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Cuomo urges ethics reforms, approval of Uber’s expansion

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Albany theater expansion moving along without state funding

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Christian filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick gain Republican presidential followers

By Tom Quimby — Special to The Washington Times

Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Sweat is the second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York. His capture came two days after his escape partner, Richard Matt, was shot and killed by authorities. (AP Photo)

N.Y. prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape, official says

By Micheal Virtanen - Associated Press

In this Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, Sen. John Flanagan, R-Smithtown, speaks during a joint legislative budget hearing in Albany, N.Y. Flanagan, the Long Island Republican who took control of the Senate following the arrest of his predecessor on corruption charges, charged more than $90,000 to his American Express card in the past decade, the AP has found. More than two-thirds of the bills were listed as “other” in the area on the report in which lawmakers describe the expenses, a common practice of many lawmakers. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Loose laws give NY candidates few limits on credit cards

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

In this June 2, 2015 photo, Tara Johnson, poses in the East Room of the White House in Washington before the Medal of Honor ceremony for the late Army Pvt. Henry Johnson. Two days before President Barack Obama announced a posthumous Medal of Honor for black World War I soldier Henry Johnson, a family got staggering news about the legacy of heroism that had inspired them for generations. A U.S. Army general visited Tara Johnson last month with word Johnson was not her grandfather, World War II Tuskegee airman Herman Johnson was not the hero’s son. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With Medal of Honor award, family learns WWI hero wasn’t kin

By GEORGE M. WALSH - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, arrives at his office at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Monday, May 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)

Arrest of Dean Skelos, top N.Y. lawmaker, sends session, Senate into disarray

By David Klepper and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart (30) grabs a rebound over Texas guard Brooke McCarty during the first half of a women's college basketball regional semifinal game in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, March 28, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

UConn steamrolls past Texas, reaches regional final

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

A man walks through snow on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, at Pinhook Park in South Bend, Ind. In Indiana, Indianapolis Public Schools, one of the state's largest school districts, canceled Wednesday's classes, as did many others across the state's northern half, where a daylong wind chill warning was in effect. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Robert Franklin)

Wintry weather around U.S. brings fatalities, school closings

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Nathan Osterhoudt pushes shopping carts through slushy snow at a Price Chopper supermarket on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in East Greenbush, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

New York storm drops up to 2 feet of snow

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Snow has little impact on holiday travel

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NY State Museum opening Shaker exhibit

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NY posts 90 virtual tours of parks, attractions

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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2013 file photo, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in lending for two nuclear reactors under construction in Georgia. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is expected to announce the deal at a speech in Washington on Wednesday, a day before he visits the $14 billion Vogtle nuclear plant being built by Southern Co. and several partners about 30 miles southeast of Augusta. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

US agency issues permit for Canada-NYC power line

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In this photo taken on May 13, 2014, Bakersfield High School is seen in the background behind the rail cars that go through town as viewed from the overpass on Oak Street in Bakersfield, Calif. The county Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, to approve a plan by Texas-owned Alon USA Energy to send two 100-car trains a day to its refinery in Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Environmentalists opposed the project, voicing concerns about a potential spill of the volatile crude, and indicated they may sue. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; ONLINE OUT; TV OUT

NY, fed agencies again find defects on oil trains

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, a BNSF Railway train hauls crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. Montana officials intend to release details next week on oil trains passing through the state despite efforts by railroads to keep the information from the public. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Critics say NY oil trains are polluting air

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FILE - In this June 19, 2014 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference in Albany, N.Y. In next month's Democratic primary, Cuomo has most of the usual advantages of the incumbent, and then some. He’s got $35 million in his campaign coffers, he’s lived in New York most of his life, has a long political resume and a beloved father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Energy efficiency saves NY state, cities $4M

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Firefighters and other first responders are familiarized with tank cars on the CSX Safety Train next to the Hudson River in the Port of Albany on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. The train is equipped with four oil tankers and two classroom cars and is making a whistle stop in Albany as part of a multi-state tour providing enhanced safety training in response to increased shipments of North Dakota crude oil. Albany has become a major hub for shipping the crude oil, which arrives daily in hundreds of tank cars to be shipped down the Hudson to New Jersey refineries. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

100 gallons of oil spill at Port of Albany

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