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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  A 21-year-old upstate New York man who admitted shooting another man to death after a drug-related robbery has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Authorities say a New York motorist has been charged with drunken driving and manslaughter after she fatally struck a visiting Chinese woman walking along an upstate road.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Authorities say a 43-year-old old upstate New York woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her 8-year-old grandson.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A 41-year-old upstate New York man has admitted stabbing his estranged wife's boyfriend to death during a domestic dispute.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A western New York woman who admitted setting the fire that killed four of her children is due back in court for sentencing

Monday, December 10, 2012  A western New York man has been charged in connection with the death of his mother, whose body was found in the woods this fall.

Friday, December 07, 2012  A western New York woman has pleaded guilty in the deaths of four of her children who died in a blaze started when she set fire to pictures of her boyfriend inside the family's home.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A Carthage woman is under arrest for manslaughter in connection with the death of a six month old female child.

Friday, November 30, 2012  The man who killed 11 year old Erin Maxwell is now back in state prison.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  Alan Jones, who was convicted of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, was given the maximum sentence of 5 to 15 years Wednesday morning for the reduced charge of manslaughter in Oswego County Court.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  Alan Jones, who was accused of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, was released from prision on Tuesday and is being moved back to Oswego County.

Friday, November 09, 2012  The Oswego County District Attorney, as well as concerned neighbors, expressed discontent with an appellate court's decision to reduce Alan Jones's conviction to second degree manslaughter for the murder of Erin Maxwell.

Friday, November 09, 2012  The murder conviction of Alan Jones, who was accused of killing his stepsister Erin Maxwell in 2008, has been reduced to a lesser charge by a State Appellate Division Panel in Rochester.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A 19-year-old central New York man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing another man in 2010.

Friday, September 28, 2012  Horse meat is not something New Yorkers are accustomed to eating, but it will soon be added to the menu at the M. Wells Diner in Queens.