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American knocks off Columbia 62-50
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Garrison Carr hit seven 3-pointers on his way to scoring 23 points as American won its third straight game with a 62-50 victory over Columbia on Monday night....
NY contractor indicted in crane collapse
NEW YORK (AP) -- A contractor was charged with manslaughter Monday for allegedly using worn, fraying safety straps that broke apart and caused a crane to crash down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing seven people in one of the city's worst construction accidents in decades....
NY AG accuses hospitals of kickbacks, fraud
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Seven New York state hospitals are facing lawsuits accusing them, in some cases, of rounding up the homeless or paying kickbacks to get more inpatient detox patients into their drug treatment beds, and lacking certification for detox services....
Policy group finds NY legislative committees weak
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Citing weak committees, absence of debate or dissent, and frequent lack of sound fiscal analysis of legislation in 2006 and 2007, a study released Monday concluded that New York state's legislative process "remains broken."...
Doctor killed in Iraq 'elevated everyone' to serve
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- In every one of his many roles - husband, father, soldier, doctor, friend and colleague - Army Maj. John P. Pryor devoted his life to serve others at home, at work and in war....
Upstate NY fire kills 8, probe into cause begins
RICHLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- Eight people - including four young brothers and their mother - were killed in a fast-moving house fire despite the frenzied efforts of a firefighter-in-training who had to be restrained from rushing back into his burning home....
Challenge to NYC watershed protection plan fails
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to an agreement that allows New York City to avoid filtering its upstate water supply....
E-mail: NY GOP Senate staff to aid campaigns
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- An internal e-mail revealed that Senate Republican staffers, facing the end of their days in the chamber's powerful and lucrative majority, planned to use taxpayer-funded researchers to help the GOP try to regain control of the Senate in 2010....
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