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Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Police have surrounded a house in northern New York while searching for a person believed to have opened fire on two others, possibly in retribution for a botched kidnapping.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  A suburban Rochester businessman has been sentenced to three years' probation, fined $4,000 and ordered to pay twice that in restitution for selling counterfeit merchandise at his North Country stores.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A northern New York man has been put on probation for lying about time he supposedly spent on patrol for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Monday, June 18, 2012  The state Department of Environmental Conservation has been holding roundups at the Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area near Massena for more than 35 years.

Friday, March 30, 2012  An explosion and fire at an Alcoa Inc. plant in northern New York has damaged an aluminum melting furnace but caused no injuries.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Authorities say several Amish adults and children have been taken to a hospital after their horse-drawn buggy was involved in a collision with a FedEx truck on a northern New York road.

Thursday, February 02, 2012  The Syracuse police officer involved in a shooting last month was justified in shooting a man. That's according to an Onondaga County Grand Jury.

Monday, January 23, 2012  Kids say the darndest things, especially when daddy is trying to hide from the cops.

Thursday, December 29, 2011  Two Syracuse residents are facing charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman during a fight Tuesday night.

Friday, December 16, 2011  Police have released the name of a man shot and killed by an officer.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  A state Supreme Court judge has awarded $2.3 million in damages to the victim of a savage knife attack and genital mutilation.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  Authorities say a northern New York man who had recent run-ins with police apparently committed suicide as officers closed in on him following reports that he had fired a shotgun.

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.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  Authorities say vandals have toppled more than 60 headstones at a northern New York cemetery, causing damage to dozens of the markers.

Friday, May 20, 2011  The state DEC made quite a discovery inside a syracuse home Friday morning.