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• History sleuth names 4 mystery 19th century Trojans

  15-02-2019 23:56 via timesunion.com
  TROY – Described simply as "Four Trojans," a doctor, an artist, a merchant and a newspapersman went fishing and hunting in Montana 130 years ago with their story recounted in a privately printed volume "Sport Among the Rockies."The occupations were the only clues the Rensselaer County Historical Society gave retired research librarian Elsa Prigozy of Slingerlands to figure out who they were beyond their callings."Elsa is very much a history sleuth," said Stacy Pomeroy Draper, curator for R
  
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• NYRA announces Saratoga racing schedule

  15-02-2019 23:28 via timesunion.com
  Saratoga SpringsThis summer's thoroughbred race meet at Saratoga will feature 76 stakes races over a 40-day season that begins on Thursday, July 11 and runs through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2. Eighteen of the 76 scheduled stakes races are Grade Is.
  
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• Accidents on NJ Turnpike, Route 17 Causing Huge Traffic Mess

  15-02-2019 23:07
  
  Route 17 is closed in both directions in Ramsey, New Jersey, following an accident that brought down power lines across the roadway.
  
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• Truck Takes Down Wires on Route 17, Causing Huge Traffic Jam

  15-02-2019 22:12
  
  Route 17 is closed in both directions in Ramsey, New Jersey, following an accident that brought down power lines across the roadway.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Jack Taylor, Scourge of the Wrecking Ball in Manhattan, Dies at 93

  15-02-2019 22:05 via nytimes.com
  An amateur landmark preservationist, his legacy includes the Ladies’ Mile Shopping District and Tammany Hall. But there were also defeats.
  
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• Oil Truck Kills Woman, Its 3rd Deadly NYC Crash in 2 Years

  15-02-2019 22:00
  
  A 27-year-old woman was struck and killed by a huge oil delivery truck in Manhattan early Friday, prompting authorities to shut down the intersection as the peak morning commute got underway.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Teacher of immigrants joins nationwide protest against detentions

  15-02-2019 21:55 via timesunion.com
  Fifth grade teacher Zeo Tavaŕez-Polanco is heading south during the upcoming Presidents Day Weekend.
  But rather than Florida or some beach resort, she's heading to the windblown plains of Tornillo Texas where she'll participate in a ''teach in'' comprising teachers from around the nation to protest President Donald Trump's hard line on undocumented immigrants, including those who are seeking asylum. They are especially angry over the president's earlier policy in which children were separat
  
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• From hospital to home, health care in 2019 will just keep growing

  15-02-2019 21:04 via timesunion.com
  In 2019, health care insiders predict more care will be delivered outside of the hospital and inside homes and community settings, thanks to the confluence of consumer habits, statewide Medicaid reforms, and overall cost-control efforts.
  
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• Details emerging on Albany Training Academy plan

  15-02-2019 20:50 via timesunion.com
  City officials are set to meet with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Wednesday to learn about the $39.4 million expansion project the state is building at the Albany Training Academy on New Scotland Road.
  
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• Why the Amazon Deal Collapsed: A Tech Giant Stumbles in N.Y.’s Raucous Political Arena

  15-02-2019 20:38 via nytimes.com
  The company, long accustomed to deferential treatment from localities, badly misjudged how it would be received in the city, according to dozens of interviews.
  
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• Detective’s Death Shows How Cellphone Stores Are Now ‘Easy Target’ for Robberies

  15-02-2019 20:36 via nytimes.com
  The robbery at a T-Mobile store ended in the killing of a detective by “friendly fire.” The stores have joined banks, bodegas, liquor stores and jewelry shops as targets.
  
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• Banks, Jewelers and Now Cellphone Stores Are ‘Easy Target’ for Robberies

  15-02-2019 20:36 via nytimes.com
  A robbery at a T-Mobile store this week, which ended in the tragic death of a detective, is now as common as stickups at banks and bodegas.
  
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• Reports say Payless will close stores, file for bankruptcy

  15-02-2019 20:24 via timesunion.com
  Payless ShoeSource will shutter its stores nationwide later this month when it files for bankruptcy, according to published reports.
  
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• UAlbany men's lacrosse returns to scene of Syracuse rout

  15-02-2019 20:15 via timesunion.com
  UAlbany senior defenseman Matt Perla said he expects the Orange to have a long memory about last year's game, only the second time the Great Danes defeated Syracuse in 17 all-time meetings."No doubt,'' Perla said. "Just like any other team. We beat them last year and they're going to want to get us back. Just like we'd want to beat them if they beat us. Nothing different.We'll be ready to play."Syracuse already played its opener, a surprising 12-9 home loss to Colgate last Friday. The Orange, wh
  
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• Classes filling up at new HVCC manufacturing center

  15-02-2019 20:12 via timesunion.com
  TroyThe new $17 million manufacturing training center at Hudson Valley Community College is not open yet, but classes there for the fall are already filling up.Students have filled nearly three of six available day and evening sessions planned for September, said David Larkin, professor of advanced manufacturing technology in the School of Engineering and Industrial Technologies at HVCC.To open in September, the new 37,000-square-foot, two-story Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing Skills
  
