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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Buffalo</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Colgan Air says pilot error caused turboprop crash that killed 50 near Buffalo in February</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Airline blames Buffalo crash on pilot error

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A pilot&#8217;s inattention and failure to follow safety rules likely caused a commuter plane to plummet from the sky near Buffalo in February, killing 50 people, the airline told federal investigators.
The twin-engine turboprop also lacked an adequate system to warn the pilots when the plane was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colgan-air-says-pilot-error-caused-turboprop-crash-that-killed-50-near-buffalo-in-february-243899/">Read : Colgan Air says pilot error caused turboprop crash that killed 50 near Buffalo in February</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Blowing snow shuts down part of NY Thruway and I-90 in Pa.; 100 people stranded in stuck cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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Snow strands motorists on NY Thruway near Pa. line

BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 100 people who spent the night in snowbound cars and trucks on a closed stretch of New York State Thruway were guided off the highway Friday, but travel remained treacherous in the southwest corner of the state and into Pennsylvania.
&#8220;It was very .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/blowing-snow-shuts-down-part-of-ny-thruway-and-i-90-in-pa-100-people-stranded-in-stuck-cars-243137/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Blowing snow shuts down part of NY Thruway and I-90 in Pa.; 100 people stranded in stuck cars</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Snow strands 100 people on NY highway; troopers use ATVs to stay in contact with motorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Snow strands dozens of motorists in western NY

BUFFALO, N.Y. — About 100 people spent most of the night in snowbound cars on the New York State Thruway southwest of Buffalo and are finally being freed.
Troopers used all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles to keep in touch with motorists who got stuck when blowing snow shut down a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/snow-strands-100-people-on-ny-highway-troopers-use-atvs-to-stay-in-contact-with-motorists-243025/" title="Snow strands 100 people on NY highway; troopers use ATVs to stay in contact with motorists">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stubborn storm leaves a trail of frigid air, stranded hunters and vexed drivers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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Stubborn storm leaves behind a shivering nation

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A deadly, windy storm that has paralyzed a wide swath of the nation for days left bitter cold behind as it finally made its exit Thursday, with temperatures below freezing in several states and gusts that made it feel as cold as minus 25.
Power failures in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stubborn-storm-leaves-a-trail-of-frigid-air-stranded-hunters-and-vexed-drivers-242629/">Source article &nbsp;: Stubborn storm leaves a trail of frigid air, stranded hunters and vexed drivers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>100-year-old sex offender&#8217;s freedom dismays those who warn he&#8217;s still dangerous</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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Western NY frets as 100-year-old molester is freed

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Authorities are warning that a 100-year-old sex offender being freed from a halfway house in western New York is deceptively dangerous.
Theodore Sypnier (SIP&#8217;-neer) has completed his latest term in state prison for molesting little girls. The judge who sentenced him said she expected him to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/100-year-old-sex-offenders-freedom-dismays-those-who-warn-hes-still-dangerous-242612/" title="100-year-old sex offender&#8217;s freedom dismays those who warn he&#8217;s still dangerous">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wintry storm torments East with high wind after blasting Midwest, leaving trail of bitter cold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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Storm blows east, leaves Midwest in bitter cold

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A deadly, windy storm that tortured a wide swath of the country for days threatened to drop a foot or more of snow on parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New England Thursday before finally blowing off the coast of Maine.
Commuters from Des Moines to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wintry-storm-torments-east-with-high-wind-after-blasting-midwest-leaving-trail-of-bitter-cold-242590/" title="Wintry storm torments East with high wind after blasting Midwest, leaving trail of bitter cold">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wintry storm brings winds, snow to East after blasting Midwest, leaving trail of bitter cold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Wintry storm blows east with high winds, snow

