| Upstate NY Historic Sites Host Old-Time Christmas Events
Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- Several historic sites in the Mohawk Valley are going to party like it's 1769.
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| Some NY Shoppers Cautious on Black Friday
New York (AP) -- The gloomy economy isn't keeping sleep-deprived, bargain-hungry shoppers from prowling New York City shops for Black Friday discounts in the early morning hours.
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| Old-time Turkey Breeds Make a Comeback
Willsboro, N.Y. (AP) -- Most turkeys gracing Thanksgiving tables today are a fast-growing, buxom breed known as "giant white."
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| Revelers Crowd NYC Streets for Thanksgiving Parade
New YORK (AP) - The 82nd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is winding its way through Manhattan with giant balloons, thousands of marchers and throngs of holiday revelers gathered along the route.
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| NY Corrections Dept. Donates 7,000 Coats to Needy
Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- The state's Department of Correctional Services will donate about 7,000 surplus winter coats to shelters and Salvation Army outlets throughout the state.
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| NYC Prepares for Crush of Thanksgiving Travel
New York (AP) -- Holiday travelers, start your headaches.
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| Spitzer's Father Testifies in Bias Suit
New York (AP) - Eliot Spitzer's father is defending himself against allegations that his real estate company discriminated against four black workers.
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| University Opens Research Center Devoted to Extraterrestrial Life
Troy, N.Y. (AP) -- An upstate university is launched a research center dedicated to the search for life in the outer universe.
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| Sheik denies assaulting American in Swiss hotel
Geneva (AP) - A lawyer for an Arab sheik convicted of assaulting a Rochester man in a luxury hotel bar is asking a Swiss appeals court to overturn the ruling.
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| Syracuse campus lifts lockdown after shots fired
Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse University resumed a normal schedule after briefly going into lockdown while police investigated a drive-by shooting near the upstate New York campus.
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