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Monday, April 15, 2013  Two firefighters are set to be memorialized with signs where they were gunned down by a sniper in western New York last year.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  There have been two high-profile incidents recently where firefighters have been targeted by gunmen. Are firefighters at risk while trying to help the rest of us?

Thursday, April 11, 2013  The memory of West Webster volunteer firefighters Lieutenant Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka will continue to live on in the community they served and beyond.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Authorities in northwest Georgia say a barricaded man is holding five firefighters hostage.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A New York woman has been indicted on a charge she lied on a form while buying two guns that authorities say a neighbor used two years later to ambush and kill firefighters.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A New York college student has pleaded not guilty to charges she bought guns for a neighbor who later ambushed firefighters at his burning home Christmas Eve.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A New York college student faces arraignment on charges she bought guns for her neighbor, who later ambushed firefighters arriving at his burning home Christmas Eve.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  A Webster firefighter who survived a Christmas Eve shooting ambush that left two colleagues dead is visiting the nation's capital.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Two Webster firefighters shot on Christmas Eve are sharing their memories of a frightening day.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  The two Rochester-area firefighters who survived the Christmas Eve shooting the claimed the lives of two comrades are speaking publicly about the incident for the first time.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be the next commander of the New York Army National Guard's Syracuse-based 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The National Rifle Association released an iPhone and iPad app called "NRA: Practice Range" that is rated ages 4+.

Monday, January 14, 2013  People familiar with the internal negotiations say New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have a tentative deal to enact the nation's first gun control measure following the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  An upstate New York woman charged in connection with two guns used in a former neighbor's deadly Christmas Eve ambush of firefighters has pleaded not guilty to a state charge of filing a falsified business record.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The official total from Ithaca’s gun buyback program Saturday stands at 60, but it’s expected to go much higher on Monday afternoon when Ithaca Police and the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Department announce the final results.