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A deadly, windy storm that has tortured a wide swath of the country for days is threatening to drop up a foot of snow on parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New England before blowing off the coast of Maine.
Commuters from Des Moines to Chicago ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wintry-storm-brings-winds-snow-to-east-after-blasting-midwest-leaving-trail-of-bitter-cold-242569/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Wintry storm brings winds, snow to East after blasting Midwest, leaving trail of bitter cold</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Biting-cold winds, icy roadways greeting morning commuters across snow-buried Midwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke Meredith</dc:creator>
		
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Frigid temperatures follow heavy snow into Midwest

DES MOINES, Iowa — Frigid temperatures iced the Upper Midwest as a storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in several states from Iowa to New England threatened another round on Thursday as it neared the end of its cross-country trek.
Commuters from Des Moines to Chicago were ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/biting-cold-winds-icy-roadways-greeting-morning-commuters-across-snow-buried-midwest-242433/" title="Biting-cold winds, icy roadways greeting morning commuters across snow-buried Midwest">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Era Cap Co. closing some facilities, consolidating others; Economy to blame</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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New Era Cap Co. going from 3 plants to 1
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New Era Cap Co., which supplies Major League baseball players and celebrities, said Thursday that low consumer demand is forcing the consolidation of its U.S. manufacturing operations from three plants into one.

The Buffalo-based headgear maker plans to close its Jackson, Ala., facility by .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-era-cap-co-closing-some-facilities-consolidating-others-economy-to-blame-232945/">New Era Cap Co. closing some facilities, consolidating others; Economy to blame</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FAA chief says plane that overshot Minneapolis shows pilots need to refocus on professionalism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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FAA chief: Pilots must refocus on professionalism

WASHINGTON — The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem — eroding professionalism among commercial airline pilots, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Wednesday.
Babbitt told an international aviation club on Wednesday that aviation is facing an &#8220;extreme need to refocus on professionalism.&#8221; He ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/faa-chief-says-plane-that-overshot-minneapolis-shows-pilots-need-to-refocus-on-professionalism-218068/">FAA chief says plane that overshot Minneapolis shows pilots need to refocus on professionalism</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Widow of slain abortion provider among those praising NY&#8217;s tougher state laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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Widow of NY abortion provider praises tougher law

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The widow of a doctor who was shot to death in his New York home in 1998 by an abortion protester said Thursday the new state law setting tougher penalties for people who attack abortion providers or their employees and volunteers will reduce such incidents.
&#8220;It&#8217;s .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/widow-of-slain-abortion-provider-among-those-praising-nys-tougher-state-laws-211862/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HUD official tours of upstate NY&#8217;s vacant homes; lawmakers want federal housing help</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York lawmakers brought the nation&#8217;s top housing official through some of Buffalo&#8217;s most forlorn neighborhoods Friday, seeking support for a $300 million program to help cities with vast stocks of vacant housing that predate the nation&#8217;s foreclosure crisis.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan stopped short of endorsing the Community Regeneration, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hud-official-tours-of-upstate-nys-vacant-homes-lawmakers-want-federal-housing-help-205359/">Source &nbsp;: HUD official tours of upstate NY&#8217;s vacant homes; lawmakers want federal housing help</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Women move over to the driver&#8217;s seat in new Transportation Hall of Fame in NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey&#8217;s challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler&#8217;s.

In 1909, though, and before any other woman had made such a trip, others were uniquely hers. Like when she was stopped by a posse of men on horseback ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/women-move-over-to-the-drivers-seat-in-new-transportation-hall-of-fame-in-ny-205054/">Women move over to the driver&#8217;s seat in new Transportation Hall of Fame in NY</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1st woman to drive cross-continent among 1st inductees to new transportation hall of fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey&#8217;s challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler&#8217;s.

In 1909, though, and before any other woman had made such a trip, others were uniquely hers. Like when she was stopped by a posse of men on horseback .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1st-woman-to-drive-cross-continent-among-1st-inductees-to-new-transportation-hall-of-fame-204440/">1st woman to drive cross-continent among 1st inductees to new transportation hall of fame</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Western NY teen charged with false report after using ketchup to fake suicide live online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLARENCE, N.Y. — A 17-year-old boy in western New York has been charged with a misdemeanor after he put ketchup on his arms and faked his suicide on a live video Web site, police said.

