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“We have reason to believe some BOCES may have unclean hands in this situation and that there may have been financial benefits for the BOCES to list professionals as employees instead of as independent consultants”

State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo extended his pension fraud investigation Friday to include all 37 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services in the state, but local superintendents say they have nothing ... via Watertown Daily Times

“He uncovers enough new material, and theorizes with such verve, that Our Man in Mexico will go down as one of the more provocative titles in the ever-growing library of Kennedy-assassination studies.”

How many Mexican presidents did the CIA have on the payroll? A veteran Washington journalist, Jefferson Morley is the national editorial director of the non-profit Center for Independent Media in Washington , ... via Harper's Magazine

Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell, who is currently appearing in Lincoln Center Theater's The New Century , will return to the Broadway company of Wicked June 17. via Playbill

Green Media Enterprises announced today a new event installation sponsored by Manpower, Inc. via Earth Times

“I have introduced the Textbook Access Act to promote open and transparent marketing of course material”

With the average student paying about $1,000 per year for textbooks, legislation is needed to rein in the out-of-control prices on college campuses across the state, according to a report released last week by ... via Democrat & Chronicle

“Moreover, the fact that the New York DMV offered the plates back to Mr. Herwerth to settle the case indicates a lack of conviction on the DMV's part that the message 'GETOSAMA”

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles was bestowed the annual 'Muzzle Award' from a group promoting freedom of speech for trying to yank a Hauppauge man's 'GETOSAMA' license plate. via Newsday.com

“The executive and legislative branches themselves have recognized that their failure to increase judicial salaries has created serious problems for our state”

As promised, New York's top judge has filed a lawsuit against the state's three top politicians over judicial pay. via Watertown Daily Times

“Trying to go back and correct what's already been done is very difficult”

State officials said they are moving to yank tax breaks and other incentives away from seven businesses in Yonkers and Mount Vernon because they fell short of promised goals in job creation and investment. via Journal News

“It is always good to have money in the bank”

News Here's one more reason New York's politicians feel betrayed by Eliot Spitzer: Thanks to the ex-gov's head-spinning hooker scandal, pesky reformers are taking aim at some hallowed Albany traditions. via The Village Voice

“It is ironic that the man who can rightly be called the 'Father of New York State' is unknown to so many people”

A new documentary DVD, "George Clinton: Father of New York State," will be unveiled at 2 p.m. April 20 in the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery. via RecordOnline.com

“That being said, The Chicago Wine Company has never knowingly dealt in counterfeit wine and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves against any allegations to that effect”

Energy executive and wine collector William Koch has taken his personal crusade to clean up the collectible wine business to the Windy City, filing a lawsuit on Friday that accuses both the Chicago Wine Company ... via Wine Spectator

“Please don't get up exuberant again today.”

Paul Kurtz does much more than debunk. His publishing house - Prometheus Books - launches more than 100 publications each year. via Buffalo News

“I'm still learning it from him.”

A cloud of maple-scented steam filled Hugh L. Newton's sugar shack. The sweet aroma attracted Canton resident Jolie Roetter closer to the oil-fired evaporator, which boils sap to remove water and concentrate ... via Watertown Daily Times

“The trees are still frozen; they don't want to run”

Despite the recent stretch of cool weather, area maple producers expect to have enough sap on tap when 11 of them open their shanties to the public this weekend. via Watertown Daily Times

“NANPA constantly re-evaluates our projections and issues a report twice a year as a result of that. We're actively keeping our eye on the exhaust rates.”

Is the north country really running out of 315 area-code space? State and regulatory officials think so. via Watertown Daily Times

In a column from a couple of weeks ago, one focusing on the excellent call girl adventures of ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, I wrote the following: "It's the stories like Gov. via Fox News

Two Watertown residents face drug charges after police raided their home and seized crack cocaine. via WWNY-TV Watertown

“We have a budget to pass, we have a deadline to meet”

David Paterson, who will become New York's first black governor and the first legally blind chief executive in the nation, said Thursday that government is stable after the tumult of Gov. via Niagara Gazette

WESTERN NEW YORK Laux reports theft from stores David Laux, the president of Laux Sporting Goods, reported to the Niagara County Sheriff's Department that his stores have lost over $200,000 in inventory over ... via Niagara Gazette

“It's either available now or it's not”

A Canadian auto parts manufacturer is interested in doing business out of the vacated Franbilt building on Akron Road. via Journal-Register