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Sunday, April 28, 2013  The House Intelligence Committee chairman says Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people is troubling but adds that he is also worried about those weapons falling into the wrong hands after President Bashar Assad is driven from power.

Monday, February 25, 2013  A painting given to William H. Seward before he became Abraham Lincoln's secretary of state is being put up for sale.

Friday, November 30, 2012  A northern New York village's Civil War monument is back in place after a year-long restoration project.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  A traveling exhibit of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, handwritten by Abraham Lincoln, is in Syracuse Thursday. It is the only surviving copy in Lincoln’s handwriting.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Two shipwreck enthusiasts from the Rochester area say they have found a Civil War-era steamship that was intentionally sunk in spectacular fashion in one of New York's Finger Lakes more than a century ago.

Monday, April 02, 2012  An upstate New York museum is unveiling a new exhibit of photographic images of the Civil War.

Monday, January 23, 2012  U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has assured him that she is "doing all she can" to find out about the apparent arrest of an American in Syria.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Civil War flags and other artifacts from New York's military past are on display in a newly opened exhibit at the state Capitol.

Monday, May 30, 2011  The nation marked Memorial Day today with parades, picnics, backyard barbecues and solemn services

Sunday, April 17, 2011  Daily updates from 'the front' by CNY soldiers

Friday, April 15, 2011  It will certainly be a chilly Friday night for the folks who are camping out at Fort Ontario this weekend to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the civil war.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  Cannons are booming around Charleston Harbor today, to recreate the bombardment of Fort Sumter that plunged the nation into the Civil War on April 12, 1861.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  A Central New York town plans to erect a statue of Dr. Mary Walker, a Civil War surgeon who is the only woman awarded a Medal of Honor.

Thursday, December 02, 2010  An upstate city has received a $150,000 grant from the state to restore its monument honoring northern New Yorkers who fought and died in the Civil War.