Troopers got several calls Tuesday night about a young man broadcasting a suicide attempt over the Internet, state police said. The .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/western-ny-teen-charged-with-false-report-after-using-ketchup-to-fake-suicide-live-online-204127/" title="Western NY teen charged with false report after using ketchup to fake suicide live online">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger, Paterson find unlikely alliance in fiscal, climate change crises</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — One is the courtly governor of the Empire State, the other the flashy star of the Golden State.

But a fiscal crisis hammering New York and California, the shared priority for a future of clean, renewable fuel sources, and a couple twists of fate have quietly brought together New York&#8217;s David Paterson and .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/schwarzenegger-paterson-find-unlikely-alliance-in-fiscal-climate-change-crises-198350/">Schwarzenegger, Paterson find unlikely alliance in fiscal, climate change crises</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Western NY friends hit 30 cities in a month, a marathon of fun using all-you-can-fly passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two adventure-seeking college buddies are back on the ground in Buffalo after squeezing 50,000 miles — and a marriage proposal and new careers — out of a pair of all-you-can-fly plane tickets that took them to 30 cities in 31 days.

Clark Dever and Joe DiNardo touched town at Buffalo Niagara International Airport ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/western-ny-friends-hit-30-cities-in-a-month-a-marathon-of-fun-using-all-you-can-fly-passes-192153/">Original article on  : Western NY friends hit 30 cities in a month, a marathon of fun using all-you-can-fly passes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 friends from Buffalo hit 30 cities in 31 days with airline&#8217;s all-you-can-fly passes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two friends are back on the ground in Buffalo after squeezing all they could out of an airline&#8217;s all-you-can-fly passes.

Clark Dever and Joe DiNardo took full advantage of JetBlue&#8217;s $599 special, which allowed travelers to take as many flights as they wanted in a month.
The pair say they visited 30 cities in ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-friends-from-buffalo-hit-30-cities-in-31-days-with-airlines-all-you-can-fly-passes-191996/">2 friends from Buffalo hit 30 cities in 31 days with airline&#8217;s all-you-can-fly passes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sovran Self Storage prices stock offering at $29.75</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sovran Self Storage Inc., a real estate investment trust, on Wednesday priced its public offering of 3.5 million shares of common stock at $29.75 each.

After expenses, the offering is expected to raise $98.8 million. Proceeds will be used to repay debt and for general corporate purposes.
The self-storage facilities manager said the offering ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sovran-self-storage-prices-stock-offering-at-2975-182893/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Sovran Self Storage prices stock offering at $29.75</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>States find demanding higher taxes from the rich during fiscal crisis can be risky business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — This year, New York&#8217;s deep-pocketed rich are being required to dig even deeper to help shore up state finances through new and higher income taxes.

They&#8217;re also being asked to pay higher taxes on limousines, yachts, real estate and for entering a horse in a race.
But halfway through the fiscal year, New York ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/states-find-demanding-higher-taxes-from-the-rich-during-fiscal-crisis-can-be-risky-business-181455/">States find demanding higher taxes from the rich during fiscal crisis can be risky business</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Father of late Tim Russert dies at 85 in NY; &#8216;Big Russ&#8217; was subject of 2004 best-seller</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The father of the late &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; moderator Tim Russert has died in Buffalo, NY. He was 85.

