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Thursday, April 25, 2013  New York officials have unveiled a new system that will allow cellphone users across the state to receive free, automatic Amber Alert notifications.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Authorities in eastern New York have issued an Amber Alert for a father they say took his child from daycare after a physical fight with the mother.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Authorities have charged three 18-year-olds from Maryland with trying to take an upstate New York teenage girl back home with them after one of the men met her online.

Monday, March 26, 2012  A Missing Child Alert was issued Monday afternoon for 17-year-old Larie Butler of Rochester.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for a New Jersey man wanted for questioning in the murder of his ex-wife and abduction of their two children.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  Police have cancelled an Amber Alert

Monday, October 24, 2011  The "Missing Adult Alerts" system, similar to the nationwide Amber Alert program, will help local law enforcement notify the public when a cognitively impaired New Yorker goes missing.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a law creating a statewide alert system for Alzheimer's patients and other vulnerable adults who wander off and get lost.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  Matthew Slocum taken into custody in New Hampshire.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011  State Police are looking for a suspect after a suspicious fire killed three family members in rural upstate New York.

Friday, June 17, 2011  Missing vulnerable adults such as people with Alzheimer's Disease will get some help under legislation passed by the state Assembly and Senate and sent on to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Thursday, January 06, 2011  Child endangerment charges have been filed against the mother of a 3-year-old upstate New York boy and a man accused of taking him to suburban Rochester without her permission.

Saturday, July 03, 2010  A 5-month-old baby who police said was taken from a New York foster home by her biological parents has been found in Tennessee and the parents have been arrested.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  A registered sex offender prosecutors say was behind a bogus amber alert a few years ago is under arrest again.

Thursday, April 08, 2010  Gov. David Paterson has proposed a bill to expand New York's AMBER-alert system to Alzheimer's sufferers and certain other adults.