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• New York City Cracks Down on CBD Edibles, Saying the Cannabis Derivative Is Unsafe

  05-02-2019 23:37 via nytimes.com
  The city’s health department said it was ordering restaurants to stop selling food products containing the increasingly trendy cannabidiol.
  
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• Ballston Spa mayoral candidate sticks with Republican line

  05-02-2019 22:54 via timesunion.com
  BALLSTON SPA – The mayoral candidate who won the backing of both Republican and Democrat committees will be running on the Republican line only.Larry Woolbright said he didn't file the paperwork to accept the Democratic nod because the Republican Committee felt that it might hurt the chances for their other candidates, Peter Martin and Rory O'Connor, who are running for village trustees.
  
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• Body Found Bound in Suitcase on Street in Greenwich

  05-02-2019 22:37 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A body was found bound in a suitcase along an affluent road in Connecticut Tuesday morning, police sayPhoto Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Visa changes could affect Capital Region's Tech Valley

  05-02-2019 22:32 via timesunion.com
  This year, a federal change prioritizing highly-skilled H-1B visa applicants who have a graduate degree from a U.S. higher education institution as part of President Donald Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" executive order could affect Capital Region employers - for better and worse.
  
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• Wal-Mart Customer Goes on Attack With Pepper Spray, Knife

  05-02-2019 22:28 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Chaos erupted inside a Wal-Mart store in New Jersey Sunday when a woman standing in a customer service line snapped and pepper-sprayed everyone around her and then attacked a mother holding her young daughter...Photo Credit: HudPost
  
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• Lawsuits against ex-Cuomo economic development aide dismissed

  05-02-2019 22:26 via timesunion.com
  Manhattan federal district court Judge Robert Sweet dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former Department of Motor Vehicles employee against Sam Hoyt, a former assemblyman, and ex-top Cuomo administration economic development official.On Tuesday, Sweet also dismissed a lawsuit that the former DMV employee, Lisa Marie Cater, had brought against Empire State Development, New York's economic development promotion agency, which alleged the agency had ignored Hoyt's conduct.
  
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• Slingerlands couple facing more charges of shady car sales

  05-02-2019 22:14 via timesunion.com
  A Slingerlands couple were charged with fraudulent car sales three times in the past month, State Police said.Kimberly Shaffer, 50, and Timothy A. Shaffer, 51, were arrested Monday after an investigation by troopers and the state Department of Motor Vehicles.The Shaffers were first arrested on Jan. 7 for several felonies and misdemeanors related to selling junked vehicles under false pretenses, including rolling back vehicle odometers.After the arrests were publicized in the media, investigators
  
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• NY lawmakers voice vaping, single-payer concerns

  05-02-2019 22:12 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — New York's top health officials told lawmakers Tuesday they are unsure how an unexpected $2.3 billion state budget shortfall next year might impact their budgets.At a budget hearing on health care spending, state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker and Medicaid Director Donna Frescatore said they didn't have any more information about the larger than expected shortfall that was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Monday."That's shocking to me," sa
  
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• A year in, the New York State Mesonet comes into its own for weather tracking

  05-02-2019 21:53 via timesunion.com
  The New York State Mesonet, based at the University at Albany, consists of more than 126 weather stations that literally blanket the state, with each one located about 20 miles apart, or the width of a typical thunderstorm system. Every five minutes, the stations upload 20 data points including precipitation measurements, wind speed, humidity, even solar radiation as well as photos.
  But don't ask them for the kind of weather forecast you'd get on TV or in the newspaper.
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• Single in New York? You’re in the Right State, Study Says

  05-02-2019 21:52 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  With Valentine’s Day around the corner, and keeping in mind that location can influence one’s odds at finding love, WalletHub looked into which states are the best and worst for singles.Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Yankee Trails founder dies at 84

  05-02-2019 21:47 via timesunion.com
  He launched the family business in 1957 with two buses. Six decades later, John M. Tobin Jr. had grown Yankee Trails into a major business with 52 motor coaches and 110 employees. Last year, it carried 1.125 million passengers, nearly double the 632,000 it carried 20 years earlier.Tobin, 84, died Saturday at Rosewood Gardens in East Greenbush.
  
