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Smith rushes for 149 yards and a touchdown as Albany (NY) shuts out Wagner 24-0

NEW YORK — Drew Smith rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown as Albany (N.Y.) beat Wagner 24-0 in the snow on Saturday for its sixth straight win. The Great Danes (6-2, 5-0 Northeast Conference) have won eight conference games in a row and 14 of the past 15 in the series. Smith started things off quickly for the Great Danes with a 1-yard touchdown run with 11:46 remaining in the first quarter …

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Snow due by midafternoon

The storm moving up the East Coast began dropping snow on eastern Pennsylvania this morning and will bring it to the Capital Region by about 3 p.m., forecasters said.

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Woman charged in scam lost money herself

Patricia Berak, 65, of Latham, N.Y ., is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of grand larceny and defrauding a Great Neck man in a lottery scam, police said.

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Club Shadow case gets another one.

One of the men involved in the summertime brawl outside of the now-closed Club Shadow in Saratoga Springs has pleaded guilty to assault.

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Prosecution ends in Steuben double murder trial

A woman who spent most of her life trying to make a difference in the quality of life for others… So I was up in Bath today covering the double murder trial of Bryan Ashline, not exactly an uplifting experience.

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1st snowfall of the season hits upstate NY areas

Residents in parts of eastern New York scraped snow and ice off their vehicles this morning as the region gets its first significant snowfall of the season, with forecasters saying more is on the way.

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Former State Employee Accused of Dialing Phone Sex Lines on the Job

A former State Department of Environmental Conservation officer is accused of racking up more than $20 thousand in phone charges on sexually exotic phone lines.

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Former State Employee Accused of Dialing Phone Sex Lines on the Job

Man jailed in knifepoint robbery of 90-year-old woman

Police say they have in custody the man who robbed a 90-year-old First Street woman of her $30,000 life savings at knifepoint in February.

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APNewsBreak: Occupy Wall Street raises $450,000

Home for the holidays: Obama declares US war in Iraq is ending, troops to be out by year’s end ALBANY, N.Y. – A person close to the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City says the demonstrators’ first financial report will show they have raised $454,000 and have spent just more than $50,000 in the movement’s first five weeks.

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WFP lauds David Soares on Occupy Albany

The Working Families Party has picked a winner in Occupy Albany’s ability to resist eviction: Albany County District Attorney David Soares.

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