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Wednesday, November 28, 2012  A northeast Ohio man accused of making fun of a young girl with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to a month in jail.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Thanksgiving travelers who have yet to rent a car in the Northeast are out of luck: Superstorm Sandy has created a shortage.

Monday, November 05, 2012  Amtrak will provide Acela Express and Northeast Regional service on the Northeast Corridor between Boston, New York City and Washington with reduced frequencies on Monday.

Sunday, October 28, 2012  Amtrak has cancelled nearly all northeast corridor services for Monday, October 29th in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  No surprise for Northeast residents sweating out the summer after a winter barely touching their snow shovels: this is the hottest year on record in the region so far.

Friday, July 20, 2012  The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University says the first half of 2012 was abnormally dry for the Northeast, except for Maine.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Anxious farmers across fruit-growing regions in the Great Lakes and Northeast are keeping misters, smudge pots and even helicopters in their arsenals as a cold front approaches from Canada.

Monday, February 27, 2012  UPDATE: One student was killed and four were injured when a shooter described as a classmate opened fire at an Ohio high school.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  Climate experts at Cornell University have made their annual predictions about the probability of a white Christmas, while noting that December is shaping up as the 12th month in a row of above-normal temperatures in the Northeast.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  Advocates who want to keep the natural-gas drilling industry out of New York state are sending clean water to a northeastern Pennsylvania village.

Monday, November 14, 2011  You may hear sirens near the nuclear power plants in Oswego County this week. But don't be alarmed, it's just a test.

Monday, October 31, 2011  The number of homes and businesses without power on the East Coast stands at more than 3.1 million after an unusually early snowstorm.

Thursday, October 27, 2011  The Ithaca City School District is letting individual schools decide whether to hold Halloween celebrations, and some schools have decided not to.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  Two local schools are being honored as this year's recipients of the National Blue Ribbon award.

Wednesday, September 07, 2011  A lot has changed for the Rome center since 9/11. It is now know as the Eastern Air Defense Sector and now monitors all air traffic east of the Mississippi River as well as over the Atlantic Ocean. The old analog radar screens are gone, replaced by state of the art digital radar. Partnerships between different agencies have also seen an upgrade.