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8 min ago | WHAM

Healthcare Giants Secretive

Rochester, N.Y. - Although it's time for the 65 employees at X.L.I. Corporation to pick a health insurance plan, MVP Healthcare hasn't told them yet how much its rates will go up.

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4 hrs ago | Newsday.com

2nd trial for NY man convicted in double homicide

Frank Garcia 's murder trial is scheduled to begin Monday morning in Monroe County Court in Rochester.

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8 hrs ago | Democrat & Chronicle

Ohio inmate gets maximum in 1990 Rochester murder, rape

A man imprisoned in Ohio for shooting at police officers after a robbery drew the maximum prison term today for killing a Rochester man during a two-decades-old burglary in which the dead man's wife was raped.

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12 hrs ago | Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Hearing addresses Rochester school arrests

Arrests in city schools have dropped in recent months, but underlying issues still merit attention, parents, teachers and advocates told school board members at a public hearing last week.

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17 hrs ago | WHEC-TV Rochester

Two Rush Henrietta High School students die

Counselors reached out to students Monday, after two Rush Henrietta High School students were killed in separate car accidents over the weekend.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

WIVB-TV Buffalo

Palin to promote book in Rochester

Sarah Palin will be promoting her new book soon in the Rochester area. The former Republican Vice Presidential candidate will be at Borders Books in Henrietta.

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University of Rochester

Project to Encourage Nationwide Use of Rochester's Math Homework ...

More than 200,000 students from 150 universities around the country are already using University of Rochester's online homework system WeBWorK to help them with their math homework.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Author spotlight: Rochester writers

Between Kittyhawk and the Moon: Memoirs of an Aviation Pioneer by Russell Holderman .

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Democrat & Chronicle

Rochester's hidden talents

Lisa Twombly Personal: 45, of Penfield. Education: Formal: associate's degree in secretarial science.

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WHAM

Unemployment, Underemployment in Rochester

In Rochester, N.Y. - The local unemployment rate has been hanging in there just a bit lower than the national average, but many people are having trouble finding a job.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Democrat & Chronicle

Glitch gives some felons chance of parole

ALBANY - State officials and district attorneys are urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would remove a glitch in the law that allows violent, repeat felons to become eligible for parole earlier than intended.

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Democrat & Chronicle

7th Annual Greater Rochester Women's Expo

Get ready for a girls' day out. The 7th Annual Greater Rochester Women's Expo is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Dome Center, Monroe County Fair & Expo Center, 2695 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta.

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WCBSTV.com

NY Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal DWI Crash

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Democrat & Chronicle

Peterson: Risk assessor critical of Rochester's 'de minimus' provision in lead paint code

Dear Anne: I'm an EPA certified risk assessor and can confirm that all amounts of chipping paint on pre-1978 painted surfaces are considered a lead hazard that needs to be repaired.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Rochester IMC

Sarah Palin is coming to Rochester... to get booed and heckled.

Sarah Palin is coming to Rochester... to get booed and heckled. Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Borders in Henrietta Add a new comment Title Author Please enter your name or an alias.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

College Notes: Rochester, Brighton, Webster, Rochester area.

Diane Merzbach of Brighton, a senior equestrian studies/equine business management major, has been elected president of the University of Findlay's Horsemen's Association.

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WHEC-TV Rochester

Rochester's public art

We all do it. Pass by public art every day that is. Some pieces are big like Albert Paley's "Threshold" at Klein Steel on Van Guard Parkway.

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WHTK-AM Rochester

Empire State Games Coming Back To Rochester

Rochester will host the games in the summer of 2011. Friday, November 6, 2009 Rochester will be the site of the 2011 Empire State Games, the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation announced Thursday.

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WHEC-TV Rochester

Police identify Tremont Street shooting victim

Rochester police continue their search for 19-year-old Willis Clark, the man they think shot and killed 40-year-old Kevin Thomas this afternoon on Tremont Street, on the city's west side.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

WHTK-AM Rochester

Honoring Rochester's Top 100

Nearly 1800 people came to the annual awards luncheon on Thursday. Thursday, November 5, 2009 Nearly 1800 people packed the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on Thursday to honor the Top 100, the annual list of the region's fastest growing, privately held companies, as compiled by the Rochester Business Alliance and KPMG.

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