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• New Scotland man's fall a reminder to be wary

  30-01-2019 23:53 via timesunion.com
  NEW SCOTLAND - An incident Wednesday where a man fell and was helpless for hours in the cold is a reminder to take safety precautions in the dangerous weather, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple Sr. said.
  
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• Rowan has big plans for UAlbany women's lacrosse

  30-01-2019 23:49 via timesunion.com
  UAlbany hired Katie Rowan, a Delmar native, in June. She previously worked for the school as an assistant coach on an America East championship team that went 18-1 and reached the NCAA quarterfinals in 2011."We're looking to get back to the championship game and take it home,'' Rowan said at media day on Thursday. "That (2011) was setting the bar high and we really believe that we can do that this year and years to come."UAlbany opens its season against Yale at Casey Stadium on Feb. 16.The Great
  
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• Doctors Tell Us How to Stay Safe in Dangerous Cold

  30-01-2019 23:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  With dangerous cold on the way, doctors have advice on how to stay warm and safe. Pat Battle reports.
  
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• Retired Correction Officer Shot Alleged Thief in Head: NYPD

  30-01-2019 23:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A retired correction officer shot a person who was allegedly trying to break into his car after the person pistol-whipped him, police said.
  
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• Black Ice Warning on Long Island

  30-01-2019 23:35 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Authorities have put out a black ice warning on Long Island after an accident in Dix Hills that may have been caused by the ice. Greg Cergol reports.
  
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• Snow Squall Leads to 'Mass Casualty' Crash Along Pa. Highway

  30-01-2019 23:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 27-vehicle crash involving trucks and cars during a whiteout from a snow squall snarled traffic on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway Wednesday afternoon.The squall comes on the heels of record-setting cold...Photo Credit: Penryn Fire Company No. 1This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Squall Brings Snow, Strong Winds to Tri-State

  30-01-2019 23:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A snow squall brought blinding snow and strong winds to a large swath of the tri-state area Wednesday afternoon, briefly causing whiteout conditions as snow fell at rates in excess of an inch an hour.Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• UWS Residents Hire Security Due to New Homeless Shelter

  30-01-2019 23:27 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Neighbors on the Upper West Side are hiring private security guards after the city's decision to turn a former hotel into a homeless shelter. Roseanne Colletti reports.
  
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• ME: Health Issue May Have Made Mom in Subway Death Fall

  30-01-2019 23:20 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The city's Chief Medical Examiner said Wednesday the young mother from Connecticut found dead at the bottom of subway station steps in Manhattan, a stroller with her 1-year-old daughter in it still in her arms...Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• RPI hockey looks to get power play on track

  30-01-2019 23:18 via timesunion.com
  TroyIn the world of analytics, it is often the case that numbers don't lie.Translated to the world of college hockey, specifically the RPI power-play unit, the numbers say the Engineers man-advantage unit hasn't been very good this season.With a pair of home games on tap for the weekend, RPI (7-17-1, 4-9-0) takes the ice at Houston Field House searching for success on the power play as it plays host to Colgate on Friday and Cornell on Saturday.
  
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• Siena basketball's Elijah Burns denied on NCAA appeal

  30-01-2019 23:11 via timesunion.com
  Burns will have one year of eligibility remaining and be able to play in the 2019-2020 season.The Committee for Legislative Relief upheld a ruling by the NCAA staff against Burns in early January. In that original decision, the NCAA staff cited bylaw 14.5.5.3, which states that a student-athlete isn't eligible to compete at his her new school following a transfer if he or she competed in the same academic year at the previous school.Burns played in four games for Notre Dame before graduating in
  
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• New York launches probe into FaceTime privacy breach

  30-01-2019 22:41 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY -The revelation that a popular video communication software could be hacked has prompted a joint state investigation in New York.On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state Attorney General Letitia James announced their plans to look into Apple's alleged failure to warn consumers about the bug in FaceTime, and alleged the company was slow to address the issue.
  
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• Will Gillibrand be able to balance Senate work, campaign trail?

