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Pennsylvania residents say the recession has taken a dramatic toll on their finances, with roughly one in four households reporting that someone had taken a second job in the past six months to make ends meet, according to a new survey.

Local philanthropists William Dake and Susan Dake have donated $3.9 million to the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region in Albany, N.Y., to establish a donor-advised fund.

New York state consumers, sensitive to high unemployment that now has reached double digits nationally, are feeling less confident about the economy.

Monthly New York State Consumer Confidence Index including Gas and Food Analysis For information/comment: Dr.

Colonie Center and the New York Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. invites everyone to Colonie Center on Nov.

Vice President Joe Biden was stumping for Democrat Bill Owens in Watertown, New York, Monday, looking for votes from an unlikely group, Republicans.

Conservative Doug Hoffman has taken a five-point lead over Democrat Bill Owens as a new, two-way race opened up this weekend, according to a new Siena College poll released today.

A day after Republican state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava abruptly suspended her campaign for a New York congressional seat, she announced Sunday she's endorsing the Democrat in the race.

NEW YORK, NY October 31, 2009 a 'A new poll says the race in New York's 23rd Congressional district is too close to call between Democrat Bill Owens and Conservative Doug Hoffman.

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The campaign for the 23rd Congressional District seat has turned into a two-person race that is too close to call only days before the election, according to an independent poll released today.

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Prominent Republicans like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin are bucking the GOP to back a conservative candidate for a House seat in New York, opting to defend what they see as pure party ideology even if it means helping a Democrat win.

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When he was 12 years old, Steve Davis got a hobby rocket as a Christmas present and immediately trudged over to a snow-covered cornfield near his home off Albany Shaker Road and fired it again and again until the can of fuel ran out and his fingers went numb.

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Research 2000 for Daily Kos , New York's 23rd District, 10/19/09-10/21/09, Likely Voters, MoE +/- 4% Bill Owens 35 DeDe Scozzafava 30 Doug Hoffman 23 As promised earlier in the week, DK polls the contentious three-way battle in upstate New York to replace Republican Congressman John McHugh.

Dierdre "Dede" Scozzafava finds herself in a three way race in the sprawling 23rd Congressional District to replace John McHugh, who was recently appointed as Secretary of the Army.

Race may not matter after all in a hypothetical Democratic primary matchup between Gov.

One of the interesting races for 2009 is a special eelction for the 23rd Congressional District of New York .