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• Union hockey moves on from Mayor's Cup

  31-01-2019 23:47 via timesunion.com
  SchenectadyLast Saturday night, the Union College hockey locker room was not the place to be if you were a player for the Union College hockey team.That's because coach Rick Bennett was hot. And, if you have ever seen Bennett, the last thing you want to do is tick him off.The way the Dutchmen played in a 3-2 home loss to Brown drew the ire of their coach. He was miffed mostly because his players were not giving him optimum effort every second they were on the ice. That's something big with Benne
  
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• To survive the cold: layers, boots and breaks

  31-01-2019 23:37 via timesunion.com
  For many professions – even those that may often find workers outside – when temperatures get dangerously cold, work is moved indoors as much as possible. But if duty calls – a water main breaks, sidewalks need to be shoveled, or ski lifts need to be operated – people working outside say the key is layers, hydration and frequent breaks.
  
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• Delgado: Constituents should resubmit casework filed with Faso

  31-01-2019 23:20 via timesunion.com
  WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado's staffers say they are worried that constituent-service case files did not make the transition from Republican Rep. John Faso's district offices to the new ones opened by Delgado after his swearing-in last month.Delgado plans to issue an alert Friday, in the form of a press release, advising constituents that any problems they had registered at Faso's office may have to be renewed now that Delgado is representing the district, which stretches from th
  
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• Man Caught on Video Faking Fall on Ice for Insurance Claim

  31-01-2019 23:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey man who claimed he hurt himself slipping on ice cubes actually threw the cubes onto the ground and lay down on top of them to make it look like he’d fallen, surveillance video shows.Photo Credit: Middlesex County Prosecutors Office
  
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• 3 hunters killed, 10 injured by gunfire in NY last year

  31-01-2019 23:11 via timesunion.com
  Three people died and 10 others were wounded in hunting-related shootings in New York this past year, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Thursday. Five more people were injured falling out of tree stands.
  
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• Police: Arrest expected soon in Schenectady fatal shooting

  31-01-2019 23:03 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY – Police investigators are making progress in their hunt for the killer who gunned down a father of four on a city street last week in the Central State Street neighborhood."They're investigating several people of interest and they expect to make an arrest very soon," said Sgt. Jeff McCutcheon, a city police spokesman.He declined to discuss a motive.Thirty-eight-year-old Roscoe Foster died at Ellis Hospital after being shot around 1 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, in a residentia
  
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• Pros.: Girl, 16, Dies Days After Being Shot at Newark Vigil

  31-01-2019 22:50 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Gunfire rang out at a candlelight vigil for two teenage car crash victims, hitting four girls and women and killing a 16-year-old, officials said Sunday.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Saratoga water main break repairs almost complete

  31-01-2019 22:37 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Department of Public Works is expected to complete work on a busted water main on Warren Street that occurred on Thursday morning by this evening. However, 14 households in the area are ordered to boil their water for two consecutive days.
  
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• Lake George Winter Carnival begins Saturday

  31-01-2019 22:10 via timesunion.com
  LAKE GEORGE - The Lake George Winter Carnival, which began in 1961 and fills area motels, restaurants and stores, begins Saturday and continues every weekend in February.
  
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• Ex-Airport CBP Officers in NJ "Rape Table" Case Acquitted

  31-01-2019 22:04 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The two former Customs and Border Protection officers accused of extreme, sexually abusive hazing of colleagues at Newark Airport, exposed in a bombshell I-Team investigation two years ago, were acquitted on all...
  
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• Southern Saratoga Chamber holding Valentine's Day mixer

  31-01-2019 21:58 via timesunion.com
  CLIFTON PARK - The Southern Saratoga Chamber of Commerce is hosting a business mixer on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, a Thursday at the Courtyard Clifton Park.The networking event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The hotel is located at 627 Plank Road. Admission is $10 for chamber members and $20 for others.
  
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• Poll: Lower BAC levels for DWI?

