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Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A celebration Mass will be held in thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI at 12:10pm in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse on Thursday, February 28, the Pope’s last official day before his resignation.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Bishop Robert Cunningham told reporters Monday morning that Pope Benedict's retirement was "an act of courage on his part to recognize his physical abilities are declining."

Friday, March 09, 2012  School officials in the Adirondack resort town of Lake Placid are apologizing after a spammer linked to pornography sites from the district's new Twitter page.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  The Skaneatleles School Board named Joseph Sindoni, one of Green's assistants, as Interim Head Coach for the rest of the school year.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  The Skaneateles School Board will meet tonight and discuss the resignation of head football coach Tim Green.

Friday, October 21, 2011  The Utica Symphony Orchestra has been silenced in its 100th year amid debt, staff cuts and the resignation of its longtime conductor.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  Officials in the Town of Granby have a hole to fill after their town clerk resigned over her opposition to gay marriage.

Monday, July 18, 2011  Granby Town Clerk Ruth Sheldon tells CNY Central's Jim Kenyon that her resignation is based "on my religious convictions."

Tuesday, July 12, 2011  A town clerk in upstate New York says she's resigning over her religious opposition to gay marriage.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011  A former porn actress who said she exchanged emails and messages over Twitter with New York Rep. Anthony Weiner said Wednesday that he asked her to lie about their online communications.

Thursday, June 09, 2011  Embattled New York Rep. Anthony Weiner's prospects for political survival dimmed precipitously on Wednesday with the appearance on the Internet of an X-rated photo said to be of the congressman - and the first calls from fellow Democrats for him to step down.

Thursday, March 24, 2011  A decorated Onondaga County Sheriff's Deputy suddenly resigned last Friday after being confronted with allegations about off-duty conduct.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm between the Obama administration and the NAACP says that given the chance, she might consider returning to her old job at the Agriculture Department.

Monday, May 24, 2010  In an odd case of same name, different person, a man named "Gerry McNamara" resigned from his job with the State Department of Taxation and Finance after allegedly being discovered with cocaine at work.

Thursday, March 04, 2010  The top spokesman for Gov. David Paterson resigned Thursday, becoming the third key administration member to jump ship as the governor faces two misconduct investigations and increasing calls for him to quit.