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• UAlbany men's lacrosse loses while Nanticoke watches

  09-03-2019 23:40 via timesunion.com
  Nanticoke stood on the sideline for the entire match in full uniform and helmet. This time, it wasn't related to his NCAA eligibility status, which caused him to sit out a 17-16 loss at Cornell a week ago.Head coach Scott Marr said it was his call to hold out Nanticoke, the 2018 America East Rookie of the Year and the former No. 1 recruit in the country."It was my decision not to play him,'' Marr said. "Team thing. No need for the public to know."Asked if it was a disciplinary issue or health-re
  
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• Review: 'The Prohibition Project' by Troy Foundry Theatre, 3/8/19

  09-03-2019 23:21 via timesunion.com
  TROY – At one point during "The Prohibition Project: Ilium Was," an immersive original work from the iconoclasts at Troy Foundry Theatre that explores the Collar City in the 1920s Troy, two of the characters stand holding Molotov cocktails. The message: The Foundry folks want to burn down many conventions of theater.
  
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• As one Danes career ends, another is just beginning

  09-03-2019 23:12 via timesunion.com
  Baltimore
  As they sat together Saturday at a postgame press conference, Devonte Campbell and Malachi de Sousa represented the past and the future of the University at Albany basketball program.
  Campbell, a senior, played his final collegiate game in UAlbany's 62-54 loss to UMBC. De Sousa, a freshman who gained significant playing time only the final third of the season, matched his career high of 15 points against the Retrievers.
  Had a torch been available, Campbell would have passed it.
  "That's
  
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• Photos: Soda bread competition

  09-03-2019 22:48 via timesunion.com
  Albany's Irish American Heritage Museum's seventh annual soda bread competition was held Saturday, as amateur bakers entered their goods in the traditional and family recipe categories. The event included a craft fair with handmade Irish gifts, as well as music and dance performances.
  
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• Food service on Albany-NYC train may re-up in 2019

  09-03-2019 20:47 via timesunion.com
  Food service may be coming back to Amtrak's Empire Service train line connecting New York City's Pennsylvania Station to the Albany-Rensselaer station this year, something a train passenger advocacy group has for years been lobbying for.
  
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• Churchill: She arrived in America determined to thrive

  09-03-2019 17:45 via timesunion.com
  Albany
  When Ni Lar Way was still in Thailand, she thought America was like a Disney princess movie. She thought its women only wore gowns and everybody lived in castles.Ni Lar was a kid then, born and raised in a refugee camp occupied by members of the Karen ethnic minority ravaged by genocide in Myanmar. When she was nine, Ni Lar's family was given permission to come to America, with Albany as their final destination. They arrived in January."When I first came here, it was snowing," Ni Lar told
  
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• Couple Killed While Crossing NJ Highway: Police

  09-03-2019 17:42 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A couple was struck and killed were struck and killed by a Jeep while crossing a highway in Monmouth County, police said Saturday.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Newark Airport Reopens After Plane Makes Emergency Landing

  09-03-2019 17:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  All runways were temporarily closed at Newark Airport Saturday morning after a plane made an emergency landing for smoke in the cargo hold.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Police Shoot Suspect in Queens Bouncer Attack: NYPD

  09-03-2019 17:06 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police opened fire outside a Queens club early Saturday, hitting a suspect who had shot a bouncer, the NYPD said.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York/LoudLabs
  
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• Amazon’s Tax Breaks and Incentives Were Big. Hudson Yards’ Are Bigger.

  09-03-2019 15:48 via nytimes.com
  New York was riveted by a debate over incentives offered to Amazon to build a headquarters. But Hudson Yards, the huge office and luxury residential development in Manhattan, has received far more.
  
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• Police Open Fire in Queens Bouncer Shooting: NYPD

  09-03-2019 13:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police opened fire outside a Queens club early Saturday, hitting a suspect who had shot a bouncer, the NYPD said.
  
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• Oh, Snow! Next Complex Winter System Heads Our Way Sunday

  09-03-2019 12:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Storm Team 4 is tracking yet another complicated storm system that is expected to deliver some wintry weather to the tri-state this weekend, the latest in a series of early March storms.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 2 People Stabbed in Manhattan: FDNY

  09-03-2019 12:24 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Two people were stabbed early Saturday in Manhattan, leaving them in critical condition, the FDNY said.Photo Credit: Getty Images/EyeEm
  
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• Rutgers Basketball Player Arrested, Suspended From Team

  09-03-2019 11:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Rutgers men's basketball shooting guard Issa Thiam reportedly faces a variety of criminal charges after being arrested early Friday.
  