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• One injured after car crashes in Columbia Plaza in East Greenbush

  05-02-2019 21:47 via timesunion.com
  EAST GREENBUSH - One person was injured after a car crashed in Columbia Plaza Tuesday afternoon, police said.East Greenbush police were initially called to Trustco Bank, 501 Columbia Turnpike, around 3:40 p.m. for a car that reportedly struck a building, a police dispatcher told the Times Union.An eyewitness, who called 9-1-1, told the Times Union that the car had struck one of the columns, holding up the building, head on.
  
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• Car strikes East Greenbush bank

  05-02-2019 21:47 via timesunion.com
  EAST GREENBUSH - A car reportedly crashed into a bank in Columbia Plaza Tuesday afternoon, police said.East Greenbush police were called to Trustco Bank, 501 Columbia Turnpike, around 3:40 p.m. for a car that struck the building, a police dispatcher said.
  
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• PTA urges state leaders to back-burner marijuana legalization

  05-02-2019 21:36 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The New York State Parent Teacher Association is urging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state lawmakers to rethink their push to legalize adult-use marijuana.
  
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• Calling all Elton John superfans

  05-02-2019 20:54 via timesunion.com
  We're looking for Elton John superfans to be part of a story before his March 1 concert at the Times Union Center. We want to tape you singing a line or two of Elton's "Your Song" as part of a compilation video which will be posted on timesunion.com as a welcome to the pop legend during his final concert tour.
  
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• Cabs circle Capitol to protest new surcharge

  05-02-2019 20:52 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Professional taxi drivers from New York City drove in a caravan to the Capitol on Tuesday to denounce the new congestion surcharge for taxi and for-hire-vehicle rides.The surcharge went into effect on Saturday in Manhattan's central business district.The caravan circled the Capitol before holding a press conference outside of the Senate chambers calling for yellow and green cab exemption from the surcharge.
  
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• The "Kondo effect" taking root in Capital Region homes, thrift shops

  05-02-2019 20:12 via timesunion.com
  That's thanks to Marie Kondo, the organizational maven, author and star of the Netflix series "Tidying Up", which has inspired people around the Capital Region to clear out clutter, donate unused items and find "joy" in the belongings they keep.
  
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• L Train Service Disrupted as MTA Investigates 'Fuel Smells'

  05-02-2019 20:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Service on a stretch of the L train is temporarily suspended as the MTA investigates “fuel smells” on the tracks, the agency says.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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• ME: Co-Founder of HQ Trivia and Vine Died of Drug Overdose

  05-02-2019 19:51 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Colin Kroll, the co-founder of HQ Trivia and Vine, died of an accidental overdose, the city's medical examiner announced Tuesday.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Bullet Grazes Deli Worker’s Head in Robbery Attempt: Police

  05-02-2019 19:01 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A bullet grazed a deli worker’s head after a would-be thief shot at him during a robbery attempt, the NYPD said.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Dozen candidates in Albany judge races

  05-02-2019 18:57 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY – Nine lawyers are vying to land two judgeships in Albany County Family Court -- and another three attorneys hope to fill a pending judicial vacancy in City Court.The gaggle of candidates for Family Court is due to the pending retirement ofJudge Gerard Maney and the ascension to state Supreme Court of former Family Court Judge Margaret Walsh. The opening in City Court is because City Court Judge Gary Stiglmeier will reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 this year.Candidates for F
  
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• Retired water/sewer leader is Niskayuna's highest 2018 earner

  05-02-2019 18:48 via timesunion.com
  The town's retired superintendent of water and sewer Richard Pollock was the highest earner in 2018, with more than a third of his earnings coming from payouts for vacation and sick leave, according to town payroll records obtained by the Times Union this week.
  
