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Thursday, September 13, 2012  A former central New York mail carrier has been sentenced to more than a year in prison and ordered to pay back the more than $325,000 in workers compensation funds she stole from the federal government.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  A Central New York mail carrier and her husband have admitted to making false statements in order for her to get more than $300,000 in federal workers compensation benefits.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012  The New York Times reports that the federal government has criticized the Cuomo administration for mishandling care for the developmentally disabled.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Senator Charles Schumer wants the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to clear a bureaucratic logjam and speed up the labeling approval process.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  Online poker players across the country have been dealt a losing hand.  The federal government has started cracking down on the three largest online poker websites for fraud.

Friday, April 08, 2011  President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have only hours to avert a midnight Friday government shutdown that they say would inconvenience millions of people and damage a still fragile economy.

Monday, November 29, 2010  President Barack Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees Monday, and warned the American public that the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to reduce the nation's mounting deficits.

Saturday, September 18, 2010  The federal government is picking up most of the tab for a $100,000 study into ways to keep wildlife from wandering onto a central New York airport where an airplane struck a deer on the runway.