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Make-A-Wish Grants Elmira Girl Her Wish
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ELMIRA, N.Y. -- A Southern Tier child who suffered a life-threatening form of cancer has her dream come true. Six-year-old named Aoloni always dreamed of a house fit for a princess. Saturday, she had one built in her backyard. “Aoloni was diagnosed January 14 of 2012 with ALL leukemia, which is acute lymphoblastic leukemia,” recalls her mother,
State News
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Authorities: Hofstra Student Was Killed By Police
Mineola, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a police officer's bullet killed a New York college student during the response to a home invasion at an off-campus home. Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said Saturday night that Andrea Rebello was killed by a police officer as she was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder. Azzata says
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Unemployment Rate Drops In New York State
Albany, N.Y. (AP) - State labor officials say New York's unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent in April, the lowest since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. They say preliminary U.S. Department of Labor statistics show the rate fell from 8.2 percent in March and 8.6 percent a year earlier. The rate in New York City was 8.4
National News
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Jury gets first glimpse of defense in Jackson case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead: THE CASE Jackson's mother wants a jury to determine that the promoter of Jackson's planned comeback concerts didn't
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Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a suspected US drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants in the country's south. The officials say the attack took place around dawn Saturday in an area called Deyfa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. Yemeni forces battled al-Qaida in Abyan province last year,
World News
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South Korea says North Korea fired short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such missiles. Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok says the North fired two missiles Saturday morning and another in the afternoon. He says the North's intent was unclear. In March, North Korea tested two short-range missiles off its
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Several flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the country's national carrier are meeting the baggage handlers to hear their demands, which include guarantees of safer