  31-01-2019 21:56 via timesunion.com
  A bill reintroduced in the state Assembly would lower the blood-alcohol level for a charge of driving while intoxicated from .08 percent to .05 percent. The threshold for for the more serious charge of aggravated DWI would drop from 0.18 percent to 0.12 percent. (Though still a misdemeanor, aggravated DWI is a more serious offense with stiffer penalties and less leeway for prosecutors to offer a plea bargain for a lesser charge like DWAI.)What do you think? Take the poll on the Table Hopping blo
  
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• Submit your room photos for the Home Design Awards

  31-01-2019 21:51 via timesunion.com
  It's time again for the Times Union Home Design Contest.We're looking for the Capital Region's best domestic spaces in five categories: living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and we're calling our fifth category "flex space." It can be a dining room, man cave, she shed, patio, finished basement or another of your interior or exterior living spaces you're proud of and want to show off.So how do you enter?Email high-resolution photos of your spaces (each entry, i.e. room, can be shown in
  
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• New York's measles outbreak concentrated downstate

  31-01-2019 21:29 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The measles outbreak that is plaguing Rockland County and parts of Orange County and Brooklyn will probably not spread to the Capital Region.The state's Department of Health said that the largest outbreak in the state in decades is concentrated in Orthodox Jewish communities where parents tend not to vaccinate their children against the highly contagious respiratory disease.
  
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• JCOPE says it has voted on Percoco complaint

  31-01-2019 21:10 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The Joint Commission on Public Ethics revealed Thursday that it has already taken a closed-door vote on whether to investigate Joe Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — although it's unclear exactly when the vote took place, or the result.In addition, JCOPE has now dropped a legal appeal seeking to undo a judge's ruling that it must take a vote on the Percoco matter.The ethics watchdog panel has informed State Supreme Court Judge Patrick McGrath — who had i
  
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• Homeless Find Refuge in the Subway as New York Copes With Deep Freeze

  31-01-2019 21:02 via nytimes.com
  As a cold spell fell over the city, with temperatures reaching only into the teens, officials urged residents to limit their time outside.
  
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• Inferno Devours More Than a Dozen Cars at Newark Airport

  31-01-2019 20:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A raging inferno engulfed more than a dozen cars in a Newark Airport parking lot early Thursday, spewing thick black smoke into the air as high-powered flames turned vehicles into charred carcasses.Photo Credit: News 4This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Images of Life in the Polar Vortex’s Grip

  31-01-2019 20:49 via nytimes.com
  What photographers across North America’s frigid midsection are seeing this week.
  
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• Pam Tanowitz to Be First Choreographer in Residence at Bard Center

  31-01-2019 20:30 via nytimes.com
  Ms. Tanowitz, a midcareer artist whose “Four Quartets” was critically lauded, will make three works during a three-year residency.
  
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• Tri-State Has 3 of TripAdvisor's 'Most Romantic Restaurants'

  31-01-2019 20:03 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Looking for a place to wine and dine your Valentine’s date this year? TripAdvisor announced the 25 most romantic restaurants for 2019 today, including two spots in New York and one in New Jersey.
  
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• Assembly speaker casts doubt on quick marijuana legalization

  31-01-2019 19:44 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - New York's Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo may not be able to hammer out a deal on legalizing adult-use marijuana before March 31, according to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
  
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• NYC Turns to Frozen Tundra as Arctic Blast Seizes Region

  31-01-2019 19:28 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An arctic blast gripped the tri-state Thursday, sending wind chills plummeting well below zero, closing dozens of schools, fouling the commute and leaving winter-weary locals dreaming of the massive warmup...This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• GE shares jump after earnings report

  31-01-2019 19:00 via timesunion.com
  The news could have been worse.Investors pushed General Electric shares up nearly 15 percent by midday Friday following an earnings report that apparently wasn't as bad as expected. Revenues, for example, came in at nearly $33.8 billion, up 5 percent from 217's fourth quarter revenues of $31.6 billion.That figure also beat analysts' estimates for revenues of $32.6 billion.
  
