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• Blanket With Face of Beloved Dog Missing for 3 Months

  13-03-2019 23:59 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Long Island woman and her family ordered a blanket with their pet's image on it, but were still waiting for it three months later. Lynda Baquero reports.
  
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• LI Officials Crack Down on Illegal Massage Parlors

  13-03-2019 23:55 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Babylon officials say they have busted four illegal massage parlors, including one that police say was offering prostitution services. Greg Cergol reports.
  
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• US Grounding Boeing 737 Max 8, 9 After Ethiopia Crash

  13-03-2019 23:50 via nbcnewyork.com
  President Donald Trump says the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people.
  
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• Lawmakers Eye Pied-à-Terre Tax to Fix Subways

  13-03-2019 23:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  As the state struggles to find a fix for the city's struggling subway system, officials are looking to multimillionaires to cover some of the costs. Andrew Siff reports.
  
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• Not All Stolen Phones Are Added to 'Blacklist': Sources

  13-03-2019 23:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  If a phone gets reported stolen, a carrier is supposed to use a phone's individual code to disable it and place it on a "black list" — but law enforcements sources say companies are not...
  
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• Brookhaven Landfill Violated Air-Quality Rules

  13-03-2019 23:43 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  People who live near the Brookhaven Landfill have complained about the foul stench for years — and the town could now be forced to pay for not doing enough to contain it. Greg Cergol reports.
  
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• NYPD Pipes and Drums Parade Preps

  13-03-2019 23:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The NYPD's Emerald Society has been rehearsing weekly ahead of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Gus Rosendale reports.
  
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• College Admissions Scandal Sparks Campus Discussions

  13-03-2019 23:36 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The recent college admissions scandal has sparked discussions about fairness on campuses. Adam Kuperstein reports.
  
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• Parents Wanted Their Unvaccinated Children in School, but a Judge Said No.

  13-03-2019 23:20 via nytimes.com
  Amid a measles outbreak in New York, a federal judge denied a request by 28 parents for an order to let their unvaccinated children return to their private school.
  
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• Parents Wanted Their Unvaccinated Children in School. A Judge Said No.

  13-03-2019 23:20 via nytimes.com
  Amid a measles outbreak in New York, a federal judge denied a request by 28 parents for an order to let their unvaccinated children return to their private school.
  
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• Schumer estimates effect of Trump cuts on upstate

  13-03-2019 23:16 via timesunion.com
  WASHINGTON _ The 2020 budget of President Donald Trump isn’t going anywhere fast but that isn’t preventing Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer from highlighting potential impact upstate from cuts to community block grants, food stamps, affordable housing and airline subsidies that connect Albany to remote North Country airports.
  “The administration's budget proposal is unfair and harmful to Upstate New York and it’s nothing short of a gut-punch to the Capital Region
  
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• Ex-BF Guilty of Fatally Stabbing Queens Mother Found in Car

  13-03-2019 22:41 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New York man was convicted Wednesday of the 2016 stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend, whose bloodied body was found inside her car days after she was reported missing, prosecutors say.
  
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• Neil Golub shares insights on a life in the grocery business

  13-03-2019 22:28 via timesunion.com
  The topic was winning the food fight, but Neil Golub, the executive chairman of the company that operates Price Chopper, Market 32 and Market Bistro supermarkets, shared how Golub Corp.'s early stores ended up with the name Central Markets and why it's so important to get everything right when you're opening a new store.Golub was the featured guest at the Times Union Leadership Luncheon Wednesday at the Hearst Media Center in Colonie.
  
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• Max 8, 9 grounding likely won't impact Albany travelers

  13-03-2019 21:48 via timesunion.com
  When passengers filed aboard Southwest Flight 872 at Albany International Airport Wednesday afternoon, they no doubt hoped for a smooth, uneventful flight to West Palm Beach with a quick stopover in Baltimore.But as Flight 872 made its first stop, President Trump and federal regulators were announcing plans to immediately ground Boeing Max 8 and 9 aircraft. The Southwest flight was a Max 8.
  