  30-01-2019 22:31 via timesunion.com
  WASHINGTON — Since she can't be two places at once, Kirsten Gillibrand's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination will necessarily draw her away from the job for which she was elected: U.S. senator from New York.How much time she'll spend on the presidential trail, how much Senate business and votes she'll miss, and how she'll achieve balance are all questions that remain up in the air as she prepares to travel Friday to New Hampshire for a weekend of campaigning — her first
  
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• Colonie building evacuated after false report of active shooter

  30-01-2019 22:22 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE - More than 100 people in the Capital Region BOCES administrative building hid and fled after receiving false reports of an active shooter on the premise Wednesday afternoon, police said.The panic was induced after the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School Albany Campus, which is a mile away from the administrative building, conducted a scheduled active shooter drill around 2:45 p.m., police said.While no one was injured during the evacuation, one Colonie officer was injured w
  
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• Iconic St. Mark’s Comics Closing After 36 Years

  30-01-2019 22:20 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  St. Mark’s Comics, an integral part of St. Mark’s Place for 36 years, announced its forthcoming closure Tuesday.Photo Credit: Natalie Chinn
  
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• N.Y. Today: Brutally Cold Weather

  30-01-2019 21:56 via nytimes.com
  What you need to know for the coldest day in New York since 2016.
  
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• N.Y. Today: A Snow Squall, Now Bitter Cold

  30-01-2019 21:56 via nytimes.com
  We’re bringing you a special evening edition of New York Today, our morning newsletter, as brutal temperatures arrive in the city.
  
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• CDTA plans an all-electric bus line

  30-01-2019 21:49 via timesunion.com
  The Capital District Transportation Authority is considering making its newest bus rapid transit route, the so-called River Corridor connecting Waterford and Troy with Watervliet, Menands and Albany, an "all-electric" route.With its first ever battery-powered electric buses set for delivery in mid-June, such a route would give CDTA a project that could demonstrate the new technology in everyday use.
  
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• A Mother’s Fatal Fall, for Want of a Subway Elevator

  30-01-2019 21:38 via nytimes.com
  A New Yorker is outraged that a young mother with a stroller died after falling down the stairs because the city’s subway stations generally lack elevators.
  
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• SNAP recipients face long wait before March payment

  30-01-2019 21:23 via timesunion.com
  After February benefits were paid out to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - or SNAP -recipients earlier this month because of the federal government shutdown, many Capital Region families could go more than 40 days before receiving their next SNAP payment.
  
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• Graduation rates in New York state inch up, barely

  30-01-2019 21:16 via timesunion.com
  High school graduation rates inched up in 2018 and they have risen noticeably over the last several years. But the state has also opened new avenues for students to graduate, even if they don't take or pass the traditional high school Regents exams.
  
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• Credit card spree results in Saratoga arrest

  30-01-2019 20:31 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - Robert Loya, 30, was charged with several felonies after a man reported a credit card from his missing wallet had been used at a motel and restaurant, city police said.
  
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• 20 to 40 Vehicles Crash Along Pa. Highway as Squall Hits

  30-01-2019 20:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A weather-related crash involving 20 to 40 vehicles snarled traffic on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway Wednesday afternoon.Photo Credit: Amy FavingerThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Siena men's basketball gets another shot at Monmouth

  30-01-2019 20:00 via timesunion.com
  Camper said he's been tweaking his form ever since a Jan. 14 loss to Monmouth, which Siena plays again on Thursday night in West Long Branch, N.J.The Saints (9-11 overall, 4-3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) have won three games in a row since that 63-60 overtime defeat to the Hawks at Times Union Center. In that game, Camper missed seven of eight free throws and senior forward Evan Fisher missed a pair trailing by a point with nine seconds left in overtime."We're definitely looking forward
  
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• NJ Special Ed Teacher Busted for Alleged Sex With Student

  30-01-2019 19:51 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey special education teacher was arrested for allegedly having sex with a student.Photo Credit: Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office
  
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• Brief Snow Squall Possible, Could Cause Whiteout Conditions

