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What’s wrong with this picture? Exonerations of wrongly convicted prisoners are at an all-time high. Last month, the governor of Washington put execut...

Among the reporter-columnists whose bylines I never miss, Pulitzer Prize winner Charlie Savage of The New York Times is at the top of the list. He is ...

Isn’t it interesting how small items can hold so much personal value for a time only to become lost to memory? Sometimes it’s a special place, a child...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The festering dispute between the CIA and Senate investigators that exploded in public this week shows just how hard it can be to le...

I am writing to you in great concern over the state’s gap elimination adjustment as it pertains to public school funding. My concern is two-fold of co...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, with its abundant supplies of natural gas, would seem to have an easy answer to Europe's fears that a strong resp...

Vladimir Putin has enjoyed a stunning variety of incarnations in the American imagination in his nearly 15 years as Russia’s leader. He started out as...

Recently, I had the disconcerting experience of seeing Lady Mary Crawley on a Boeing 747. Costumed as a flight attendant, she was, and looking rather ...

When I first became a reporter in 1945 for a Boston radio station, a veteran journalist commanded me: “Kid, when you’re on a good developing story, st...

HOUSTON (AP) — America's plan to use more natural gas to run power plants, make chemicals, drive vehicles and heat homes may not go as smoothly as exp...

With the rising cost of child care across New York, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has unveiled a plan to make child care more affordable and accessible...

Last week, I wrote that the Ukraine crisis did not mean the return of the Cold War. Since then, I’ve received emails from readers confused about what ...

I want to extend a sincere thank you to everyone at Olean General Hospital. My daughter was treated at some of the top-rated facilities in the region ...

I have been watching Walmart attempt to locate a store in Wellsville, where it appears the powers that be do not want this to happen. Therefore, I mak...

Secretary of State John Kerry seems like he’s setting up a shotgun peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Although the reluctant couple protests, mo...

Recently, a bizarre scene unfolded on the floor of the House of Representatives that would have shocked the framers of the Constitution. In his State ...

When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, one of his selling points was the promise of a more modest foreign policy than that of his predecessor. ...

“You’ve got all the symptoms,” Sue said. “The symptoms of what? “MFS.” “MFS? I feel fine.” “Sure, now you do, but when I asked you to vacuum the livin...