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Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape

ALBANY, N.Y. – The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid a widening internal investi...

Sailing: It’s not just for boat owners

BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. – Spencer Raggio’s affair with sailing began on Boston Harbor aboard a sloop he chartered with a girlfriend late one August afternoon. There was some breeze ...

Facebook targets illegal gun sales

Critics contend social-media site not doing enough

N.Y. court says gold tablet still belongs to museum

ALBANY, N.Y. – In a ruling rejecting any claims to the “spoils of war,” New York’s highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet must be returned to the German museum that lo...

Fox reporter’s lawyers seek to keep sources confidential

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York’s highest court will decide whether state law protects a Fox News reporter from revealing confidential sources from a story about James Holmes, who’s accused of killi...

Berlin museum seeks return of ancient gold tablet

A Holocaust survivor’s family urged New York’s highest court Tuesday to let them keep an ancient gold tablet that their late father somehow obtained in Germany after World War II. ...

3 seek to overturn convictions

ALBANY, N.Y. – Three people convicted of murder in deadly crashes urged New York’s highest court Tuesday to throw out their convictions, arguing they were too intoxicated to know the threat...

No shark fins in N.Y. starting in 2014

ALBANY, N.Y. – New York is banning trade in shark fins starting next summer in an effort to protect the marine predators. The fins are used in soup popular in Chinese cuisine, and...