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News from Unshackle Upstate: Unshackle Upstate: IDA Draft Reform Proposal A Bust a ' Will Severely Hinder Economic Growth ROCHESTER, NY -- Unshackle Upstate today expressed outrage over the governor's draft Industrial Development Agency "reform" proposal, which would require developers to pay prevailing wages on many construction projects that ...

Chances are slim that there will be any grocery store or restaurant sightings of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin during her swing through the Rochester area to promote her new memoir on Saturday.

An American law student says he's taking a legal case against a member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family to the European Court of Human Rights.

Monroe County saw hundreds of people show up at each of the five locations on Thursday.

Two Rochester residents accused of arson and fraudulently collecting money from the American Red Cross faced felony charges today in federal court.

A man accused of killing his girlfriend's baby has been convicted. Family members of Jasmine Velez say the verdict came in Wednesday night.

Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Group is buying Birds Eye Foods, the nation's largest frozen food company, for $1.3 billion.

The LPGA Tour has announced a 2010 schedule that has 24 tournaments -- 13 of them in the United States -- to give the tour its smallest schedule in nearly 40 years.

Boxing Returns to Rochester Posted by Joe Roche on 11.17.2009 Edwin Rodriguez in action at the Main Street Armory on Thursday.

A Rochester woman accused of stabbing another woman during a fight last night is today facing felony charges.

Rochester, N.Y. a ' Rochester Police have found and arrested the teenage suspect they were seeking in connection with the November 5 homicide on Tremont Street.

Reports are that Rochester will be the home for one of the LPGA's four major tournaments in 2010.

Two women from Ontario, were charged with petit larceny after police say they tried to take $262 in clothing from Kohl's. View Source Email this page to a friend Google Map Loading ... Google Streetview Disclaimer: This is a Google Maps Street View of the approximate area where the crime occurred.

Later today, a Rochester mother, accused of leaving her three children alone when their home caught on fire, is expected to be in court.

Father Conrad Sundholm removes his vestments after a Saturday service at St. Aloysius in Auburn in 1995.

Rochester General Hospital is among the top hospitals in the nation for cardiovascular care, according to the 2009 Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmark for Success.

Tuesday afternoon, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks announced there will be two H1N1 clinic dates this month.

Albany/Rochester, N.Y. - The new license plate fee is now being blasted by lawmakers -- the very ones who voted for it back in April.

Irondequoit's Medley Centre hasn't seen much action lately, but tomorrow, the mall owner will make his pitch for putting the new theatre there for the Rochester Broadway Theatre League.

The U.S. Marshal's Office is looking for a fugitive who may be in Rochester. Omar Williams, 28, is wanted on a homicide charge out of Orlando, Fla.