Correction: Unemployment benefits storyNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — In a Sept. 24 story about labor commissioners from various states urging the U.S. Senate to extend unemployment benefits, The Associated Press, relying on information from the New York State Department of Labor, erroneously reported that Mississippi was among the states represented at a news conference. The department now says Mississippi wasn’t represented. Group of state labor commissioners urges US Senate to extend unemployment benefitsNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Labor commissioners from 18 states urged the U.S. Senate on Thursday to act immediately to extend unemployment benefits for 300,000 people who will exhaust theirs in another week. Woman claiming to be military liaison calls NY dad to say solider-son killed in war; he wasn’tBUFFALO, 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. Niagara Falls tourism officials pass on ‘Wonder of Nature’ poll, worry honor might be costlyNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Niagara Falls will not be among the “New 7 Wonders of Nature.” Clinton rejects victory claim by Iran’s Ahmadinejad, wants to know Iranians’ choiceNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud. US and Canada to update agreement to protect the Great Lakes, say new threats need attentionNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — The United States and Canada say they will update a key agreement to protect the Great Lakes from invasive species, climate change and other established and emerging threats to the world’s biggest surface freshwater system. Clinton praises UN for providing new tools for ‘appropriate action’ against North KoreaNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday new U.N. penalties against North Korea provide the necessary tools to help check the communist nation’s continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. Clinton says US hopes Iranian vote reflects ‘genuine will and desire’ of Iranian citizensNIAGARA FALLS, Ontario — The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud. |