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1 hour, 3 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.

1 hour, 17 minutes ago  Efforts to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York have foundered again with the state Assembly's Democratic leaders refusing to allow a vote on the measure.

1 hour, 31 minutes ago  A Utica man is accused sexual offenses involving a child in the city of Utica earlier this month.

2 hours, 14 minutes ago  Four Georgia men are accused of forging and cashing counterfeit checks from Central New York businesses, stealing upwards of tens of thousands of dollars.

2 hours, 55 minutes ago  Lots of ideas for the first weekend of summer!

Today at 10:06 AM  Some New York lawmakers are pushing to prohibit using cash welfare benefits to pay for tobacco, alcohol, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Today at 8:35 AM  A teenager missing for eleven days prompts investigators to ask for the community's help in the search. Your help is needed to find Nahkeem Davis, 15, of the Town of Salina, missing since June 1.

Today at 8:32 AM  Authorities say one of two men who eluded police after a chase and shooting in Geneva has been captured in New York City.

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.

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Today at 8:14 AM  State police say they've been able to verify which of two men was driving a car that crashed and caught fire last weekend in central New York, killing both men and injuring a third.

Today at 8:09 AM  A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse home.

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 10:37 PM  New Hartford police arrested a man after he cashed in lottery tickets stolen from the Byrne Dairy in the Village of New Hartford.