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Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A judge has ordered New York state to pay $3.5 million to the estate of an Air Force retiree who was killed eight years ago when his car plunged off a snowy interstate highway overpass in Syracuse.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A new report says dozens of weight loss and immune-boosting supplements on store shelved are making illegal claims that they cure or treat disease.

Friday, September 21, 2012  The New York labor department reports the statewide unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent in August even as its payroll survey shows 3,300 private sector jobs added to the economy.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office has settled an investigation for $18 million into seven years of overcharges by a food company serving 39 school and public lunch programs statewide.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  A person familiar with the probe says New York officials are investigating health claims and other marketing by energy drink makers.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  A judge has ruled that the state must pay a Syracuse man more than $1 million because he was assaulted by a trooper during a traffic stop on an upstate road nearly 11 years ago.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Bobby Davis' lawyer says the report issued last week by a special committee failed to criticize that 2005 probe as biased because it was conducted by the university's longtime law firm.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca will pay more than $3 million to settle claims that it submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  After serving nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Daniel Gristwood is back in court in Syracuse seeking damages for a wrongful conviction.

Monday, August 29, 2011  State officials are urging New Yorkers to take pictures or video of damage from Tropical Storm Irene to prepare to make insurance claims.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  The Oneida Nation has filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court asking the court to hear an appeal of a case between the Oneidas and Madison County.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  40-year-old Scott Wood, of Liverpool, is accused of stealing $44,900 that should have been paid as part of an insurance settlement to a St. Lawrence County man whose home was destroyed by fire in 2009.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  38-year-old Valerie Henry is accused of filing a fraudulent insurance claim after purportedly losing two diamond rings.

Monday, November 22, 2010  Gov. David Paterson is expected to announce a land claim settlement with a Wisconsin tribe that could lead to a long-awaited Indian casino in the Catskills - though the deal faces federal scrutiny and likely legal challenges.

Friday, October 15, 2010  A state Court of Claims judge says the state is partly liable for a 1999 crash blamed in part on a road defect along the Onondaga Lake Parkway near Syracuse.