SANBORN, N.Y. - SANBORN, N.Y. (AP) — A high school student has become Niagara County's second confirmed fatality connected to the swine flu. County health officials said Wednesday that the 10th-grader at Niagara Wheatfield Senior High School died Monday night. Spokeswoman ...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai has been arrested and jailed for stealing a car and driving drunk, police said on Tuesday, after he finished 10th in a skating competition in upstate New York.
Lutai, 23, who finished ...Read More
Editor's note: David Frum, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was a special assistant to President George W. Bush in 2001-2002. He is the author of six books, including "Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again," and the editor of ...Read More
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Grassroots conservative opposition to Republican-endorsed candidates doesn't pose any threat to the party, the U.S. Senate minority leader says. Sen. Mitch McConnell, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," said moves by populist activists to organize opposition to ...Read More
In a Republican Party hoping to rebound in 2010 on the strength of a newly energized and ideologically aroused conservative grass roots, Sarah Palin's influence is now unparalleled. She was the one who popularized the notion that Democrats advocated "death ...Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says there are about 8,600 homeless military veterans in upstate New York. The New York Democrat says that homelessness and mental health programs for veterans are starved for funding and aren't ...Read More
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. - Police say a carpenter who brought a shotgun to an upstate New York middle school and held a principal hostage for more than two hours was upset by the treatment of US soldiers. The court complaint against ...Read More
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Police say a former student sneaked a disassembled shotgun into an upstate New York middle school, put the gun together in a bathroom and held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without ...Read More
[+] EnlargeNBAP/NBAE/Getty ImagesAl Cervi (center) was an NBA scoring champ before coaching Syracuse to the 1955 title.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Al Cervi, a pro basketball star who coached the Syracuse Nationals to the 1955 NBA championship, has died in upstate New ...Read More
A Republican upstate New York lawmaker has resigned from her state legislative leadership position more than a week after pulling out of a special congressional election and endorsing a Democrat in the race. Republican Assembly minority leader Brian Kolb says Dierdre ...Read More
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