The family of Timothy J. Russert Sr. issued a statement saying he died Thursday of natural causes.
The elder Russert, known as &#8220;Big Russ,&#8221; grew up in South Buffalo and drove a city sanitation truck .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/father-of-late-tim-russert-dies-at-85-in-ny-big-russ-was-subject-of-2004-best-seller-178664/">Father of late Tim Russert dies at 85 in NY; &#8216;Big Russ&#8217; was subject of 2004 best-seller</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Soldier wrongly reported dead story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — In a Sept. 15 story about a family that received a telephone call from the U.S. Army incorrectly saying that their son had been killed in Afghanistan, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of another soldier who was killed. His correct name was Army Sgt. Tyler A. Juden, not Judin.
.... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/correction-soldier-wrongly-reported-dead-story-170776/">Correction: Soldier wrongly reported dead story</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NC police investigate whether brother of adopted slain pregnant teen fathered child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch Weiss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man accused of raping his adopted teenage sister has turned himself in and is a person of interest in her shooting death at a school bus stop, police said Tuesday.

Authorities said they were looking into whether Royce Mitchell, 36, was the father of 15-year-old Tiffany Wright&#8217;s baby, who was delivered at .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nc-police-investigate-whether-brother-of-adopted-slain-pregnant-teen-fathered-child-169548/">NC police investigate whether brother of adopted slain pregnant teen fathered child</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Woman claiming to be military liaison calls NY dad to say solider-son killed in war; he wasn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — An Army unit is reviewing how it delivers information to families after a call to a western New York couple led them to believe their son had been killed in combat.

Ray Jasper of Niagara Falls said he, his wife, Robin, and their extended family spent four hours Sunday mourning their son, Sgt. ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-claiming-to-be-military-liaison-calls-ny-dad-to-say-solider-son-killed-in-war-he-wasnt-169063/">Woman claiming to be military liaison calls NY dad to say solider-son killed in war; he wasn&#8217;t</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers turn national pain into national pride at 9/11 service events nationwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people heeded the call by President Barack Obama and Congress to observe Sept. 11 by volunteering. Here is a sample of events around the country.

CHICAGO — It may not seem like much, spreading mulch on the ground at a park on Chicago&#8217;s northwest side.
But to Betty Johnson, working in a garden Friday was .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/volunteers-turn-national-pain-into-national-pride-at-911-service-events-nationwide-166189/">Original article &nbsp;: Volunteers turn national pain into national pride at 9/11 service events nationwide</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>GM rolls past 1 million miles in fuel cell demo; Confident it&#8217;s on right track</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — General Motors Co. is now 1 million miles into its fuel cell experiment and company officials say having everyday people drive a test fleet of pollution-free cars has convinced them they are on the right track.

The automaker on Friday said it passed the 1 million-miles-driven mark in its fuel cell Chevrolet Equinox ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gm-rolls-past-1-million-miles-in-fuel-cell-demo-confident-its-on-right-track-165454/" title="GM rolls past 1 million miles in fuel cell demo; Confident it&#8217;s on right track">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FAA chief compares cockpits in Hudson landing, Buffalo crash, notes professionalism gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that a deadly plane crash near Buffalo demonstrated a &#8220;complete inattention to basic details&#8221; compared with the &#8220;textbook greatness&#8221; of the safe landing of a jetliner on the Hudson River just weeks earlier.

Administrator Randy Babbitt made the comments Thursday at the annual FAA ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/faa-chief-compares-cockpits-in-hudson-landing-buffalo-crash-notes-professionalism-gap-165228/" title="FAA chief compares cockpits in Hudson landing, Buffalo crash, notes professionalism gap">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Upstate NY couple weds at 7-year-old son&#8217;s funeral, honoring boy&#8217;s wish that they marry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after an upstate New York car crash have fulfilled his wish that they get married, and they did it at the child&#8217;s funeral.

Amilcar Hill and Rahwa Ghirmatizion (ger-MAT&#8217;-ee-zahn) got married during Monday&#8217;s funeral service in Buffalo for their son, Asa Hill. Asa died a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/upstate-ny-couple-weds-at-7-year-old-sons-funeral-honoring-boys-wish-that-they-marry-162535/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Upstate NY couple weds at 7-year-old son&#8217;s funeral, honoring boy&#8217;s wish that they marry</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sisters of 9/11 activist widow walk similar path as reluctant but determined advocates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EAST AURORA, N.Y. — None of the Eckert sisters ever envisioned walking the halls of Congress, advocating to right wrongs to protect the country from tragedy.

