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Monday, April 15, 2013  Boston Police say at least three people are dead in the explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.

Friday, March 29, 2013  Two residents in the Town of Cortlandville are arrested for animal abuse.

Monday, March 18, 2013  State police say the man who fatally shot four people in two upstate New York villages had no money, no job and was maxed out on his credit cards.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Champ continues to recover from leg amputation surgery and is the happiest he's been since arriving at a local animal shelter.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Champ, the stray dog that was shot in Cortland County, has made it through leg amputation surgery at the Groton City Animal Hospital.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Six elementary school students were injured in a school bus accident in Oswego Monday morning.

Friday, March 01, 2013  The owners of Champ, an injured dog found in Homer, have been arrested for torturing and injuring animals.

Friday, February 15, 2013  A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out windows injuring hundreds of people and sending fragments falling to the ground in the Ural Mountains. Here's a look at those objects in the sky:

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  A patient is killed and three are wounded in a North Carolina hospital explosion.

Friday, October 05, 2012  At least five people, including three firefighters, were reported injured after a house fire in Cicero late Thursday night.

Sunday, September 23, 2012  Syracuse Police now say a homeless woman, found seriously injured, has died of her injuries.

Friday, August 31, 2012  One man was shot and injured after a shootout Thursday night with deputies in the Chenango County town of Pitcher, about halfway between the cities of Norwich and Cortland.

Monday, August 27, 2012  Syracuse Police say 35-year-old LaTorrie Phillips of Marguerite Avenue in the city was charged with Assault and Criminal Possession of a weapon.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  By September new research on human patients will begin at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the only trial of its kind in the world.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A 33-year-old Glens Falls man admits he broke his girlfriend's 7-week-old baby's leg by yanking on it.