An environmental group has lost its lawsuit seeking to block the planned $41 million expansion of the city dump into the Pine Bush.

Donald Black offers an apple to a horse in the Fulton County town of Caroga. Don Black, 87, on his bike near his home in Latham, NY, on Tuesday, Feb.

First Barack Obama dived in. Today sees Gordon Brown's turn to open up government information to the public with the launch of a new website: data.gov.uk Brown brought in the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, last June as an adviser for the launch of data.gov.uk "so that government information is accessible and useful for the widest ...

European transport was hindered by heavy snow while China curbed power use today because of coal shortages.

The Bernese Mountain Dog is a large and lovable dog breed that thrives upon the companionship of people.

It's not only the spiked egg nog that causes a holiday hangover - it's also taking down the seasonal decorations .

When Elisse Gabriel's dog lost her ID tag, the Berkeley resident found a place that would make a new one with a custom inscription on the back.

MY FAVORITE time of year, the end of December, when the patron saint of writers has arranged for us to get a free pass: the "end of year list'' article.

Here's the last piece of the delayed-payment pie, the Budget Division's district-by-district breakdown of certification reductions for the Dec.

Two minor earthquakes shook southern Albany County late Sunday afternoon. The first, registered a 2.6 magnitude, came at 4:10 p.m. The second quake, a 3.1 magnitude, followed at 5 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site.

Since everyone's getting caught up in the weather, I figured I'd do my part. Today was not only the first significant snowfall of the season - it's our first since adopting Bandit, and we had been curious as to how he'd react to it.

Solving the region's long-range garbage problem may require drawing much more of the area's garbage under the control of an authority, a panel created by the city of Albany reported Tuesday.

Thomas J. Spargo, the former state Supreme Court judge convicted in August of trying to shake down lawyers and solicit a $10,000 bribe to pay his mounting legal bills, has been disbarred.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The company that publishes Reader's Digest is planning to vacate its longtime suburban headquarters, the CEO said Wednesday.

After filing for Chapter 11 this August, Reader's Digest Association has been working on a restructuring plan to get itself out of debt.

Albany County will host two more vaccination clinics next week, according to a flyer released by the county.

Polls are open across the region today from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Among the highlights: MAYORS: In Albany, Corey Ellis and Nathan LeBron challenge incumbent Mayor Jerry Jennings.

The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that a minor earthquake rattled sections of the Albany area earlier this week.

AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH A LOCAL DOG KILLING CASE. THE ALBANY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS SCHEDULED A 10 O'CLOCK NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE AN ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF TWO DOGS FOUND IN BERNE.

A 50-year-old Berne man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting deaths of two dogs in the town of Berne, the Albany County Sheriff's Department said this morning at a news conference.