Not Beverly Eckert, a Stamford, Conn., insurance executive before she lost her husband of 21 years on Sept. 11, 2001.
Not Karen Eckert or Susan Bourque, her sisters back home in ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sisters-of-911-activist-widow-walk-similar-path-as-reluctant-but-determined-advocates-160003/" title="Sisters of 9/11 activist widow walk similar path as reluctant but determined advocates">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Worries over pilot fatigue prod government, airlines to change rules on rest for airline crews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Crowded skies and exhausted pilots are a bad mix, the airline industry and pilot unions agree, but they&#8217;re struggling over what to do about it.

The airlines want to schedule some pilots with less-taxing flights — fewer takeoffs and landings — but for longer, not shorter, hours in the cockpit. The unions say they ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/worries-over-pilot-fatigue-prod-government-airlines-to-change-rules-on-rest-for-airline-crews-156695/">Worries over pilot fatigue prod government, airlines to change rules on rest for airline crews</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>After decades of delay, government, airline industry are prodded to deal with pilot fatigue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Many jet pilots operate under flying-time rules written in the era of propeller-driven planes, raising fatigue issues that industry and union leaders want addressed.

In an earlier time, far removed from today&#8217;s crowded skies, delayed flights and overbookings, officials defined a reasonable work day for a pilot without a scientific understanding of fatigue.
Finding ways ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-decades-of-delay-government-airline-industry-are-prodded-to-deal-with-pilot-fatigue-155939/">After decades of delay, government, airline industry are prodded to deal with pilot fatigue</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut small banks in Maryland, Minnesota; makes 83 US bank failures this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Regulators on Friday shut down small banks in Maryland and Minnesota, pushing to 83 the number of bank failures this year amid the soured economy and rising loan defaults.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over Baltimore-based Bradford Bank, with about $452 million in assets and $383 million in deposits. It also seized Mainstreet ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-shut-small-banks-in-maryland-minnesota-makes-83-us-bank-failures-this-year-153066/">Regulators shut small banks in Maryland, Minnesota; makes 83 US bank failures this year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hero funerals for pair of Buffalo firefighters who died searching for victims in fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than 5,000 firefighters lined several city blocks in Buffalo and saluted with white-gloved hands as the flag-draped casket of a fellow firefighter arrived at a downtown cathedral. The sad scene played out twice Friday on a day of mourning.

First, family, friends and colleagues followed the casket of Lt. Charles &#8220;Chip&#8221; McCarthy ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hero-funerals-for-pair-of-buffalo-firefighters-who-died-searching-for-victims-in-fire-152603/">Read : Hero funerals for pair of Buffalo firefighters who died searching for victims in fire</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>No evidence found of 3rd fire victim in convenience store where 2 Buffalo firefighters died</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fire investigators spent Tuesday searching a burned-out convenience store where two Buffalo firefighters died a day earlier, but found no evidence anyone else was inside.

A 911 caller reported someone banging on a wall and yelling for help early Monday morning, leading firefighters to rush in and search the burning store. Lt. Charles ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-evidence-found-of-3rd-fire-victim-in-convenience-store-where-2-buffalo-firefighters-died-149615/" title="No evidence found of 3rd fire victim in convenience store where 2 Buffalo firefighters died">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you&#8217;re looking for the place where buffalo wings started, you&#8217;ll naturally want to head to Buffalo, N.Y.

And if you want to join thousands of other wing fans in celebration of the deep-fried, saucy favorite, plan your trip for Labor Day weekend, when the city hosts the National Buffalo Wing Festival, this .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/buffalo-wing-celebration-in-where-else-buffalo-148468/">Buffalo wing celebration in, where else, Buffalo</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Buffalo firefighters killed in collapse inside burning store; reports of 3rd person missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two firefighters — one searching for a person reported to be trapped and the other responding to a mayday call — plunged through the collapsed first floor of a burning building and died early Monday.

