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STEVE BARNES/TIMES UNION Brooke Taney of the Slidin' Dirty food truck shows off her Dirty Ninja slider burger, which won the Slider Slam at the Wine & Dine for the Arts Festival in Albany.

Chris Colwell, 29, left, and Jeff Buell, 33, right, stand in the doorway of 9 First Street Monday, May 20, 2013, in Troy, N.Y. Buell and Colwell were approved to purchase and rehab the property from the Troy Local Development Corporation for $10,000. Exterior of 9 First Street, center, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Troy, N.Y. Jeff Buell and Chris ... (more)

Ganpati Ramanath, professor of Materials Science and Engineering, in a laboratory on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Ganpati Ramanath is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of science and engineering of nanomaterials and interfaces whose most recent breakthrough involves heating up stews to ... (more)

Twin nine-story buildings sitting empty near Russell Sage College in downtown Troy, NY would be available for redevelopment if City Hall is able to do a land swap with the city's public housing authority.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will work collaboratively on a range of research programs in Neuroscience, genomics, imaging technology and big data analysis under an agreement signed Wednesday morning at Rensselaer's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Research on the Troy campus.

The Johnstown Police Department has arrested a man for allegedly forcibly touching three young girls under the age of 10.

Troy, N.Y. - This spring, 1,676 students will receive degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, on Saturday, May 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the East Campus Athletic Village stadium.

Troy, N.Y. - Each year at Commencement, the graduating class presents the university with a unique and spirited gift.

An East Coast-based company is buying a financially troubled cooperative grain elevator in the southeastern South Dakota city of Gregory.

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. It's not quite $590.5 million, but Saturday's Powerball drawing is still pretty exciting for a group of restaurant workers in Queensbury who say they hold a $1 million winning ticket.

Police in Troy have arrested a woman they say falsely claimed to be suffering from breast cancer in order to collect money.

The Troy Police Department has arrested a woman they say lied about having breast cancer in order to collect money.

Thanks to community support, some local WWII veterans were able to fly to the nation's capital this morning to see a memorial dedicated for their service.

Saint Ann, a Maronite Catholic church formerly based in Troy, was officially "dedicated to God" Saturday, with a procession and a consecration ceremony.

It was an emotional day in a Columbia County courtroom Friday during the sentencing of 19-year-old Thomas Griffin.

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A 17-year-old Troy girl charged with killing her father last year has now been released from jail after the county dropped the indictment.

Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off the third round of competition for the Regional Economic Development Councils Wednesday, awarding a total of $760 million in state funding and tax incentives.

A New York district attorney says he has completed his investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez, and the lawmaker's conduct was "alarming" but not criminal.

Sno Kone Joe owners and operators 21-year-old Amanda Scott and her boyfriend 34-year-old Josh Malatino, both of Gloversville, are suing the city after they refused to reinstate their permit after it was terminated last week.