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Yesterday at 12:00 AM  Tonight more than one hundred family and friends gathered for a funeral at the Auburn United Methodist Church. In his second tour of duty Staff Sgt. Francis Phillips was killed in Afghanistan when an IED bomb exploded on May 4th killing him and four others.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  New York Senate Republicans say Monday's murder conviction of a Philadelphia abortion doctor bolsters their opposition in Albany to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion proposal.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The public will have a chance to pay their respects to a local soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frank Phillips Jr. is proud of his grandson, Staff Sgt. Francis Phillips IV, who died in Afghanistan over the weekend.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A Clay man is accused of breaking into a home and stealing several items including two lawn mowers.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  An Oswego County man is under arrest after police say he raped a family member.

Sunday, March 17, 2013  A truck driver from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is dead after his tractor trailer hit a guardrail on State Route 26 in the Town of Lee on Friday, March 15 at about 1:30 pm.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A month after a Carnival cruise ship was stranded for five days in the Gulf of Mexico, another of its cruise ships is reporting equipment problems in the Caribbean.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Skidmore President Philip Glotzbach says the college's campus security office conducted an investigation and has turned the results over to Saratoga Springs police and the Saratoga County District Attorney's Office.

Friday, February 22, 2013  As tempting as it may be right now that some additive or gadget that will increase fuel efficiency, automotive experts say: don't fall for it. Philip Reed at Edmunds.com says the old ways are still the most effective ways to increase fuel efficiency namely, adjusting your driving habits like letting off the accelerator.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Floyd is a small and quiet town just outside of Rome. Tuesday morning, two brothers driving together to Holland Patent High School spun into the oncoming lane.

Friday, February 15, 2013  Parents and staff of the Holland Patent School District are at odds with the Superintendent’s decision not to cancel school after the death of 16-year-old student Anusha Yagey

Saturday, January 26, 2013  The Syracuse men’s basketball team takes their perfect Big East record on the road to Philadelphia to face a feisty Villanova Wildcats team who is fresh off a victory over then-number 5 Louisville.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Phil Burkart Sr., a champion drag racer and high performance racing automotive machinist, died Thursday evening at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Utica.

Friday, January 25, 2013  A video of a naked man climbing on a Philadelphia bus is going viral.