Rescue crews tried repeatedly to get to the two fallen firefighters, but were beaten back by fire and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-buffalo-firefighters-killed-in-collapse-inside-burning-store-reports-of-3rd-person-missing-148384/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 2 Buffalo firefighters killed in collapse inside burning store; reports of 3rd person missing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 2 Buffalo, NY, firefighters killed in floor collapse inside burning store</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Officials in Buffalo, N.Y., say two firefighters have been killed after the first floor of a burning convenience store collapsed into the basement.

The Rev. Derren Young, chaplain at the Erie County Medical Center, says the firefighters&#8217; bodies were recovered Monday morning and will be taken to the hospital. A police spokesman says ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-2-buffalo-ny-firefighters-killed-in-floor-collapse-inside-burning-store-148359/" title="Official: 2 Buffalo, NY, firefighters killed in floor collapse inside burning store">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Buffalo, NY, firefighters missing at scene of building fire; reports of 3rd person trapped</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fire officials in Buffalo, N.Y., say two firefighters are missing after a floor in a burning building collapsed.

Fire Commissioner Michael Lombardo says the firefighters were inside a convenience store Monday morning when the floor gave way. There were reports that a third person was also in the basement of the two-story building, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-buffalo-ny-firefighters-missing-at-scene-of-building-fire-reports-of-3rd-person-trapped-148296/">Read : 2 Buffalo, NY, firefighters missing at scene of building fire; reports of 3rd person trapped</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>6 months later, goodbyes linger for Buffalo crash victims as families retrieve belongings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CLARENCE, N.Y. — A small scrap of T-shirt, about six inches square, smoky gray-brown. A black sock, missing the heel. They were all that remained of the clothes Darren Tolsma was wearing when he died on Continental Connection Flight 3407. His wife, Robin, wanted them back.

Jennifer West hopes she&#8217;ll see her husband, Ernie&#8217;s, wedding band ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/6-months-later-goodbyes-linger-for-buffalo-crash-victims-as-families-retrieve-belongings-137234/">Read : 6 months later, goodbyes linger for Buffalo crash victims as families retrieve belongings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Detectives look for motive after shooting in blighted NY neighborhood leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — A shooting outside a home in a blighted neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

A 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were shot and killed in a botched robbery about 2 a.m. on Buffalo&#8217;s east side, where ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/detectives-look-for-motive-after-shooting-in-blighted-ny-neighborhood-leaves-2-dead-3-wounded-131937/">Detectives look for motive after shooting in blighted NY neighborhood leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting outside Buffalo home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded; detectives looking for motive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — A shooting in a blighted Buffalo neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

A 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were shot and killed about 2 a.m. in a neighborhood on Buffalo&#8217;s east side, where the number of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shooting-outside-buffalo-home-leaves-2-dead-3-wounded-detectives-looking-for-motive-131686/" title="Shooting outside Buffalo home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded; detectives looking for motive">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Shooting outside Buffalo home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded; detectives looking for motive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — A shooting in a blighted Buffalo neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

A 25-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were shot and killed about 2 a.m. in a neighborhood on Buffalo&#8217;s east side, where the number of ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-shooting-outside-buffalo-home-leaves-2-dead-3-wounded-detectives-looking-for-motive-131387/">Police: Shooting outside Buffalo home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded; detectives looking for motive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Travelers who challenged Cuba ban return to US via border crossings in NY and Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carolyn Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Groups of travelers who defied the federal government&#8217;s ban on most travel to Cuba returned to the United States with some fanfare but no holdups Monday, passing without incident through checkpoints at the northern and southern borders.

