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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.