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USA Today, 06.01.09 20:03 UTC

Amish sue over upstate N.Y. town's building rules

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Eleven Old Order Amish families sued a northern New York community Tuesday, claiming that its refusal to grant permits for their traditionally built homes is religious discrimination.

New York Post, 06.01.09 20:00 UTC

LI MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING PIT BULL

Last updated: 2:34 pm January 6, 2009 Posted: 2:34 pm January 6, 2009 MIDDLE ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Long Island man is accused of felony animal cruelty after police say he fatally stabbed his ...

New York Post, 06.01.09 19:04 UTC

NY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIM SYSTEMS OVERWHELMED

Posted: 1:36 pm January 6, 2009 ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's unemployment claims systems have crashed, overwhelmed by tens of thousands of jobless New Yorkers trying to call or log in at once ahead ...

BusinessWeek, 06.01.09 19:01 UTC

What Obama’s Proposed Tax Cuts Mean for Small Businesses

Posted by: Colleen DeBaise on January 05 Here’s a welcome report for entrepreneurs this new year: President-elect Barack Obama’s massive stimulus plan is expected to include three key tax breaks ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.01.09 16:34 UTC

Deadly mushrooms send 3 to UCSF hospital

Three members of an East Bay family were hospitalized over the holidays after they ate a highly toxic wild fungus known as the death cap, one of the world's most dangerous mushrooms. Two 11-year-old ...

Miami Herald, 06.01.09 12:35 UTC

Broward College basketball player dies after collapsing during game

A gifted Broward College women's basketball player fell ill during a game and then later died from a heart defect.

New York Post, 06.01.09 11:31 UTC

GATORS, OU TAKING BS OUT OF BCS

Last updated: 3:06 am January 6, 2009 Posted: 2:27 am January 6, 2009 FORT LAUDERDALE - The trash talking began Dec. 13 in New York when Florida quarterback Tim Tebow said he and Heisman Trophy ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 06.01.09 05:38 UTC

Allegheny County plans court for veterans

As a former Navy Seabee, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Michael E. McCarthy knows the difficulty of coming home. Civilian life was jarring when he returned from Vietnam in 1971, but he avoided ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.01.09 00:01 UTC

Mother, 4 young sons among 8 dead in NY house fire

(01-05) 15:23 PST Richland, N.Y. (AP) -- A fast-moving house fire killed eight people, including four young brothers, despite the homeowner's frantic attempts to save them, authorities and a witness ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.01.09 00:00 UTC

Kennedy missteps might not trip her up in the end

(01-05) 15:29 PST Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- Caroline Kennedy's missteps and halting speech patterns have been replayed endlessly since she announced her bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. ...