Opponents of the ban have been making such protest trips for 40 years but said recent .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/travelers-who-challenged-cuba-ban-return-to-us-via-border-crossings-in-ny-and-texas-129456/">Travelers who challenged Cuba ban return to US via border crossings in NY and Texas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New cockpit voice recorder transcript shows Buffalo crash pilots discussed sickness, low pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The co-pilot in February&#8217;s airline crash in upstate New York complained to the flight&#8217;s captain that she felt ill and would have skipped the flight but didn&#8217;t want to pay for a hotel room, according to a new cockpit voice recorder transcript released Monday.

The extended transcript, released by the National Transportation Safety Board, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-cockpit-voice-recorder-transcript-shows-buffalo-crash-pilots-discussed-sickness-low-pay-122106/">New cockpit voice recorder transcript shows Buffalo crash pilots discussed sickness, low pay</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>First Niagara purchasing Harleysville National for $237 million in all stock deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — First Niagara Financial Group Inc. said Monday it will acquire Harleysville National Corp. for $237 million in an all stock deal — its second Pennsylvania acquisition in four months.

The acquisition helps First Niagara, which operates banks across Upstate New York, continue its expansion efforts into Pennsylvania. In April, First Niagara agreed to .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/first-niagara-purchasing-harleysville-national-for-237-million-in-all-stock-deal-121934/">First Niagara purchasing Harleysville National for $237 million in all stock deal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bush considered sending US troops into Buffalo suburb to arrest terror suspects, paper says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported.

Vice President Dick Cheney and several other Bush advisers at the time strongly urged that the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bush-considered-sending-us-troops-into-buffalo-suburb-to-arrest-terror-suspects-paper-says-120269/" title="Bush considered sending US troops into Buffalo suburb to arrest terror suspects, paper says">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds raid 2 Buffalo-area homes owned by Ohio businessman; properties purchased for $6.3M</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG, N.Y. — FBI agents raided a pair of multimillion-dollar homes owned by a young Cleveland businessman&#8217;s financial company, hauling away computers, documents, furniture, cars and other belongings.

Dozens of agents swarmed the neighboring properties in Hamburg, just south of Buffalo, on Wednesday. The search took up most of the day, FBI spokesman Earl Gould said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/feds-raid-2-buffalo-area-homes-owned-by-ohio-businessman-properties-purchased-for-63m-98174/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Feds raid 2 Buffalo-area homes owned by Ohio businessman; properties purchased for $6.3M</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>DC Metro train operator: Driver who died in other train saved lives by hitting brakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The rookie operator of a Washington, D.C., Metro train saved lives by applying an emergency brake moments before a collision with another train killed her and eight passengers, the other train&#8217;s operator said at her funeral Wednesday.

Hundreds of mourners, including family, friends and more than two dozen Metro transit colleagues, gathered in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dc-metro-train-operator-driver-who-died-in-other-train-saved-lives-by-hitting-brakes-97152/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : DC Metro train operator: Driver who died in other train saved lives by hitting brakes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Operator of stopped DC Metro train tells mourners that driver in other train &#8217;saved lives&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — The injured driver of a Washington, D.C., Metro train that was hit in a deadly crash is telling mourners in New York that the other train&#8217;s operator was a hero.

Brian Brooks was operating a train that was stopped on June 22 when a train driven by Jeanice McMillan smashed into his. McMillan .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/operator-of-stopped-dc-metro-train-tells-mourners-that-driver-in-other-train-saved-lives-97056/">Operator of stopped DC Metro train tells mourners that driver in other train &#8217;saved lives&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mourners gather in NY to remember train operator killed in DC crash; being hailed as hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners are gathering in upstate New York to remember a Washington, D.C., train operator credited with saving lives in last week&#8217;s rail crash that killed her and eight passengers.

Jeanice McMillan&#8217;s funeral is being held Wednesday in her hometown of Buffalo. The 42-year-old, a devoted mother to her college-age son, moved to the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mourners-gather-in-ny-to-remember-train-operator-killed-in-dc-crash-being-hailed-as-hero-96755/" title="Mourners gather in NY to remember train operator killed in DC crash; being hailed as hero">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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