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Wednesday, February 01, 2012  A former town supervisor is being accused of intentionally damaging the audio equipment of a political rival.

Saturday, January 07, 2012  Tractor trailer carrying garbage spills its load

Friday, November 04, 2011  Authorities say one of the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 outside Binghamton has reopened after a tractor-trailer hauling doughnuts overturned, spilling the baked goods across the highway.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  A 25-year-old trucker is dead after a tractor-trailer hauling milk swerved off a southwestern New York highway.

Monday, October 03, 2011  UPDATE: Erie Street is now back to traffic in Oswego following an oil spill this morning.

Friday, September 23, 2011  Three days after a massive gasoline spill, the street where it happened is finally back open.

Friday, September 23, 2011  The Cayuga County Health Department told CNY Central that laboratory results from the six sampled residential water wells in Aurelius showed no traces of gasoline or its components.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  UPDATE: An evacuation order has been lifted after a gas line rupture in Cayuga County.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  One lane of Interstate 481 southbound is back open now at Kirkville Road west due to a crash and fuel spill.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  All lanes are back open on Route 481 Northbound following a crash on the highway in DeWitt.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state's retirement fund will be a lead plaintiff in the class-action federal suit by investors against BP over the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010  First, we broke down what we thought were the top local stories of 2010. Now we're compiling a list of the top 10 stoires that we think grabbed the world's attention the most. These are in no specific order. Do you agree?

Tuesday, September 07, 2010  With efforts in the Gulf of Mexico to permanently kill-or more specifically- “bottom kill” the Deepwater Horizon well that caused the world’s largest accidental oil spill in history, I thought it might be interesting to investigate how much of that oil will eventually be broken down-naturally.

Thursday, August 26, 2010  They found that a 22 mile long, 650 foot high pocket of oil has remained unchanged at a depth of 3600 feet.

Friday, August 13, 2010  I am sure we have all heard by about the terrible effects the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already caused. Below, you will find the second in a series of fact sheets about the environmental impacts of the Gulf oil spill, Effects on Invertebrates.