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Many low-income New Yorkers risk losing stimulus money
ALBANY - Time is running out for about 350,000 New Yorkers who have not applied for federal stimulus payments.
Kimberly-Clark Wins U.S. EPA Smartway Environmental Excellence Award
7 /CNW/ -- For the second year in a row, Kimberly-Clark Corporation received an Environmental Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay Transportation Partnership for its ...
AMD says Malta project to go forward under new entity
A multibillion-dollar international business deal announced today in New York is expected to have major implications for an upstate community.
Students from NYC to Troy to study 'Day in the Life of Hudson River'
Students from New York City to the Albany area will be on the Hudson River today to gather scientific information on the waterway.
Dollinger and Robach face off for the first time this election season
For the first time this election season the two men vying for the 56th State Senate seat met face-to-face Monday night.
Paperlinx capital raising falls $50m short
PaperlinX has fallen $50 million short in its bid to raise $200 million from institutions through an accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer.
NYU economist: This financial crisis is different
An economist who has studied past recessions in New York says this one could be different.
'It's different' | Each trip into port is unique
Bill Edmunds, pilot climbs up a ladder to navigate Hapag-Lloyd container ship to Norfolk International Terminals in the Chesapeake Bay.
City, Potlatch EMS contract is no more
The Lewiston City Council voted this week to terminate EMS contracts with entities outside of the city limits and also ended an agreement with Potlatch Corporation.
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The Associated Press
Analysis: NYers ask, 'So where's my bailout?'
So, where's your bailout?
Wall Street is in line for up to $700 billion in a government rescue. The same can't be said for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers who may have to choose between heat and food this winter, middle-class home owners paying the nation's highest property taxes, and the women and children dependent on a welfare grant that hasn't increased since 1990.
If the door was still open just a crack on these most vexing issues back home, it was slammed shut Friday by Gov. David Paterson. He warned of a potential 'economic blood bath' in the making as Wall Street's crisis becomes a crisis for Albany, which has become addicted to revenues from the financial sector.
A Las Vegas jury found Simpson guilty on all 12 counts in his robbery and kidnapping case.
Lots of train, not much circus
The Greatest Show on Earth was nothing more than an amusing distraction when it passed through the city Wednesday.
A call to toughen assault penalties
Cammarata, running in the Mid-Island/Brooklyn district, pointed to his two decades in law enforcement and said he would seek a place on the Republican Assembly Conference's Sex Offender Watch Task Force, which ...
Gillibrand votes against bailout version 2.0
Resisting pressure from congressional leaders and the White House, Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., on Friday again voted against an administration-backed plan to bolster the nation's financial markets.
Pa. tires-to-energy plant has new emissions plan
A company planning a $300 million tires-to-energy plant in northwestern Pennsylvania has submitted a revised emissions plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
International Paper to close Mason plant; 101 jobs to be lost
International Paper today, Oct. 3, announced it will permanently close the Mason corrugated container plant on U.S. 42 in early December, resulting in the loss of 101 jobs.
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
Georgia-Pacific: Gloster plywood mill closing
Georgia-Pacific Corp. will shut down its plywood mill in Gloster in early December, putting 280 people out of work in time for the Christmas season.
Smurfit-Stone, Advanced Disposal open recycling facility
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. opened its second recycling facility in Jacksonville with Advanced Disposal Services Inc.
Former upstate college student sentenced for rape
A former football player at an upstate New York college has been sentenced to a state prison term for raping a woman in his dorm room.
Thruway to cut road projects because of fiscal woes
ALBANY - Because of higher construction costs and fewer drivers, the state Thruway Authority is cutting $250 million in planned road projects, including the construction of high-speed E-Z Pass lanes at the ...
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