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McGinn, Smith arraigned on fraud charges
Two Albany investment brokers are accused of using millions of investor dollars for their own use. Timothy McGinn and David Smith face 30 counts of mail and wire fraud and conspiracy. The two allegedly took 8 million in investor dollars using it to support their lavish lifestyles. Timothy McGinn and David Smith arrived at US District Court in Albany on
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4 arrests in 2 separate Albany drug investigations
Members of the Albany Police Department's Community Response Unit arrested four individuals for possessing cocaine, marijuana and heroin in two separate drug investigations that were conducted Wednesday afternoon. Keith Douglas, 47, of 646 Clinton Avenue, was charged with Criminal Possession of Narcotics 3 rd , Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3 rd and 5 th
State News
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Koch blasts NY Legislature over new district lines
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York Mayor Ed Koch says he's sure the state Legislature will soon unveil new election district lines that further protect majority party incumbents despite pledges lawmakers made in the last campaign to draw non-partisan lines. Koch, who heads the NY Uprising group, says lawmakers in the Senate's Republican majority and the Assembly's Democratic
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AP source: NYPD head's son accused of sex assault
The son of New York City's police commissioner, also a co-host of a popular New York City morning television show, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman, a person familiar with the investigation said Thursday. Greg Kelly, 43, was absent Thursday morning from his job as anchor of "Good Day New York" and through a lawyer denied the allegations.
National News
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Barefoot Bandit learns his fate
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced the young man known as the "Barefoot Bandit" to 6 1/2 years in prison for his two-year, international crime spree. Colton Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States carrying out a series of break-ins that included stealing boats and planes. He was finally arrested in the Bahamas in 2010. ©2012 Associated
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US gov't to extend and expand foreclosure program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is expanding its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those with heavy debt loads avoid losing their homes. The Home Affordable Modification Program will also be extended through 2013. The three-year old program has strived to help those at risk of foreclosure lower their monthly payments. But it has failed to help more
World News
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UN weapons experts going to Tehran
VIENNA (AP) — Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency is including two senior weapons experts on a mission to Iran on Saturday. The move is an unusually clear statement on the team's prime focus — wresting information from Iranian officials on suspicions the country has secretly worked on atomic arms. Iran has flatly refused to discuss such allegations for more
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Hillary Clinton to visit Europe next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will make a short trip to Europe next week, making her sixth visit to Germany and first to Bulgaria as America's top diplomat. The State Department said on Friday that Clinton will go to Munich on February 3 to participate in the annual Munich Security Conference and meet with various other