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• Albany election commissioners knock proposed move

  31-01-2019 18:58 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The commissioners of the county Board of Elections formally delivered a thumbs-down to County Executive Daniel McCoy's proposal to move the board's offices from its current home off Central Avenue to a facility on South Pearl Street recently vacated by the state Department of Motor Vehicles.In a memo to the leaders of the county Legislature, Republican Rachel Bledi and Democrat Matt Clyne call the idea of moving from the board's rented offices at 32 North Russell Rd. to 260 North
  
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• Taekwondo is Schuylerville family's affair

  31-01-2019 18:55 via timesunion.com
  SCHUYLERVILLE – Families fight. But not like the Halls.Mother Maura and sons Patrick and Brian are Taekwondo masters who have dedicated years to practicing the Korean martial art. Adept at the sport's nimble head-height kicks that include precision jumping and spinning blows, the black belted brothers compete on an international and collegiate level. Their mother, who has been involved with the sparring sport since 2005, is looking to compete in the states to qualify for the nationals."I l
  
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• Schenectady rape sentence tossed by appeals court

  31-01-2019 18:54 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY — Four years after Romeo Faulker began a six-year prison sentence for rape, an appeals court ordered that he must be resentenced.The reason: The judge at his trial never decided if he should be given a new lawyer after his original attorney dismissed his request to take back his guilty plea.As Faulkner was about to be sentenced on two third-degree rape charges, the now 28-year-old asked to rescind his guilty plea — a move that was discouraged by his lawyer.
  
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• ICE-detained Capital City Rescue Mission chef gets marriage visa petition approved

  31-01-2019 18:51 via timesunion.com
  The wife and attorney of ICE-detained Capital City Rescue Mission chef Kinimo Ngoran confirmed that his petition for a marriage visa was approved after they met with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Colonie Tursday.
  
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• SUNY to focus on diversity hires

  31-01-2019 18:46 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - New York's public colleges and universities are setting their sights on hiring 1,000 professors from underrepresented communities in the next decade.State University of New York Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson announced the initiative during her State of the University System address at the Albany Capital Center on Thursday morning. The speech also highlighted her plan to focus on online learning options and expand remedial services for new students.
  
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• NYC Lounge Serving Up $375 Spiked Hot Chocolate

  31-01-2019 18:45 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 20-pound, spiked hot cocoa is coming to Manhattan lounge PHD Terrace at Dream Midtown. The giant drink is on offer from January 31 - February 14 and costs $375, but organizers say it serves 22 people.Photo Credit: WNBC
  
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• Troopers: Rensselaer woman abused special needs child

  31-01-2019 18:43 via timesunion.com
  A Rensselaer woman was charged with abusing a child with special needs who was under her care, State Police said Thursday.Kathy A. Retos, 61, was arrested Monday on two felony counts of endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person.
  
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• 'Devastating' 7-Alarm Fire Swallows Iconic NJ Paper Mill

  31-01-2019 18:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Firefighters remain battling a seven-alarm fire more than 12 hours after it engulfed an NJ paper mill in the freezing cold as the blaze sent smoke and flames billowing into the air that could be seen for miles.This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• The Grim Aftermath of Iconic Paper Mill Devoured by Inferno

  31-01-2019 18:28 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Route 7 wreck stalls traffic in Colonie

  31-01-2019 18:03 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE - Crash on the eastbound side of Route 7 has traffic backed up.Transportation officials said wreck occurred near the Exit to Route 9 and blocked the right lane.
  
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• Route 7 lanes reopen after crash cleared in Colonie

  31-01-2019 18:03 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE -- All lanes reopened on the Route 9 ramp to Route 7 eastbound just after noon Thursday, according to an alert from the state.A crash that had blocked the right lane and backed up traffic is cleared.
  
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• April the Giraffe Predicts the Winner of Super Bowl LIII

  31-01-2019 17:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A beloved upstate New York giraffe who went viral when she gave birth to her fourth calf last year has predicted the winner of this year’s Super Bowl.
  
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• Maple-beer trail opens in Glenville

  31-01-2019 17:49 via timesunion.com
  GLENVILLE — What's being billed as "the country's first Maple-Beer Trail" is open on Route 5 in West Glenville.The quarter-mile-long hiking trail links Wolf Hollow Brewing Company to Riverside Maple Farms.
  
