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Friday, March 22, 2013  A published report says the Cuomo administration is getting a 12-seat luxury box at the Buffalo Bills' stadium as part of the $130 million deal to renovate the NFL venue.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The Buffalo Bills and Erie County plan to more than double the number of law enforcement officers on duty during game days as part of the team's recently negotiated 10-year, $271 million lease for Ralph Wilson Stadium.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Onondaga County may join a growing list of counties calling for repeal of the NY SAFE Act. Legislator Kevin Holmquist told reporters Friday that he will sponsor a resolution at the Onondaga County Legislature's session on March 5 calling upon the New York State Legislature to repeal the state's newest set of gun control laws.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  State police say a 52-year-old driver who wound up in a ditch while drunk had been charged with drunken driving 18 hours earlier on the same day in western New York.

Monday, November 12, 2012  A funeral service is scheduled Monday for one of three U.S. Army Reservists from upstate New York killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.

Monday, October 22, 2012  A Baldwinsville woman was killed in a two car crash Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Route 20 and Warner Road in Darien, according to The Buffalo News.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  Primary voters are going to the polls in New York, where controversy over legalization of gay marriage last year and an unusual number of vacancies has upped the stakes.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Controversy continues to swirl around racy online political ads that condemn same sex marriage.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Mayor Stephanie A. Miner is calling on New York Republican leaders to join her in condemning a direct mail piece sent by the Committee to Save the Erie County Republican Party.

Friday, June 15, 2012  WGRZ-TV in Buffalo reports that Doctor Timothy Jorden has been found dead in the woods behind his suburban Buffalo home.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Authorities in western New York say a 20-year-old man thought he was sleeping on his friend's couch when state troopers woke him up over the weekend.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Workers replacing utility lines on one of the University at Buffalo's campuses have uncovered the remains of about 50 people who were buried more than a century ago in a cemetery for the poor.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  The Buffalo Police Department has launched an internal investigation into how its officers handled a 10-year-old boy's reports of abuse a year before he was found beaten to death in his family's basement.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  Call for a review of shelter and adoption policies statewide

Thursday, April 14, 2011  Authorities say they've removed dozens of animals from a western New York home where officials say the feces was so deep the cats and dogs had to burrow through the waste to move around.