  30-01-2019 19:48 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Wind chill warnings and advisories have been issued for much of the tri-state area Wednesday night into Thursday ahead of an arctic blast that will send temperatures into the teens, though it will feel like well...Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Troy pub loses license after allegedly covering up shooting

  30-01-2019 19:46 via timesunion.com
  TROY - The state has suspended the liquor license of the River Street Pub after officials learned employees tried to cover up a fight inside the bar that led to a man being shot.During a special meeting Wednesday, the Liquor Authority suspended the Troy business's license. It was charged by the authority Jan. 25 with operating a disorderly premise. State officials plan to seek the permanent revocation of the license, according to a news release.
  
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• Real Golden Grenade Found in Checked Bag at Newark Airport

  30-01-2019 19:44 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  TSA officers detected a golden grenade in a checked bag at Newark Liberty International Airport Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: TSAThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 4 Things You Should Know From the MTA Budget Hearing

  30-01-2019 19:33 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  On Wednesday, the MTA sent four of its top executives to Albany for the year’s first budget hearing on transportation where legislators grilled them on accessibility and overall service.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• ‘We All Need to Help’: Outrage and Empathy After a Mother’s Death on Subway Stairs

  30-01-2019 19:32 via nytimes.com
  Malaysia Goodson’s death prompted dialogue about New York City life for people with disabilities, parents, the elderly and the obstacles created by the city’s transit system.
  
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• So, Um -- How Much Longer 'Til Spring? Countdown Clock Here

  30-01-2019 19:00 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  As the tri-state area braces for epic cold -- overnight lows in the single digits with wind chills making it feel well below zero -- you may find yourself wistfully counting down the days until spring.
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• It'll Be So Cold Thursday That ... Crazy Things Could Happen

  30-01-2019 18:58 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Storm Team 4 has been warning New Yorkers for days about how bone-chillingly cold it will get this week as the arctic mass freezing Chicago with -50 degree wind chills heads our way.Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Berkshire Museum names new executive director

  30-01-2019 18:31 via timesunion.com
  PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A veteran museum executive and former teacher has been selected to lead the Berkshire Museum during the next phase of its redevelopment following the controversial sale of dozens of artworks from its collections last year.Jeff Rodgers, currently the provost and chief operating officer of South Florida Museum in Bradenton, Fla., has been chosen as the next executive director of the Berkshire Museum. He is due to start April 1.
  
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• Malta fight leads to assault charges

  30-01-2019 18:24 via timesunion.com
  A husband and wife from Malta face assault charges after a fight at their home, according to the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office.He allegedly punched her in the eye, prompting her to retaliate by stabbing him in the chest.Deputies charged Frank Bessette, 78, with felony assault. Marian Bessette, 78, was charged with misdemeanor assault.The incident took place Friday at their home on Sunset Gulch.Both were released from custody after arraignments in town court.
  
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• Sheriff: Corrections officer stole $15K from union

  30-01-2019 18:14 via timesunion.com
  MILTON — A Saratoga County corrections officer was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stealing more than $15,000 from the correction officers union, the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office said.Dezmond A. Slade, 35, of Saratoga Springs served as president of the Saratoga County Sheriff's Officers Association from May 2015 to December 2018, deputies said. During that time, he allegedly used the union's credit card to obtain cash and pay for personal expenses in excess of $4,500. He was also acc
  
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• NJT Bus Involved in Alleged Hit-And-Run, Injuries Reported

  30-01-2019 17:34 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Three people were hurt Wednesday morning after an apparent hit-and-run accident between a vehicle and an NJ Transit bus in New Jersey's largest city, according to authorities.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Tired of Hearing It'll Be Cold? Let's Try It Like This

  30-01-2019 17:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Storm Team 4 has been warning New Yorkers for days about how bone-chillingly cold it will get this week as the arctic mass freezing Chicago with -50 degree wind chills heads our way.Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Warrant Wednesday: Troopers seek fugitive alleged meth maker

