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    Pedestrian killed by train in upstate NY

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 3:31 p.m. ET

    EAST ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An Amtrak passenger train heading to Albany has struck and killed a pedestrian in a Rochester suburb. MORE »

    Forecast: NYC biz taxes on historic slide

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:54 p.m. ET

    NEW YORK — The Wall Street meltdown and its fallout have caused city budget analysts to predict for the first time that revenue from business taxes will decline for three years in a row in New York City. MORE »

    NY Gov. Paterson admits anxiety before speech

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:33 p.m. ET

    ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson says he was dizzy, anxious and uncertain he could make it to the podium before delivering his first State of the State speech on Wednesday. MORE »

    DA: Sex offender with AIDS endangered NY teen

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:28 p.m. ET

    GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A registered sex offender who has AIDS — arrested during an early-morning traffic stop with a 16-year-old boy in his car — was ordered held on $1 million bond Thursday after a Long Island grand jury charged him with reckless endangerment and other crimes. MORE »

    Kennedy seen as model for re-entry women

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:26 p.m. ET

    NEW YORK — With her Camelot pedigree and Park Avenue address, Caroline Kennedy is not exactly the average American woman. But many women identify with her impulse to enter the work force after two decades of child rearing. MORE »

    The Buffalo News offers buyouts to 300 employees

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:18 p.m. ET

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 300 employees in the newsroom and other departments because of tough economic times. MORE »

    The Buffalo News offers buyouts to 300 employees

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:18 p.m. ET

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 300 employees in the newsroom and other departments because of tough economic times. MORE »

    Birds do it, bees do it, even Aedes aegyptis do it

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 2:01 p.m. ET

    WASHINGTON — Duets: When Lionel Richie and Diana Ross sing "Endless Love," it's heartwarming. When the first birds of spring chirp together, it's charming. When male and female mosquitoes harmonize, it's, well, annoying. MORE »

    The Buffalo News offers buyouts to 300 employees

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 1:10 p.m. ET

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 300 employees in the newsroom and other departments because of tough economic times. MORE »

    The Buffalo News offers buyouts to 300 employees

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 1:10 p.m. ET

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 300 employees in the newsroom and other departments because of tough economic times. MORE »

    New York Lottery's Midday draw

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 12:53 p.m. ET

    ALBANY, N.Y. — Here are the winning numbers selected Thursday in the New York State Lottery's Midday drawing: MORE »

    Teen charged with 4 killings in Rochester

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 12:25 p.m. ET

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them in the home of a jewelry merchant, police said Thursday. MORE »

    NY court papers may solve Gotti mystery

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 12:07 p.m. ET

    NEW YORK — It's been one of the last unsolved mysteries from the gangland career of John Gotti. MORE »

    NY court reinstates H&R Block lawsuit

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 11:42 a.m. ET

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A New York appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against H&R Block Inc. over its Express IRA product. MORE »

    Lake-effect storms hitting western, central NY

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 11:39 a.m. ET

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lake-effect squalls off Lake Erie and Lake Ontario have dumped up to a foot of snow in some upstate New York areas, forcing dozens of school districts to call off classes. MORE »

    Cops: NY man puts nails in driveways

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 11:38 a.m. ET

    HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — A New York suburban man is accused of lining the end of four residents' driveways with roofing nails. MORE »

    Union soldier's bones found at Md. Civil War site

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 10:56 a.m. ET

    SHARPSBURG, Md. — The remains of a Civil War soldier have surfaced at the Antietam National Battlefield in western Maryland after 146 years underground. MORE »

    NY APNewsAlert

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 9:58 a.m. ET

    ALBANY, N.Y. — Police: Rochester teen accused of killing 4 in 2 attacks around Christmas charged with murder. MORE »

    Mourners pay respects to 8 NY fire victims

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 9:57 a.m. ET

    SANDY CREEK, N.Y. — More than 200 people packed a northern New York church to remember eight victims killed in a house fire. MORE »

    Miami University to change policy on van drivers

    (AP) 1/8/2009, 9:09 a.m. ET

    OXFORD, Ohio — A spokeswoman says even before an accident this week, Miami University planned to require training and background checks for students driving university vans. MORE »

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