Healthy, rested Ryan Crouser breaks state shot put record at Nike Track Nationals

06/26/11 Ryan Crouser got a chance to re-play his state meet at Hayward Field and brought more of his power and skill with him.

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Reviving the railroad

06/26/11 An unlikely savior wants to bring a Benton County shortline back from the brink

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Lady Gaga Invoked At Last Night's Gay Marriage Assembly Vote

06/16/11 Mayor Bloomberg went to Albany today to persuade Senate Republicans to bring Andrew Cuomo's Marriage Equality Bill , which passed in the Assembly again last night, to a vote. And he left his 45-minute meeting hopeful that the measure will soon pass in the Senate with more than a "bare majority." Still the vote has yet to be scheduled, partially due to the ongoing rent regulation dispute ...

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Cuomo will keep NY Legislature late over rent law

06/16/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the Senate's failure to renew the New York City rent control law before it expired Wednesday night is "unacceptable." The Democrat is threatening Thursday to force the Legislature into special session beyond Monday's scheduled last day if no deal is struck. In a game of brinksmanship, the Senate's Democratic minority ...

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Bloomberg Pushes GOP Over Gay Marriage

06/16/11 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg swung through the state capitol of Albany to lobby for a crucial tie-break vote on same-sex marriage Thursday as Senate Republicans continued to agonize over whether to bring the issue to a pivotal public vote.

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Bloomberg: NY Rep. Weiner needed to end ordeal

06/16/11 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Rep. Anthony Weiner had to put an end to his sexting scandal because it had become a diversion from critical national issues.

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DAs Are All On Board For Auto Ins. Reform

06/16/11 Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. read more

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Author puts mid-valley under computer control

06/10/11 Corvallis, 2061. Maddie Freeman is 17 and has never seen a tree.

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College Track & Field Capsules: Demps, Tarmoh fail to reach NCAA 100 finals

06/09/11 Heat 1_1, q-Maurice Mitchell, Florida State, 10.16 seconds. 2, q-Terrell Wilks, Florida, 10.27. 3, Keenan Brock, Auburn, 10.36. 4, Clayton Vaughn, Texas-Arlington, 10.36. 5, Cordero Gray, Texas-Arlington, 10.38. 6, Keith Ricks, Virginia Tech, 10.51. 7, Aaron Brown, Southern Cal, 10.55. 8, Martynas Jurgilas, Kansas State, 10.63.

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Local Sports

06/08/11 572, Pittsburgh, Mike Nunez, RHP, Salmen HS, Slidell, La. 573, Seattle, Luke Guarnaccia, C, Palm Beach State College. 574, Arizona, J. Pulfer, 2B, Oregon.

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Why were some hit, others not?

06/03/11 The twisters that cleaved Western and Central Massachusetts may leave residents in this neighboring county wondering: how did they not hit us? Meteorologists say they're not able to determine why a tornado slams one area and passes over another.

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4 men, NJ firm charged with dumping asbestos in NY

06/03/11 Associated Press - June 3, 2011 1:54 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say a central New York farmer, a New Jersey demolition company, its owner and two other men dumped 30,000 tons...

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Stuck in traffic

06/03/11 Auckland Mayor Len Brown has promised some radical ideas to get the city moving again but the Government isn't convinced. Transport reporter Mathew Dearnaley examines the three big schemes on offer - and whether we're likely to...

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iFyber Scientists Publish Research On Antimicrobial Coatings In Leading Scientific Journal

06/03/11 iFyber researchers have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Advanced Functional Materials that reports the antimicrobial characteristics of copper coatings on fiber substrates designed for wound care products. The paper represents collaborative research between scientists at iFyber and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University of Albany. Aaron Strickland ...

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Today's "It's Your Turn" question...

06/03/11 Should New Albany Police officers be allowed to take their police vehicles home with them if they don't live in Floyd County? Why or why not?

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Bob Elliott's excellent adventure

06/03/11 Mike Medici is steering his silver 2007 Scion TC through the darkness with his left hand.

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Brawl between N.Y. Gov. Cuomo and teachers union shows evaluations are bipartisan issue

06/03/11 Over union objections, Democratic Gov. Cuomo demands test scores account for 40 percent of teacher evaluations.

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SM girls advance in NCS softball

06/02/11 San Marin defeated Analy (18-6), 3-1, Saturday to advance to the next round of the Division III North Coast Section softball playoffs.

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NY Gov. Cuomo releases unedited NY ethics forms

05/27/11 Associated Press - May 27, 2011 3:45 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ethics disclosure form shows he has more than $250,000 in the bank and more than $60,000 in interest...

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Beat The Odds Scholarships Presented

05/27/11 Standing in the historic courthouse in downtown Leesburg, a teary eyed Shelly Nguyen asked audience members to raise their hands if they had cleaned a toilet. Everyone's arms shot into the air. She then asked them to keep their hands raised if they enjoyed the process-everyone lowered their hands.

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