  30-01-2019 17:07 via timesunion.com
  A man accused of making methamphetamine is one of the people State Police say they are targeting as part of their Warrant Wednesday initiative aimed at taking fugitives off the street.Brody S. Thayer, 47,is wanted by State Police drug investigators in the Southern Tier on allegations he failed to return to court after he was charged with the unlawful manufacture of methamphetamine. His arrest was the work of the troopers' Community Narcotics Enforcement Team.Thayer is not the only alleged metham
  
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• Sources: Health Issue May Have Made Mom in Subway Death Fall

  30-01-2019 17:02 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Investigators are looking into whether the young mother from Connecticut found dead at the bottom of subway station steps in Manhattan, a stroller with her 1-year-old daughter in it still in her arms, had...Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Women Leap on NYC Bus Rider, Man Bashes Him With Gun: Cops

  30-01-2019 16:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Authorities are looking for two women and one man in connection with a brazen attack on a city bus rider in Brooklyn earlier this month.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Cuomo proposes tougher penalties for violence against the media

  30-01-2019 16:06 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Attacking a member of the media in New York could soon carry the same penalties as violence against New York City sanitation workers, registered nurses, school crossing guards and other protected professions.The proposal from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, which was unveiled in his state budget earlier this month, would make it a class D felony to attack a journalist with the intent to do harm while they were working.
  
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• Listen Up: Mom's Subway Death Fall, Jussie Smollet Attacked and Woodpecker

  30-01-2019 15:59 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Find out more about the mom who died after falling down subway stairs, Jussie Smollet attacked in an alleged hate crime and "Woodpecker" by David Burke in this Jan. 30 edition of Listen Up.Photo Credit: WNBC
  
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• How Does Free Seamless for 20 Years Sound? How to Get It

  30-01-2019 15:31 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  On your mark, get set, place those orders.Photo Credit: AP/File
  
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• Brain-Freezing Cold, Biting Wind Grip Tri-State; Worst Ahead

  30-01-2019 14:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Wind chill warnings and advisories have been issued for much of the tri-state area Wednesday night into Thursday ahead of an arctic blast that will send temperatures into the teens, though it will feel like well...Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Albany cop who killed would-be robber heads to court to face prostitution charge

  30-01-2019 13:27 via timesunion.com
  UTICA - An Albany police officer, who was allegedly with a prostitute when he shot and killed a man who tried to rob him with a knife earlier this month, will appear in court Wednesday answer a prostitution charge.Christofer M. Kitto was initially scheduled to appear in Utica City Court on Tuesday but the court action was postponed a day amid the snowstorm that hit much of upstate.
  
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• Albany cop who killed robber pleads not guilty in prostitution case

  30-01-2019 13:27 via timesunion.com
  UTICA — An Albany police officer, who was allegedly with a prostitute when he shot and killed a man who tried to rob him with a knife earlier this month, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on a prostitution charge Wednesday morning.Christofer M. Kitto made a brief appearance in front of City Court Judge Ralph J Eannace, who adjourned the case for 60 days after Kitto entered his plea.It will not be up to the Oneida County District Attorney to decide if they case is presented to a grand j
  
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• Windchill alert: Vicious cold could freeze skin in Albany area

  30-01-2019 12:50 via timesunion.com
  Be sure to bundle up when you head out Wednesday and Thursday.The National Weather Service says the temperature will be far below the freezing point and once windchill is factored in it could feel like it is minus 18 degrees in Albany.
  
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• Snow squalls pass through, wind will continue

  30-01-2019 12:50 via timesunion.com
  A line of snow squalls passed through the Capital Region on Wednesday afternoon, making driving, walking and visibility difficult.Be sure to bundle up if you head out. The National Weather Service says the temperature will be far below the freezing point and once windchill is factored in it could feel like it is minus 18 degrees in Albany.
  
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• Happening Today: Deep Freeze, Wall, Cancer Care, 'Empire'

  30-01-2019 12:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Wednesday, Jan. 30.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• N.Y. Today: A Mother’s Death in the Subway

  30-01-2019 12:22 via nytimes.com
  The death in a Midtown station that has no elevator could be a crystallizing moment for a decades-old problem.
  
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