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• Body Found Along Affluent Road in Greenwich, Connecticut

  05-02-2019 18:47 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A body was found along an affluent road in Connecticut Tuesday morning.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Senators urge EPA not to clear GE on Hudson PCB dredging

  05-02-2019 18:41 via timesunion.com
  AlbanyNew York's two U.S. senators are joining the state's call that General Electric must be made to continue the PCB cleanup of the Hudson River.On Tuesday, senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency not to declare that the 7-year, $1.7 billion cleanup satisfies a 2002 agreement between EPA and GE.EPA is currently reviewing the dredging work on about 40 miles of river between Troy and Fort Edward, which concluded in the fall of 2015.GE wants
  
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• Albany architecture firm EYP gets new CEO as Birdsey retires

  05-02-2019 17:56 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Tom Birdsey, the long-time chief executive at the Albany architecture firm EYP, has retired from his role at the company, although he will remain as chairman of the board.
  
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• 'Reality Sets In': Seven NY Catholic Schools to Shutter

  05-02-2019 17:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Seven Catholic schools in New York will close after the school year ends, due in part to declining enrollment, the Archdiocese of New York said.
  
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• Suspect charged after man beaten with own cane

  05-02-2019 17:10 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A city man was charged with felony robbery and criminal possession of a weapon after police said he beat a man over the head with his own cane on Monday night.
  
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• Man charged after beating victim with cane

  05-02-2019 17:10 via timesunion.com
  An Albany man was charged with felony robbery and criminal possession of a weapon after police said he beat a man over the head with his own cane on Monday night.
  
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• More Than a Dozen Arrested in NY Narcotics Raids: Police

  05-02-2019 17:03 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  More than a dozen people were arrested on drug charges during raids in Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties — some of whom have ties to biker gangs, police and law enforcement sources said.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• 3 charged in Saratoga County heroin raid

  05-02-2019 16:47 via timesunion.com
  Three people were charged with drug felonies after a State Police and Saratoga County Sheriff's office investigation in to heroin sales in the county.
  
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• Did You Hear It? Another Mystery Boom in Philly

  05-02-2019 16:26 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  For the second time in a week, Philadelphians are asking, what went boom in the night?Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
  
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• Seven NY Catholic Schools to Shutter, Archdiocese Says

  05-02-2019 15:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Seven Catholic schools in New York will close after the school year ends, due in part to declining enrollment, the Archdiocese of New York said.
  
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• Bethlehem water main break repaired, Route 85 open

  05-02-2019 15:51 via timesunion.com
  BETHLEHEM — All lanes of Route 85 reopened Tuesday afternoon between Crow Ridge and Swift roads after a water main break was repaired, according to an alert from the state.
  
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• Bethlehem water main break closes part of Route 85

  05-02-2019 15:51 via timesunion.com
  BETHLEHEM — Route 85 has alternating traffic in both directions between Crow Ridge Road and Swift Road because of a water main break as of 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, according to an alert from the state.
  
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• Man Found Dead Under Blanket on Roof Was Shot in Head: NYPD

  05-02-2019 14:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man thought to be sleeping under a blanket on a Brooklyn roof had actually been fatally shot in the head, police said.Photo Credit: Getty Images/EyeEm
  
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• Happening Today: State of Union, Northam, Jussie Smollett

  05-02-2019 12:41 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Tuesday, Feb. 5.Photo Credit: Arnold Turner/Invision/AP
  
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• Schenectady sees minimal risk of flooding; freezing rain on the way

  05-02-2019 12:37 via timesunion.com
  Schenectady officials hope an expected drop in temperatures this week will slow snow melt, giving the city's Stockade some relief from flooding fears when rain moves in later this week.The region's snow pack and ice have been shrinking since temperatures climbed into the 40s on Sunday — and two straight days of in the 50s is quickening the pace.The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for freezing rain from 5 p.m. Wednesday through 7 a.m. Thursday. The area includes th
  
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• Schenectady officials, forecasters see minimal risk of flooding

  05-02-2019 12:37 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - Schenectady officials hope an expected drop in temperatures this week will slow snow melt, giving the city's Stockade some relief from flooding fears when rain moves in later this week.The region's snow pack and ice have been shrinking since temperatures climbed into the 40s on Sunday - and two straight days of in the 50s is quickening the pace.
  
