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Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The Supreme Court is wrestling with the fate of a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  A former Tioga County jail guard who was caught on tape beating a prisoner has been sentenced to six months in federal prison.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Voting rights groups are concerned about potential problems at the polls in key states.

Friday, August 10, 2012  A former upstate New York jail official who was caught on video assaulting an inmate cuffed to a bench has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  A former upstate New York jail official who was caught on video assaulting an inmate cuffed to bench has been indicted in federal court.

Monday, May 07, 2012  A year after New York lawmakers legalized gay marriage, the next civil rights debate in Albany takes on discrimination against transgender New Yorkers.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  A Skaneateles High School student/athlete is making a claim of racial discrimination for being left off the basketball team.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is set to announce an enforcement initiative to protect the religious rights of increasingly diverse New Yorkers at work and elsewhere.

Friday, September 09, 2011  Four months after the Syracuse Police Department installed surviellance cameras on the Near West Side, neighbors are still debating if the cameras are stopping crime or invading their privacy.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  Prosecutors have dismissed a criminal charge against an upstate New York woman arrested in her front yard while videotaping police making a traffic stop.

Monday, May 16, 2011  The chairman of New York's Independence Party says he's personally supporting the legalization of gay marriage.

Friday, January 28, 2011  The Syracuse University's women's basketball team and its coach are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education after a sexual harassment complaint by a former player.