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• Chamber: Paid leave could benefit domestic violence perps

  13-03-2019 21:43 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Could a perpetrator of domestic violence possibly get paid time off in Albany County as a result of their abuse?The Capital Region Chamber is taking issue with a "safe time" provision within the county's proposed paid sick time law that provides paid time off for employees who are victims of abuse or who have a family member who is a victim of abuse — arguing that as worded the proposal could allow an employee who abused a family member to take time off as a result of that a
  
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• Overlooked No More: Isabella Goodwin, New York City’s First Female Police Detective

  13-03-2019 21:26 via nytimes.com
  Goodwin, a police matron overseeing female inmates, earned her detective shield for going undercover as a scrubwoman to expose a bank robber.
  
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• Transient Accused of Making Threatening Cross-Country Calls

  13-03-2019 21:11 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey man is facing charges in connection with a string of cross-country phone calls threatening violence, prosecutors say.Photo Credit: Bergen County Prosecutor's Office
  
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• 5 dead in Berkshire County house fire

  13-03-2019 21:01 via timesunion.com
  SHEFFIELD, Mass. - Five people were found dead inside a Berkshire County home on Wednesday morning following a fire, the District Attorney's office said.The cause of death of the five people is still being determined, officials said.At this time the victims identities have not been released.
  
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• College scam reflects 'desperation,' local observers say

  13-03-2019 20:58 via timesunion.com
  The indictment against more than 50 people involved in the burgeoning "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal has captured the nation's attention with two glamorous TV stars – Felicity Huffman of "Desperate Housewives," and Lori Laughlin of "Full House" being in the middle of the scandal.The affair has illustrated what experts say is the desperation that exists to get into some top schools, and the changing nature of college admissions. It also shows how admissions is as much of an art
  
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• East Greenbush attorney is GOP nominee for family court

  13-03-2019 20:50 via timesunion.com
  TROY – An East Greenbush attorney with more than three decades of experience in family court is the Republicans' choice to run for Rensselaer Family Court judge against the Democratic incumbent.Philip J. Danaher Is making his second run for a county-level court position.
  
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• SUV Smashes Into NYC Dunkin' Donuts, Leaves Disaster Trail

  13-03-2019 19:52 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An SUV crashed into a gas station convenience store in Queens that also houses a Dunkin' Donuts Wednesday, leaving a trail of shattered glass and debris.Photo Credit: News 4 New York
  
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• HVCC sells surplus furniture, equipment for $1

  13-03-2019 19:50 via timesunion.com
  TROY — Bargain hunters searched through surplus college property in a sale on Wednesday at Hudson Valley Community College.The property included assorted tables and chairs, shredders, computer equipment and accessories. All items cost $1.For information, check the HVCC Purchasing and Procurement Department website.
  
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• U.S. grounds Boeing Max 8, 9 aircraft as crash causes sought

  13-03-2019 19:44 via timesunion.com
  The United States will ground the Boeing 737 Max 8, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. The move follows similar actions by other nations worldwide, after a second crash of the new passenger jet last Sunday, the second in five months.
  
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• NYC Garden Advocates Sue City to Block Housing Development

  13-03-2019 19:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A small garden in Lower Manhattan has become the battleground for a heated debate that is pitting advocates for public green space against those who support affordable housing. Now garden advocates are suing thePhoto Credit: Joseph Reiver and Elizabeth Street Garden Inc
  
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• Empire State Plaza marks St. Patrick's Day

  13-03-2019 19:36 via timesunion.com
  St. Patrick's Day is Sunday and the state marked the season on Wednesday at the Empire State State Plaza.There was music, of course, from Irish rock band Kilashandra, plus a traditional corned beef and cabbage lunch from Mazzone Hospitality and craft vendors.The St. Patrick's Day parades, run and family festival will be Saturday in Albany.
  