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• Dead Woman in Blanket Found on NYC Man's Bedroom Floor: Cops

  31-01-2019 17:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Authorities are investigating the death of a 56-year-old woman whose body was found wrapped in a blanket in a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday.
  
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• Federal Government to Seize More Control Over New York City Public Housing

  31-01-2019 17:16 via nytimes.com
  Trump housing officials are expected to announce a new powerful monitor and the replacement of the chairman of the New York City Housing Authority.
  
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• Cardi B Talks Offset Drama After NYC Strip Club Court Case

  31-01-2019 17:03 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A judge extended a protective order against Cardi B in New York City court Thursday, about six weeks after she was first ordered to stay away from two sisters she's accused of attacking in a strip club fight in...Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Troopers target drunken drivers on Super Bowl weekend

  31-01-2019 16:58 via timesunion.com
  State troopers will be on the hunt for drunken drivers during Super Bowl weekend.The State Police say they plan to increase road patrols and sobriety checkpoints between Saturday and Monday.
  
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• Inferno Devours Cars at Newark Airport, 1 Arrested

  31-01-2019 16:58 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A raging inferno engulfed more than a dozen cars in a Newark Airport parking lot early Thursday, spewing thick black smoke into the air as high-powered flames turned vehicles into charred carcasses.Photo Credit: News 4This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• State Senate plans climate change hearings

  31-01-2019 16:47 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The state Senate will hold three hearings on climate change next month, marking a significant shift for the chamber, which had generally avoided the issue under Republican control.The first hearing is scheduled for Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. in the Capitol, and will be led by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Long Island Democrat, who chairs the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and sponsors legislation creating the Climate & Community Protection Act.
  
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• Sheriff: Clifton Park man arrested again for child sex crime

  31-01-2019 16:40 via timesunion.com
  MECHANICVILLE - A Clifton Park car salesman who was arrested by Colonie police on Jan. 7 after he allegedly sent sexually explicit material to what he thought was a teen was arrested again on Tuesday by Saratoga County Sheriff's Office, deputies said.Gary J. Ryan, 47, of Route 9, who is a convicted sex offender, was charged with sexual conduct against a child, a felony, for incidents that occurred between March 2004 and January 2008 in Mechanicville, deputies said.Sheriff's Investigator Kevin M.
  
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• Listen Up: Polar Vortex, Free Seamless and 20-Pound Hot Chocolate

  31-01-2019 16:31 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Find out more about the polar vortex freezing the tri-state, how you can get free Seamless for 20 years and Phd Terrace's 20-pound spiked hot chocolate in this Jan. 31 edition of Listen Up.Photo Credit: WNBC
  
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• NJ Girl Scouts Cookie Theft Story Falls Apart, Leader Out

  31-01-2019 15:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An NJ Girl Scouts troop leader was removed from her position after police say her previously reported theft of more than $1,000 in cookie money sales was stolen inside a mall never actually happened.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Bethlehem water main break disrupts traffic flow

  31-01-2019 15:29 via timesunion.com
  BETHLEHEM -- Because of a water main break, Elsmere Ave (Route 335) has alternating lane closures between Fernbank Avenue and Route 32 on Thursday morning, according to an alert from the state.
  
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• Saratoga streets closed for water main break

  31-01-2019 15:23 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - A water main break on Warren Street and Excelsior Avenue left residents in the east side neighborhood without water and closed that area of the city to traffic on Thursday.
  
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• Find a Warming Center Near You

  31-01-2019 15:06 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  If you or someone you know is stuck out in the life-threatening cold, these warming centers can help.Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Infernos Devour Cars at Newark Airport, 2 Buildings in NYC

  31-01-2019 14:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A raging inferno engulfed more than a dozen cars in a Newark Airport parking lot early Thursday, spewing thick black smoke into the air as high-powered flames turned vehicles into charred carcasses.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Brain-Freezing Cold, Biting Wind Grip Tri-State; Worst Today

  31-01-2019 14:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An arctic blast gripped the tri-state Thursday, sending wind chills plummeting well below zero, closing dozens of schools, fouling the commute and leaving winter-weary locals dreaming of the massive warmup...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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