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Thursday, March 07, 2013  Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy says it's time for Congress to take steps to reduce gun violence.

Monday, January 07, 2013  A Vermont woman will spend three years on probation for embezzling money from the Utica post office.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  Hundreds of thousands of workers are set to get a pay raise to start 2013, as 10 states increase their minimum wage.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Tops Friendly Markets acquires Big M's in Mexico, Elbridge and Jordan.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A general who served two tours in Iraq and was garrison commander at the U.S. Army's Fort Drum has been named to command New York's Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division.

Monday, September 10, 2012  State police say a 35-year-old Vermont man was drunk when he drove nearly 100 miles in the wrong direction after leaving a concert in Albany.

Friday, August 17, 2012  Authorities say two U.S. defense department contractors aboard a small plane that crashed in a remote Adirondacks lake have been rescued unhurt by helicopters involved in the military exercise they were helping coordinate.

Friday, July 20, 2012  Upstate New York-based Tops Friendly Markets says it has agreed to acquire 20 Grand Union stores and one Bryant's supermarket from GU Markets, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  A local gay couple who was married in Vermont two years ago explains why they feel God would approve of their relationship.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  This was “one of those storms” that evokes memories. Where were you when this happened?

Saturday, March 20, 2010  Five years ago Vermont shocked Syracuse in overtime in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Catamounts never had a chance to duplicate that amazing moment.

Monday, December 28, 2009  Controlled explosions have brought down the Lake Champlain Bridge between New York and Vermont.