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ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. David Paterson , who is careful to hold back saying he will run for election in 2010 to the office thrust upon him by Eliot Spitzer 's disgrace, is launching a political Web site. The site, attributed to the Paterson for ...

WILLIAMS, Calif. (AP) _ Quintin Watts had a lengthy criminal record, a history of substance abuse and a string of motor vehicle offenses. Even his mother says he wasn't a good driver. Yet on Sunday he was behind the wheel of a busload of senior ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ The bus that crashed and killed eight people on a Northern California road was driven by a man who wasn't properly licensed and owned by another man who had claimed to be the vehicle's only driver, state officials said ...

ALBANY — Members of a card gambling party escaped injury during a firefight early Saturday morning after gunfire was exchanged at an Albany home, police officials say. Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, police responded in emergency mode to a house on ...

ATLANTIC CITY - A New Jersey state agency has cleared the way to begin the long-anticipated bidding process for Bader Field, the 142-acre parcel of undeveloped land that sits a half-mile from the Boardwalk. The process for sending out requests for ...

Catholic Health appointed Dr. Michael F. Galang chief information officer, effective Nov. 1. Dr. Galang, a family practice physician, will close his private practice in Orchard Park. Dr. Galang served most recently as the chief medical information ...

ALBANY … Buffalo-based Delaware North has won the backing of Gov. David Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to build and operate a casino at Aqueduct racetrack in Queens. But Senate Republican leaders this afternoon put the brakes on a ...

With new -- and frightening -- stock market headlines dominating the news on a daily basis, it's getting harder and harder to remain calm. And trust me, I completely understand. Your retirement accounts (and mine) are plunging, your savings and ...

ALBANY - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said yesterday that New York is nearing an agreement to install thousands of lucrative video slot machines at Aqueduct racetrack and provide the state with $370 million up front. But the Republican ...

Our legislators in Albany are always fighting the misperception that Long Island is a wealthy suburb that gets more than its share of state aid. So Forbes' list of posh ZIP codes, which includes 10 from Nassau and Suffolk, isn't exactly welcome ...