A 78-year-old Albany woman has been convicted on a ten-count indictment for driving drunk and running her car into a day care center last summer.

State police say they're investigating the death of a 44-year-old Hudson Valley man who died after a sheriff's deputy used a stun gun to subdue him.

And we can't blame them, not this week. You canA listen to Saturday's episode of NPR's comic quiz show "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me." Listen to the first segment, titled "Who's Carl This Time." Here's a taste from the panel's discussion of Gov.

ALBANY, N.Y. a " Former Gov. George Pataki, perhaps the most popular Republican in New York, is endorsing Rick Lazio in his GOP bid for governor this year.Pataki is scheduled to make the endorsement Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan.Lazio is a former congressman from Long Island who has collected endorsements from most Republican county chairmen and ...

Maria Lenseth, Associate Broker with Coldwell Banker Prime Properties in Delmar, New York appeared last month, in an introductory piece .

Closed-door budget talks at the Capitol on Tuesday included discussion of a spending cap, more borrowing and proposed creation of an independent control board that could give one official broad power to balance the budget.

On his first trip to the state's scandal-scarred Capitol, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan had a message that government isn't the savior for society's ills.

The Police Department is looking for help in finding Donald 'Uncle Noonie' Green, 50, of Schenectady.

First Deputy Superintendent Pedro Perez is stepping down after 28 years. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 ALBANY, N.Y. _ A week after his boss left the New York State Police amid the scandal surrounding Gov.

Authorities say a former state worker has been charged with attempting to sink a historic Erie Canal boat at its upstate mooring.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo held a private meeting last week with Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch on the state budget.

A majority of New Yorkers are so ashamed by the latest scandals at the state Capitol they are embarrassed to call themselves New Yorkers, a Siena College poll today found.

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After it all shook down, Armand Lule didn't have to go far to return to his longtime place of work.

The Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center will share in a $1 million grant to advance solar energy technology.

Albany school officials proposed a budget Thursday night that could hike the tax levy as high as 10 percent to close a budget gap of more than $10 million.

Legal experts say the next few days and weeks could be the most dangerous yet for the embattled administration of Gov.

An off-duty Albany police officer was injured at midnight Friday when he was struck by an allegedly drunk driver, police say, as he attempted to cross Lark Street in Albany.

Source: Published: Saturday, March 06, 2010 WASHINGTON - U.S. bishops have called on the Senate to support the extension of favorable trade status for Haitian-made garments.