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A registered sex offender in Phoenix was charged this morning with exposing himself to a 10-year-old girl.

No one can accuse "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke of casting famous actors just to lure their fans to the theater.

Motivational speaker, internationally known celebrity, author and inspiration for the movie "Rudy," Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger stopped by John C. Birdlebough High School in Phoenix Wednesday to spread his message ...

Betty Hitchcock plays her song "Cowboy's Sweetheart" at her home in Port Byron. Betty Hitchcock, of Port Byron, yodels pretty naturally.

Just weeks before she was murdered, Erin Maxwell and her aunt, Jeanette Maxwell-Santiago, celebrated her graduation from elementary school.

James Boyce, 45, is the executive chef at Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence-winning Studio Restaurant at Montage Resort and Spa in Laguna Beach, Calif.

J.C. Birdlebough High School nurse, Beth Whipple, paints sophomore Alicia Landis' face white with a single black tear running down her cheek.

Laura and Kurt Schmidtmann are 'Syracuse Ghost Hunters', a husband and wife paranormal investigation team who have been seeking out spirits scientifically throughout the Northeast for almost nine years.

John McCain is campaigning in Florida today, and talking about boosting revenues to coastal states through offshore oil drilling.

This article was published in the November 3, 2008, edition of The New York Observer .

The 10 marching field bands from Central New York today are at the Carrier Dome for the biggest day of the season -- the New York State Field Band Conference state championships.

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Ryan DeOrdio, 16, of Nedrow, says teens should not be subjected to second-hand smoke.

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Dallas named Paul Westphal executive vice president of basketball operations on Thursday.

The Oswego County Sheriffa s Department tells Action News that it has arrested a teen on a felony rape charge.

Erin Maxwell heard the whispers at school, a friend said. The 11-year-old girl knew some kids poked fun at her clothes and her shy demeanor, said Alicia Clark, 15, who attended Phoenix schools with Maxwell.

The Central Square Redhawk Regiment Marching Band beat three other bands in the Large School 2 division at the field band show Saturday in Lancaster.

A thick, unsightly and destructive cover of vegetation, known as water chestnuts, is rapidly turning the Oswego River Basin into a swamp.

Phoenix Mayor Anthony Fratto sits outside one of the village's tax-delinquent properties that will go on the auction block Saturday.