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• RPI fraternity starts fifth year of Mount Ida community grants

  13-03-2019 19:09 via timesunion.com
  TROY – With 36 projects funded, the Mount Ida Community Development Micro-Grant Program is starting its fifth year of support business and residential improvements in the Congress Street neighborhood with a goal of attracting partners to expand the initiative.The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute began the program in 2014 when it opened its new house in the former St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic church and rectory at 320 Congress St. as part of its relocatio
  
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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Subway Ad Defaced With 'DIE,' Swastika

  13-03-2019 19:08 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The NYPD's hate crimes unit is investigating slur-ridden "DIE" graffiti scrawled on a Brooklyn subway station poster of Ruth Bader Ginsburg after a rider flagged it on Twitter.Photo Credit: @NYCTSubway
  
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• Churchill: Bus station's charms a treasure to behold

  13-03-2019 19:01 via timesunion.com
  Albany
  Five years ago this month, I happily wrote a column extolling the many charms of Albany's bus station.
  Among other delights, I described the building's concrete exterior, the raffish characters who smoke outside its doors, and the dark and moody charisma of its vintage interior, which doesn't seem to have changed a bit since the Greyhound station was built in 1966.
  I stumbled across that old column a few days ago and thought to myself, "Geesh, I had better check on the bus station, if onl
  
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• Gaming plays growing role among "Tech Valley" startups

  13-03-2019 18:37 via timesunion.com
  The Capital Region has earned its "Tech Valley" moniker by fostering a healthy growth ecosystem for start-ups, but the tech industry may be shifting in the coming years towards game development studios from more sales-oriented companies, according to a local entrepreneurial and venture capital expert.
  
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• Cuomo administration wants to revisit spending priorities

  13-03-2019 18:32 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The proposed federal budget unveiled on Monday by President Donald J. Trump has Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo scrambling to reconsider all of New York's spending priorities with less than three weeks before the state budget is due.
  
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• Little Lamb Spotted Running Along Gowanus Expressway

  13-03-2019 18:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A little lamb -- not a goat, as it turns out -- was spotted running loose on the Gowanus Expressway during rush hour Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: @jamesh173/TwitterThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• MTA Announces Service Changes for St. Patrick's Day Parade

  13-03-2019 17:55 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade is this Saturday, March 16, and the MTA wants to remind you alcohol is banned on Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North trains. But both railroads will offer extra...
  
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• NXIVM President Nancy Salzman pleads guilty in federal court

  13-03-2019 17:49 via timesunion.com
  BROOKLYN — NXIVM President Nancy Salzman pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of racketeering conspiracy, making her the first person convicted in the Justice Department's criminal prosecution of the Colonie-based organization's leaders.Salzman admitted in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn to two criminal acts: hacking into email accounts and altering a videotape during a New Jersey civil suit that pitted NXIVM against the Ross Institute, which works to alert the public to the dangers of cu
  
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• Albany County considering ban on single-use plastic bags

  13-03-2019 17:49 via timesunion.com
  Albany County wants to join a growing number of governments across the state and country in banning single-use plastic bags to reduce the amount of plastic that winds up in oceans and landfills.Local Law "D," recently introduced in the county legislature, will be debated by lawmakers in committee with public hearings on the proposal to follow.
  
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• Schenectady library named for ex-Mayor Karen Johnson

  13-03-2019 17:39 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - The main branch of the Schenectady County Public Library will be named for ex-mayor and county legislator Karen Johnson.The legislature voted on Tuesday to name the building at Clinton and Liberty streets after Johnson, a long-time advocate for the countywide library system.
  
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• New York Charges Manafort With 16 Crimes. If He’s Convicted, Trump Can’t Pardon Him.

  13-03-2019 17:38 via nytimes.com
  The charges are part of an effort to ensure he will still face prison time if President Trump pardons him for his federal crimes.
  
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• Bones Unearthed at NYC Home Could Reveal Old Murder Mystery

  13-03-2019 17:26 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Human bones found buried behind a home in Queens could reveal a decades-old murder case that the NYPD never knew existed, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells News 4.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Who will run, pay for Niskayuna's farmers market?

  13-03-2019 17:11 via timesunion.com
  NISKAYUNA - As the weather warms up, the plan for a farmers market this summer forges forward with town officials confronting questions about management, insurance and security costs.The market is scheduled to run once a month this summer, starting July 13, on a side lot adjacent to the Niskayuna Co-op Inc. where the store usually hosts its annual Chili Cook-Off.
  
