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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  A 23-year-old northern New York man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for trying to smuggle marijuana across the border with Canada.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Melissa Dager was living a double life. To her family and friends, she appeared to be a normal middle-aged working wife and mother of two children. But at night, Dager says she would leave her home and feed her habit with other meth addicts.

Monday, June 04, 2012  The ex-convict known for filing thousands of legal claims involving celebrities and athletes has tried to wedge his way into the Laurie Fine lawsuit against ESPN.

Friday, April 06, 2012  A man from South Carolina has been sentenced for kidnapping a woman and leaving her tied up in a Weedsport hotel.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  A former coach for a northern New York school district has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for attempting to entice an underage girl into having sex with him.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  A former Connecticut student-teacher was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Thursday.

Monday, July 18, 2011  Rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison for failing to file income tax returns, and said a combination of youthful inexperience, bad advice and an inability to manage fame and fortune lead to his financial troubles.