| NY election mix-up: "Osama" on the ballot
TROY, N.Y. (AP) - Osama, Obama? What's the difference? Not much, in an upstate New York county where hundreds of voters were sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."
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| NY Grapes, Apple Production Down 8 Percent
Albany, N.Y. (AP) - Federal agricultural officials say New York's apple and grape crop forecasts are down from last year because of hail damage and early spring frosts.
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| NYC term limits to be the topic in churches
NEW YORK (AP) - Opponents of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to have the City Council change New York's term-limit law so he can run again are taking their argument to church.
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| Jazz musician Alfred Gallodoro dies in NY
NEW YORK (AP) - Jazz musician Alfred J. Gallodoro, who performed on the saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, has died in upstate New York.
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| Upstate NY man admits to child pornography charges
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say an upstate New York man faces up to 30 years in federal prison for sexually abusing four boys and producing pornography of three of them.
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| NY National Guard boosts its ranks, steps up recruitment
Latham, N.Y. (AP) -- The New York Army National Guard says it added more than 2,000 soldiers to its ranks during the 2008 budget year that ended September 30.
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| States Zero-in on Tax Cheats as Economy Sags
Albany, N.Y. (AP) - Amid all the financial chaos in the United States, there's at least one occupation with room for growth--tax collector.
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| Crash kills trucker on Thruway in central NY
UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - The head-on crash of two tractor-trailer rigs has killed one of the drivers and closed the eastbound New York State Thruway between Westmoreland and Utica.
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| Jockey's daughter gets prison for fatal NY crash
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP)- The daughter of famed jockey Jose Santos has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for vehicular homicide, drunken driving and other New York charges.
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| Upstate NY mother convicted of toddler's murder
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) - A 24-year-old upstate New York woman faces up to life in prison for fatally striking her 2-year-old son on the head and failing to get medical treatment for him.
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