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• Mercury heading back into 50s in Albany area

  05-02-2019 12:37 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Pockets of freezing rain were expected to hit the southern Adirondack Mountains early Tuesday.Some school districts were delaying the start of classes while they confront slick roads.
  
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• N.Y. Today: Warm Weather Whiplash

  05-02-2019 12:14 via nytimes.com
  Tuesday: A 59-degree temperature rise, and a Lunar New Year guide.
  
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• Route 17 in NJ Reopens After Downed Wires Snarl Traffic

  05-02-2019 12:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Route 17 in New Jersey was closed for hours in both directions because of downed wires, snarling traffic during the Monday evening rush that extended into the next morning.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• 'The Whole House Shook': Truck Crashes Into Greenpoint Home

  05-02-2019 12:00 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A delivery truck careened into a house in Brooklyn, officials say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Downed Wires Shut Down Part of Route 17 in New Jersey

  05-02-2019 09:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Route 17 in New Jersey was closed for hours in both directions because of downed wires, snarling traffic during the Monday evening rush and it's not looking much better for the Tuesday morning rush either.
  Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Listen Up: A Closer Look at Top Stories for Tuesday, Feb. 5

  05-02-2019 08:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Get a closer look at the top stories for Tuesday, Feb. 5.
  
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• Downed Wires Shut Down Route 17 in New Jersey

  05-02-2019 07:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Route 17 in New Jersey was closed for hours in both directions because of downed wires, snarling traffic during the Monday evening rush and it's not looking much better for the Tuesday morning rush either.
  Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Averill Park girls' basketball victorious on Senior Night

  05-02-2019 05:38 via timesunion.com
  Averill Park
  The balloons, flowers, photos and hugs before the start of Monday's game signified Senior Night had arrived for the Averill Park girls' basketball trio of EmmaLee Morgan, Olivia Kelley and Christina Parrottino. Morgan and Kelley, both four-year varsity players, and Parrottino all started against Niskayuna, but it is how Averill Park finished that truly made the evening memorable.Kelley capped the contest with a steal in the final seconds, giving Niskayuna 29 turnovers for the game,
  
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• When It’s Hard to Make Ends Meet, Can Smart Apps Help?

  05-02-2019 05:35 via nytimes.com
  From managing the government’s SNAP food-assistance program to paying parking tickets on time or using payday loans, new technology can guide low-income people through complexity.
  
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• Navigating Bureaucracy? Try Technology

  05-02-2019 05:35 via nytimes.com
  From managing the government’s SNAP food-assistance program to paying parking tickets on time or using payday loans, new apps can guide low-income people through complexity.
  
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• Churchill: When white politicians behave badly

  05-02-2019 04:54 via timesunion.com
  Albany
  Imagine if a day after apologizing for his behavior and the pain he caused, Eliot Spitzer returned to declare that, on second thought, he really hadn't patronized those prostitutes.The world would have laughed itself silly. At a certain point, the Crest toothpaste is all over the sink and there's no getting it back in the tube.And so it is with Ralph Northam, who is experiencing the most disastrous week by a governor since Spitzer's memorable downfall. It might be worse, actually.
  The Vir
  
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• NYPD Seeing More Asian Americans on the Job

  05-02-2019 04:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  NYPD Chief Thomas Chan remembers when the police force only had 30 Asian members. Now, in a department of more than 36,000, there are 3,000 Asian American officers, about 8 percent of the force.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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