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• NYC Designer Gives Update on Gucci 'Blackface' Sweater Saga

  15-02-2019 20:09
  
  An influential Harlem designer says he has had his meeting with Gucci's CEO on an $890 sweater that drew widespread backlash for its resemblance to blackface, declaring it's now time for the luxury brand to make...Photo Credit: AP Photo
  
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• Amazon loss echoes upstate — especially at the Capitol

  15-02-2019 18:57 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The aftershocks of Amazon's decision to pull the plug on plans to build a new headquarters in Long Island City will reverberate at the state Capitol and throughout New York's economy. And it's not just Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio who are upset.Local business executives say they were also disappointed by Amazon's about-face on the campus, even though the Capital Region lost out on its bid to lure the e-commerce powerhouse to the Hudson River waterfront."It is unfortu
  
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• Rat Seen 'Passed Out' on NYC Sidewalk Holding Henny Bottle

  15-02-2019 18:17
  
  Joining the likes of infamous rodent celebrities found in the streets of New York (here’s looking at you Pizza Rat and Millennial Avocado Squirrel), we present to you...Henny Rat!Photo Credit: @CWilliamson44This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Northern Virginia Is Keeping Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs, and Wants You to Know It

  15-02-2019 18:09 via nytimes.com
  The region has its act together and knows what it is doing, officials said.
  
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• Troy couple charged in animal hoarding case

  15-02-2019 18:08 via timesunion.com
  TROY – A Campbell Avenue couple were arrested in an animal hoarding case in which 101 animals were rescued from their residence in December, city police said Friday.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder for firing at 3 people in Albany home

  15-02-2019 18:08 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A 43-year-old man was arrested following a Jan. 26 morning incident where he allegedly fired at three people inside of an Albany home.Quintin Brown, of Troy, was charged with felony attempted murder Thursday for last month's incident, Albany Police spokesman Steve Smith said Friday.
  
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• Ten Broeck residents want historic church as focus in downtown revitalization

  15-02-2019 17:45 via timesunion.com
  Albany was awarded at $10 million grant last year, and in the months since has come up with dozens of possible ways to spend it – from streetscape improvements to transforming an underutilized Interstate 787 exit ramp into a linear park. But not all ideas have been embraced by the community.
  
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• 2019 Caucus Weekend kicks off Friday

  15-02-2019 17:22 via timesunion.com
  The state Legislature's minority caucus kicks off its annual weekend conference on Friday.The Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators is the nonprofit arm of the state's minority legislative caucus, which for the first year ever boasts leaders of both the Assembly and the Senate.Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Westchester, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, both made history as the first black lawmaker to lead their respective house.
  
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• Budget amendments seek to close $2.6 billion gap

  15-02-2019 17:17 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is proposing closing up to three state prisons, redistributing health care funding, cutting Medicaid provider reimbursements and imposing a tax on opioids to begin addressing an unexpected revenue shortfall.Released Friday, the 30-day amendments to Cuomo's budget plan are largely a response to the recent revelation that the state's revenue drop will be worse than projected. The updated financial plan anticipates a $2.6 billion hole for the upcoming fiscal year
  
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• Amazon Isn’t Interested in Making the World a Better Place

  15-02-2019 17:06 via nytimes.com
  New Yorkers who expected better bought into the myth that tech companies are more than just self-interested businesses.
  
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• Listen Up: Amazon Shocker, Jussie Smollett Update and MTA's Bad Valentine

  15-02-2019 16:10
  
  Find out more about Amazon bailing on its planned NYC headquarters, the latest on the Jussie Smollett investigation and the MTA's bad valentine in this Feb. 16 edition of Listen Up.
  
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• Rotterdam man faces child pornography, abuse, weapons charges

  15-02-2019 16:00 via timesunion.com
  A Rotterdam man faces child pornography, sex abuse, weapons and drug charges after police searched his computer and home.Chandler B. Whittaker, 23, of 107 Nicholas Court was arrested on Thursday after an employee of a computer repair business called police about questionable images on Whittaker's laptop computer.
  
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• 'I Feel Dead Inside': Mom Grieves NJ Girl Killed by Police Vehicle

  15-02-2019 16:00
  
  The grieving mother of a New Jersey girl killed by a police vehicle demanded answers after the department and prosecutors would not release details on her daughter's death at a Thursday afternoon news...Photo Credit: Provided
  
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• Giant Gas Truck Kills 27-Year-Old Woman in Manhattan: Police

  15-02-2019 15:33
  
  A 27-year-old woman was struck and killed by a huge gas delivery truck in Manhattan early Friday, prompting authorities to shut down the intersection as the peak morning commute got underway.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Last chance to enter the 2019 Home Design Awards

  15-02-2019 14:57 via timesunion.com
  Time is running out to submit your photos into the Times Union Home Design Contest.
  
