NEW YORK (AP) - Gov. David Paterson asked the president Wednesday to extend the term of the official overseeing the federal government's response to ailing ground zero workers.



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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Fresh off her historic run for the White House, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton was back on the job in upstate New York Wednesday, » Full Story

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NEW YORK (AP) - A hedge fund cheat labeled "armed and dangerous" after he faked his own suicide to dodge a 20-year prison sentence ended a massi » Full Story

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NEW YORK (AP) - The beginning of the end of a fugitive financier's fanciful flight from captivity came Wednesday when he reached out to his sist » Full Story

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A spokesman for former New York Gov. George Pataki said Monday the Republican was bounced as a state delegate supporting John » Full Story

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NEW YORK (AP) - The rebuilding of the World Trade Center site is over budget and years behind schedule — including the Sept. 11 memorial that was o » Full Story

By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A man who spent 17 years in prison before a court said he might be innocent in the 1988 murder of his parents was told Mond » Full Story

By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the li » Full Story

By JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press Writer

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A year ago, it seemed a proposed interstate compact designed to prevent thirstier regions from raiding the Great Lakes m » Full Story

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave » Full Story