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• Canisius outlasts Manhattan in overtime in MAAC quarterfinal

  09-03-2019 05:12 via timesunion.com
  Faulkner tied his career high with 20 points for Canisius (15-16), which moves on to play in Sunday's semifinals against the winner of Saturday's game between No. 3 Quinnipiac and No. 6 Monmouth.The Golden Griffins trailed by as many as 12 points in regulation and took their first lead when Faulkner made a layup with 4:20 left in overtime.Faulker then made a pair of 3-pointers 52 seconds apart to give Canisius a 65-60 lead with 2:45 to play in the extra period.Malik Johnson made a driving layup
  
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• Union hockey takes ECAC playoff opener

  09-03-2019 04:28 via timesunion.com
  SchenectadyThe definition, according to Webster's Dictionary, for the word blah is this:Lacking interest: Dull. Boring. And then an example: a blah winter day.Well, according to Union coach Rick Bennett, it was a blah winter night at Messa Rink Friday night. But that's not a bad thing.
  
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• Subway Pepper Spray Attack May Be Hate Crime, Cops Say

  09-03-2019 03:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police confirm they are investigating a Friday afternoon incident, where a woman sprayed six people on Manhattan subways with an unknown substance, as a possible hate crime.
  
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• Stockade design forum planned in April

  09-03-2019 03:22 via timesunion.com
  Schenectady
  A three-day community series in April will look into ways to protect the city's one-of-a-kind Stockade section from floods.
  On Friday, Mayor Gary McCarthy announced the community design workshops meant to guide the Stockade Flood Mitigation Project.The workshops will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. April 1, 3 and 4 at the First Reformed Church, 8 North St.The meetings arise from funds awarded to the city by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's hazard mitigation grant program to work wi
  
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• No. 1 seed Iona edges Saint Peter's 73-71 in MAAC Tournament

  09-03-2019 02:26 via timesunion.com
  Saint Peter's Davauhnte Turner missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with two seconds left and the three-time defending champion Gaels held on for a 73-71 victory in a quarterfinal at Times Union Center.Tajuan Agee and E.J. Crawford each scored 26 points for Iona, which advances to a Sunday semifinal against the winner of Saturday's quarterfinal between Siena and Rider.The top seed hasn't won the MAAC Tournament since 2010.Turner missed the foul shot with the Peacocks trailing 72-71. Crawford was fo
  
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• David Rogers, Who Took on New York’s School Board, Dies at 88

  09-03-2019 01:06 via nytimes.com
  His condemnation of the educational bureaucracy, in a book published during a dispute over decentralization in 1968, fueled the movement that led to mayoral control.
  
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• David Rogers, 88, Took on New York’s School Board

  09-03-2019 01:06 via nytimes.com
  His condemnation of the educational bureaucracy, in a book published during a dispute over decentralization in 1968, fueled the movement that led to mayoral control.
  
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• Davis has the Troy Flying Horses primed for playoff flight

  09-03-2019 00:23 via timesunion.com
  TroyThree years playing varsity basketball at Colonie for coach Doug Kilmer ended for Greg Davis in 2006 and he then transitioned to playing at Division III St. John Fisher. Before finishing college, Davis' playing career was done and he wondered if he still had a future in basketball. He began to entertain thoughts of becoming a coach.
  
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• School Bus Crash Brings Down Utility Pole in New Jersey

  09-03-2019 00:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A school bus with students on board brought down a utility pole before crashing into a cemetery fence in New Jersey.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Pepper Spray Attack at Subway Station

  09-03-2019 00:11 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Somebody randomly pepper-sprayed another person in the face at a Harlem subway station. Michael George reports.
  
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• Jussie Smollett Update: Actor Indicted on 16 Felony Counts

  09-03-2019 00:11 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A little more than a week after Chicago police laid out what appeared to be a damaging case against "Empire" star Jussie Smollett, a defense strategy is emerging — much of it centered on discrediting the two men...
  
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• NYC Bodega Group Opposes Selling Legal Pot

  09-03-2019 00:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A group that represents thousands of bodegas came out strongly against a suggestion that bodegas might sell marijuana. Erica Byfield reports.
  
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• Empowering Young Women With STEM and Dance

  09-03-2019 00:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A program in New York City schools is appealing to teen girls to get them in to the fields of science, tech, engineering and math -- all through dance. John Chandler reports.
  
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• Taking Care With Changing Your Travel Plans

  09-03-2019 00:04 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6If you find yourself needing to change your travel plans be careful how you make that change. Lynda Baquero reports.
  
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