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• Monster Flames Spew From NJ Inferno, Smoke Clouds City

  15-02-2019 14:15
  
  More than a dozen people, seven of them children, managed to escape a raging inferno as flames devoured their apartment building in Newark early Friday, clouding the entire area with smoke, authorities said.
  Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Alleged Child Molester Back in Custody After NYPD Escape

  15-02-2019 13:31
  
  A suspected child molester is back in custody hours after escaping police as they tried to file the paperwork necessary for arrest early Friday, authorities said.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Rain, sharp temperature increase on Friday in Albany

  15-02-2019 12:40 via timesunion.com
  The temperature will approach 50 degrees on Friday though rain is likely.
  Forecasters says there is a 70 percent chance of rain during the day.
  The mercury is expected to peak at about 48 degrees during the day before falling into the mid-20s overnight.
  Over the weekend, the temperature will hover at around the freezing point during the day.
  But Saturday and Sunday will be dry.
  
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• Massive Fire in Newark Sends Smoke Plume Billowing Into Sky

  15-02-2019 12:38
  
  A raging fire is burning in New Jersey and it’s sending a massive plume of smoke into the air, video from Chopper 4 shows.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Happening Today: National Emergency, Flu Vaccine, Smollett

  15-02-2019 12:33
  
  Here's what to know for Friday, Feb. 15.Photo Credit: AP/File
  
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• GE downsizing plans for its world headquarters in Boston

  15-02-2019 12:32 via timesunion.com
  BOSTON (AP) — General Electric announced Thursday it will downsize its world headquarters in Boston and will return $87 million that Massachusetts spent as part of an incentives package to lure the company from Connecticut three years ago.
  The industrial conglomerate has been restructuring its operations amid sagging profits and other negative developments in recent years.
  GE said it was formally dropping plans to build a 12-story office tower on the city's waterfront that was to be the ce
  
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• DealBook Briefing: The Bigger Picture Behind Amazon Ditching N.Y.

  15-02-2019 12:27 via nytimes.com
  The company’s decision could be a turning point for corporate-civic relations in the U.S. and a sign that leftist views are gaining traction.
  
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• N.Y. Today: How the Amazon Deal Fell Apart

  15-02-2019 11:53 via nytimes.com
  It was supposed to be one of the biggest business projects in recent years in New York City.
  
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• Real Estate Investors Unknowingly Buy Booby-Trapped House

  15-02-2019 11:27
  
  A team of Philadelphia real estate investors was lucky to avoid what could have been a tragedy after coming across a stairway booby-trapped with a swinging knife.Ekrem Uysaler said he and his team were scoping...
  
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• Why Tech Could Keep Gaining Ground in New York Even Without Amazon

  15-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In terms of economic, political and cultural impact, the finance industry dominates. But tech is gaining fast, and is where much of the growth is.
  
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• How a Trans Soldier Took On the Jail That Denied Her Medication, and Won

  15-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  She began her transition during a tour of Iraq. When jail doctors on Long Island denied her hormone therapy, her body turned on her. Now they owe her $355,000.
  
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• Even Without Amazon, Tech Could Keep Gaining Ground in New York

  15-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In terms of economic, political and cultural impact, the finance industry dominates. But tech is gaining fast, and is where much of the growth is.
  
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• Cops Swarm Neighborhood Looking for Escaped Prisoner: NYPD

  15-02-2019 10:34
  
  Police are swarming a Brooklyn neighborhood hunting for an escaped prisoner accused of forcibly touching a young child, officials say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Baby Girl Dies After Rolling Off Bed in Queens: Police

  15-02-2019 09:24
  
  A baby girl died after she rolled off the bed her mother out her on, officials say.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• 48 Homes Incinerated in Massive Fort Lee Building Fire

  15-02-2019 06:37
  
  A stubborn fire tore through a five-story co-op building in Fort Lee for hours, destroying nearly 50 apartments and displacing dozens more.
  
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• Listen Up: A Closer Look at Top Stories for Friday, Feb. 15

  15-02-2019 06:34
  
  Get a closer look at the top stories for Friday, Feb. 15.
  
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• Saratoga boys' basketball seeks to end title drought

  15-02-2019 02:09 via timesunion.com
  Saratoga thought a Section II Class AA championship would be the result of its 2017-18 season. Instead, the conclusion came with a painful semifinal loss against Colonie. The Blue Streaks are seeded No.2 this season and look to capture the program's first title in 30 years.
  
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• Provocative NYC Mural Honors Son Killed in Parkland Massacre

  15-02-2019 02:06
  
  An artist whose son was killed during the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida last year has created a mural in Manhattan to honor the victims.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• New York Returns 25,000 Jobs to Amazon

  15-02-2019 02:02 via nytimes.com
  As the company cancels its plans for a major Queens campus, anti-corporate activists got what they wanted at a great cost.
  
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• Rocket Scientist Kicked Off Dating Site

  15-02-2019 01:04
  
  A New Jersey man found his Match.com quickly terminated despite following the rules. Lynda Baquero reports.
  
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