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• Schodack neighbors moving forward with Amazon appeal

  13-03-2019 16:49 via timesunion.com
  SCHODACK - The Schodack neighborhood association that has been pushing for a more thorough environmental review of a one-million-square-foot Amazon warehouse proposed for Route 9 is moving forward with an appeal after its original lawsuit against the town was dismissed in January.
  
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• Waterford man charged with rape

  13-03-2019 16:39 via timesunion.com
  A 37-year-old Waterford man faces several felony sex-crime charges involving a teenager, State Police said.Jessie R. Mayeaux Jr. was charged with rape, criminal sex act and disseminating indecent material to a minor, all felonies.
  
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• Troy police hold man after faceoff with ambulance

  13-03-2019 16:13 via timesunion.com
  TROY – A man was held for psychiatric evaluation Tuesday night after he apparently attempted to get himself run over by an ambulance, police said Wednesday.
  
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• Gloversville police seeking info about missing teen

  13-03-2019 16:12 via timesunion.com
  GLOVERSVILLE — City police are asking for the public's help as they attempt to locate a 15-year-old who hasn't been in contact with his family since the end of February.Michael S. Bates III was reported missing on Feb. 18th by members of his immediate family, but remained in contact with several of them until the end of the month, Gloversville police said.Bates has been known to frequent the city as well as Amsterdam. Anyone with information about the teenager's whereabouts is asked to con
  
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• BYO Jar: First 'Zero-Waste' Grocery Store Opens in NYC

  13-03-2019 16:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Imagine a grocery store where nothing is packaged in plastic and you can take the exact amount that you want of a product -- in your own takeaway jar.
  
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• Warrant Wednesday: Troopers hunt for eight fugitives

  13-03-2019 15:59 via timesunion.com
  Suspects accused of forging checks, stealing alcohol, and driving while intoxicated are among the people State Police say they are searching for as part of their Warrant Wednesday effort to enlist the public's help finding fugitives.
  
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• Hundreds Wait in Line for New Japanese Dollar Store Daiso

  13-03-2019 15:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The popular Japanese dollar store Daiso opened its first East Coast location over the weekend.Photo Credit: Natalie Chinn
  
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• Holy Land USA Could Soon Rise From Ruin in Waterbury, Conn.

  13-03-2019 14:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An illuminated cross - 56 feet tall - high above the Interstate 84 in Waterbury can be seen from miles away. To some, it is a symbol of faith as well as a sign of what may be to come.High atop Pine Hill,...Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut/DroneRanger
  
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• Baby Goat Spotted Running Along Gowanus Expressway

  13-03-2019 14:42 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A baby goat -- or maybe a lamb -- was spotted running loose on the Gowanus Expressway during rush hour Wednesday morning.Photo Credit: @jamesh173/TwitterThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Assembly, Senate reject Cuomo's limo protections prompted by deadly crash

  13-03-2019 14:39 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Both the state Senate and the Assembly have rejected Gov. Andrew Cuomo's sweeping proposals to dramatically increase oversight of the state's limousine industry following the tragic Oct. 6 limousine crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people.Budget bills released Monday by the Senate and Assembly gutted every new safeguard proposed by Cuomo - although legislators did keep intact a new $120 inspection fee for the largest stretch limos.
  
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• Empire State Plaza gym to open next month

  13-03-2019 14:36 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — State workers and elected officials who need to burn calories on something other than stairs will be able to sweat at a new Retro Fitness gym slated to open in the Empire State Plaza concourse next month.The state Office of General Services said that starting Wednesday, representatives from the national fitness chain will be on the concourse from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day providing information about the gym and selling memberships, including discounted introductory memberships fo
  
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• NY Man, His Dog Leap Into Icy Water to Save 2 Dogs That Fell

  13-03-2019 14:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man and his dog jumped into a frozen reservoir to save two other dogs that had fallen through the ice in a heroic rescue that was caught on video.Photo Credit: Michelle Kho
  
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