photos that was ordered removed from a Westchester County restaurant on Wednesday was allowed to go back up hours later. |
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