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New York outlaws nooses displayed as racial threat
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The state of New York has outlawed the display of a noose as a threat. It follows several high-profile cases involving the symbol of racist lynchings. Such displays are punishable by up to four years in prison. Nooses were found last year on a black professor's door at...
Norfolk Southern, Pan Am Rail team on NY-Boston corridor
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern Railway, a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Corp. , said Thursday they will set up a joint venture to invest in a rail route between Albany, N.Y. and the greater Boston, Mass., area. Each company will hold a 50% interest in the...
AARP Statement on Governor's Bill for Prescription Drug Marketing Reform and Transparency
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ALBANY, N.Y., May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP strongly believes New York has a paramount interest in passing the Governor's prescription marketing reform proposals which address the undue influence that pharmaceutical companies have over prescribing decisions that affect not only...
NY lists schools improving to meet state standards
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - About 2,500 of New York's public and charter schools are showing test scores that rose to meet state standards or are rapidly improving. The schools had been underperforming and often reflected an achievement gap between poor and wealthier districts. The state Board of Regents...
State campgrounds to open for summer season Friday
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Campgrounds operated by the state Department of Environmental Conservation will officially open for the season on Friday. Each year, millions of people visit DEC campgrounds in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Reservations this year have soared, with an increase of more than 15...
Cancer research center receives donations
capitalnews9.com 11 hrs ago
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Medical research isn't possible without the money to fund it, and a local cancer research center has received quite the boost over the past few years. UAlbany Interim President George Philip was joined by E. Stewart Jones and several other donors to announce $166,000 in gifts to...
Thousands turn out for GHI Corporate Challenge
capitalnews9.com 3 hrs ago
ALBANY, N.Y. -- More than 7,000 runners and walkers representing close to 400 companies and organizations took to the streets of Albany. The record number of people ran 3.5 miles in the GHI Corporate Challenge. For the fourth year in a row the Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club has designated a...
PATERSON: NO PENSION DEAL FOR LABORERS
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ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. David Paterson says he won't support the Legislature's annual effort to sweeten pensions and other benefits for Albany's powerful labor unions. Paterson says the state's fiscal crisis, born of a recession and declining revenues...
NY unemployment decreases to 4.7 percent in April
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's seasonally adjusted employment rate dropped slightly to 4.7 percent, down from 4.8 in March. That's a small increase from last April, when the state's unemployment rate was 4.4. The state Labor Department reported Thursday that New York City's unemployment rate was...
Commission Receives Record Complaints against Judges
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said it received a record 1,711 complaints last year against some of the state's 3,500 judges and justices. Most complaints were dismissed after preliminary review. In its annual report released Wednesday, the state agency responsible...