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Thursday, May 09, 2013  As the case against the man accused of holding three women prisoners against their will in his Cleveland home for a decade awaits grand jury action, details unravel in the case, with strings attached to one of his sons, a newspaper article, and even Western New York.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  A Cleveland man has been arraigned on charges of rape and kidnapping days after three women missing for about a decade were found alive at his home.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Lawyers for an upstate New York water park where hundreds of visitors were sickened during a viral outbreak in 2008 have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Cleveland's police chief says the three women held captive in a house for nearly a decade were restrained with ropes and chains and allowed out into the back yard occasionally.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  It was 5:30 a.m. on Thursday April 18th when, inside a darkened barracks, a loud whistle blew.  As the lights turned on, 16 men yelling at the top of their lungs jump out of their beds and lined up at attention in their underwear. This is part of a daily routine at the Monterey Shock Incarceration Facility in a remote part of Schuyler County, about 15 miles away from the City of Corning.

Monday, April 22, 2013  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under pressure from local government officials, says he will join their discussion to address the fiscal crisis facing cities, counties and their taxpayers.

Friday, April 19, 2013  The second suspect in the marathon bombings who has been on the run, is alive and has been captured.

Friday, April 19, 2013  The Syracuse Police says it has arrested a man and a woman for a strong arm robbery that happened on Butternut Street on Thursday morning

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A federal trial date is set for the child pornography charges against the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  State officials say it will cost tens of thousands of dollars to repair damage to the grass in a downtown Albany park where opponents of New York's gun-control law held a large rally outside the Capitol.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Officials have permitted us to release photos of David Renz, 29, on Thursday, giving the public its first look at the man accused of killing a Liverpool school librarian and raping a child in Clay last Friday.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  An intense search is underway on Verplank Road in the Town of Clay where Lori Bresnahan was murdered Thursday night. Police have been searching the area on and off since the murder, but neighbors say Monday’s search is the most intense it has been. About 45 officials are going side-by-side through the area.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Officials at the New York Northern Probation Department say they believe rape and murder suspect David Renz was able to take apart and reconstruct his monitoring ankle bracket before the attack in Clay on Thursday night. A Federal judge previously acknowledged having concerns about Renz’s technological skills.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Officials say they have located escaped sex offender Shane Jacobs in South Dakota. Jacobs' GPS tracking bracelet was found near the Trumansburg School District campus in Tompkins County last week.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Federal prosecutors are looking at the transcript of the hearing that set David Renz free despite child pornography charges.