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1 hour, 20 minutes ago  Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have a deal to authorize four upstate New York casinos that would drive jobs and tourism to the long economically distressed area.

Today at 8:27 AM  A senior Cuomo administration official says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck a late night deal to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow votes on 10 separate women's rights bills including an abortion proposal that appeared to have been blocked in the Senate.

Today at 7:55 AM  Federal authorities have fired and demoted U.S. probation officers in the monitoring of a man charged with killing Liverpool librarian Lori Bresnahan raping a 10-year-old girl during a carjacking at Great Northern Mall in Clay.

Yesterday at 11:26 PM  The 31st annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge drew a near-record crowd of 7,589 runners and walkers from 289 Central New York companies Tuesday evening.

Yesterday at 9:11 PM  The Republican-led House has passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill, giving conservatives a claim to progress in their campaign against legal abortions and Democrats another reason to claim that the Republican agenda is anti-women.

Yesterday at 4:06 PM  The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says two deputies are being hailed as heroes for saving the life of a suicidal woman who had threatened to jump off the gorge at the Chittenango Falls State Park in Cazenovia.

Yesterday at 3:34 PM  A near record crowd of runners are expected at Tuesday’s J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge at Onondaga Lake Park and security measures have been tightened.

Yesterday at 12:24 PM  To celebrate CNY Central’s Facebook page hitting 40,000 likes, Lisa Spitz and Peter Hall held a dance off on ‘Today in Central New York.’

Yesterday at 11:47 AM  Central New York will be swinging to the sweet sounds of jazz music this 4th of July, as Jazz Fest returns to Jamesville Beach.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Central and Northern New York are running out of new phone numbers and will need a new area code by the first quarter of 2015.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Criminals caught in one pocket of northeast Ohio are likely headed for public embarrassment at the hands of a small-town police chief and his many Facebook fans.

Monday, June 17, 2013  A Mexico man is accused of having a sexual relationship with a girl under the age of 15.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Authorities have released the name of the 23-month-old girl who drowned in a creek during a family outing in the Washington Mills Athletic Park.

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Authorities are investigating what made six U.S. border patrol officers to become ill while inspecting a vehicle at a border crossing in northern New York.

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Land would be donated in Emerson Park, money from contest would build the park