Salamanca man charged with murder in city
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Salamanca man charged with murder in city
September 27, 2025
SALAMANCA — A Salamanca man was being held for the murder of another person in the city, Salamanca police reported Saturday. Andrew C. Skye, 35, of 31...
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Religion is alive, even in New York
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Religion is alive, even in New York
By CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union, Albany 
Oct 03, 2025
ALBANY (TNS) — The common presumption is that New York is not a particularly religious place, especially when compared to other parts of the United St...
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Second- and third-order effects in our military
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Second- and third-order effects in our military
By ARTHUR G. AUSTIN JR. 
Oct 03, 2025
On April 2003, I deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as part of a Military Police Headquarters assigned to the Joint Task Force (JTF). As the JTF Current...
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Why New York’s health premiums keep going up
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Why New York’s health premiums keep going up
By BILL HAMMOND 
Oct 02, 2025
ALBANY — New Yorkers continue to face some of the costliest health premiums in the United States, and the insurance industry’s recently finalized rate...
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Nostalgia a revival tool, not a downer
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Nostalgia a revival tool, not a downer
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Oct 01, 2025
What makes you nostalgic? Now it’s true, nostalgia can be a downer for some. It can be a longing for long-gone moments you’ll never get back — and mak...
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Six-figure pensions bleed retirement funds
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Six-figure pensions bleed retirement funds
Oct 01, 2025
There were at least 235,502 retirees across the country who collected a public pension of $100,000 or more in 2024 — costing taxpayers $30.6 billion —...
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Democratic hopes rising for 2026 Senate control?
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Democratic hopes rising for 2026 Senate control?
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Oct 01, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Republican rush to add congressional seats in Texas and other red states reflects the bipartisan consensus that the main 2026 b...
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Editorial: Free speech for me, not for thee
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Editorial: Free speech for me, not for thee
Sep 30, 2025
Trampling the First Amendment has become a bipartisan exercise. Apparently, the underlying philosophy of many on opposite sides of the political spect...
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Autism needs support, not blame and judgment
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Autism needs support, not blame and judgment
Sep 30, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy set the tone back in April when he announced the Trump administration’s plan to find the cause of ...
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Will Albany finally act to make changes to HALT?
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Will Albany finally act to make changes to HALT?
By SEN. TOM O'MARA 
Sep 29, 2025
It began under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pursued a misguided, politically driven penchant for rapidly closing state prisons, which led to overcrow...
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U.S. not monitoring foreign weapons sales
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U.S. not monitoring foreign weapons sales
Sep 26, 2025
In fiscal year 2024, the U.S. sold a record $118 billion in military supplies and services to foreign allies, but Congress has no way of knowing if al...
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