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Plans Developed to Lure Business to Bath, Savona
Bath, N.Y. - People in Steuben County are listening to advice on how to add some business. The Village and Town of Bath and the Village of Savona hired a firm to draw up plans for new development. At a public meeting in Bath , the consulting firm laid out plans focused on adding business to the four I-86 interchanges
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Tonight on WETM 18 News at 11
Tonight on WETM 18 News at 11, Derrick Robie’s family in Steuben County speaks out after their son’s murderer, Eric Smith, is denied parole today. Tune in Tonight.
State News
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NYRA asserts independence amid state warnings
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Racing Association has defended its authority to name its officers and operate freely in the best interests of thoroughbred racing. The non-profit holding the franchise to run racing at the Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga tracks says Wednesday that harsh criticism from state regulators was a rush to judgment and called for actions
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1 of 5 People Shot In Buffalo Park Attack Dies
Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say one of the five people shot in a Buffalo park during a picnic has died. Marquay Lee had been in the hospital since being brought there in critical condition Saturday evening. An Erie County Medical Center spokesman says Wednesday that the 26-year-old died overnight. Lee, along with three other men and a
National News
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Edwards defense rests, closing arguments tomorrow
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Closing arguments are scheduled for tomorrow at the North Carolina trial of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, with jury deliberations expected to start the following day. The defense rested today without calling Edwards or his former mistress to the stand. The defense also chose not to question the former senator's oldest daughter, Cate, who has
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Lawyer: Mary Kennedy found dead
NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife has been found dead in New York. Kerry Lawrence says Mary Kennedy died on Wednesday. He says he doesn't know the cause of her death. Police confirm a body was found on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, north of New York City. Lawrence had represented
World News
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Syrian leader says terrorists are behind unrest
BEIRUT (AP) — In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with Russian TV showed Assad is still standing his ground, despite widespread international condemnation over his deadly crackdown on dissent.
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US sees deal near; Pakistan haggling over money
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hopes of reopening Pakistan's supply routes for the Afghanistan war ahead of next week's NATO summit are going down to the wire. Washington is hopeful of an imminent deal. But Pakistan is insisting that the United States pay more to repair relations and end the blockade. Both sides say negotiations continued in Islamabad on Wednesday. The