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Mom Drives Van Into NY River, Killing Self, 3 Kids

NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- A woman who had just been involved in a domestic dispute loaded her four children into a minivan before letting one out and driving the rest of them into the Hudson River, killing herself and the three other children, firefighters said. The 10-year-old boy who had been let out of the minivan Tuesday...

Russian Arms Trafficking Suspect Arrives in NY

NEW YORK (Nov. 17) -- Russian arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout was flown from Bangkok to New York on Tuesday in a chartered U.S. plane, extradited in manacles to face terrorism charges despite a final outraged push by Russian diplomats to persuade Thailand to release him, American authorities said. Bout's extradition...

US Denies Entrapment at NY Bomb Plot Trial

(Oct. 5) -- Four men accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues and fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were ready and willing to do things "ordinary people wouldn't even dream of," a prosecutor said during closing arguments in their trial. The men from Newburgh, N.Y., were caught in a sophisticated...

Bulk of Anti-Terror Funding Pegged to 9/11 Suspect

(Feb. 1) -- At first glance, the $213 million that the Obama administration wants to add to the federal budget in anti-terrorism funding for high-risk cities next year seems like a substantial increase. It would boost the pot of urban homeland security money by 24 percent over the current level. But a closer look at the...

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05/30/12 The $12 million dream Source: Mid Hudson Times - Newburgh NY Members of Newburgh's Business Community got of glimpse of what could be the future of the Ritz Theater last week, and an update on the fundraising effort intended to turn a dream into reality.
05/30/12 Newburgh's Memorial Day Parade draws big crowd Source: Hudson Valley Press - Newburgh NY Memorial Day is a day to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
05/30/12 Newburgh man arrested for child porn allegations Source: Princeton Daily Clarion - Princeton IN Indiana State Police detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division at the Putnamville Post have concluded a nearly six week investigation into allegations that in early February, an Indiana State University student downloaded multiple child pornography images onto his personal computer using the main server of the university.
05/30/12 Barbara Bedell: Orange Regional Medical Center to host... Source: Times Herald-Record - Middletown NY A gala to benefit new technology and services at Orange Regional Medical Center will be conducted Saturday on the grounds of the new hospital at 707 E. Main St. in the Town of Wallkill.
05/30/12 Volunteer builders in Newburgh for Habitat blitz Source: Times Herald-Record - Middletown NY A pocket of land along Chambers Street is little more than a poured-concrete basement these days, but that will change Monday when hundreds of volunteer builders arrive.