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Jazz Festival Tickets Selling Fast
Rochester, N.Y. - At least one headliner's show for the 2012 Rochester International Jazz Festival has sold out. Organizers say there are no more tickets left for Norah Jones. Tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Other headliners include Diana Krall, Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers, and Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa. For tickets go to www.rochesterjazz.com .
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Crews Called to Barn Fire in Victor
Victor, N.Y.- Firefighters were called to the scene of a barn fire in Victor Friday afternoon. It started just after noon at 75 North Road. Ontario County Sheriff’s deputies say there were reports of small explosions at the location. 13WHAM News has a crew heading to the scene and will continue to update this story.
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Excellus BCBS Sending Refund Checks to Some Customers
Rochester, N.Y. - Some Excellus BlueCross BlueShield customers are receiving refund checks because they were either overcharged or had their claims denied. A computer glitch last year impacted people on high-deductible plans. Excellus has been sending out refund checks and will continue to send out more. They include an additional amount of money - an interest payment for customers. "We
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Dansville School District Launches Bus Safety Audit
Dansville, N.Y.- The Dansville Central School District will begin a transportation safety audit Monday after an 8-year-old girl was accidentally dragged by a school bus this week. It happened Wednesday afternoon in the town of Ossian, in Livingston County. Troopers say the driver, 62-year-old John Coley, told them he was not paying attention when the girl got off the bus, and
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Gates House Fire Victim Identified
Gates, N.Y. - The Gates Fire Department has released the name of the man who died in a Avocado Lane home last Friday. The Fire Chief says Johnnie Hill, 76, died on January 20. Fire investigators determined that the fire was started because of smoking. They found cigarette butts in the home.
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"Be Home By Dinner" - How Much Has Parenting Changed?
The last thing my mother wanted to do was neglect her duties as a parent. She was attentive, hard-working, and loved her three boys dearly. And yet I wonder if she would be considered neglectful by today's standards. See, we used to play all day, roaming far beyond the borders of our backyard. I grew up in a typical suburban
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A Needle And Thread --Not Just A Stitch But A Valuable Lesson !
Olivia Maloney not only looks like her mother, she looks up to her mother. It was just a few months ago that Olivia, 8, told her mother she wanted to learn to sew. So Joyce Maloney bought Olivia a starter sewing kit and children's sewing machine. Joyce too had a love of sewing, but had gotten too busy over the
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Who "Owns" a Dropout?
The Rochester City School District predicts its graduation rate went down in 2011 . The preliminary figures show a grad rate of 49 percent, a 2 percent drop. District officials blamed two factors on Tuesday. First, the state requirement for students to pass four Regents exams has proved a major challenge. Second, the state changed the definition of “cohort,” forcing
State News
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Koch blasts NY Legislature over new district lines
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York Mayor Ed Koch says he's sure the state Legislature will soon unveil new election district lines that further protect majority party incumbents despite pledges lawmakers made in the last campaign to draw non-partisan lines. Koch, who heads the NY Uprising group, says lawmakers in the Senate's Republican majority and the Assembly's Democratic
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AP source: NYPD head's son accused of sex assault
The son of New York City's police commissioner, also a co-host of a popular New York City morning television show, has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman, a person familiar with the investigation said Thursday. Greg Kelly, 43, was absent Thursday morning from his job as anchor of "Good Day New York" and through a lawyer denied the allegations.
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NY gov's infrastructure plan hailed, questioned
The numbers are big: $15 billion overall for improving New York state's infrastructure, including $5 billion-plus for a new Tappan Zee Bridge to be built alongside the existing span linking New York City's northern suburbs. The figures included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $132.5 billion budget proposal are cheered by the heavy construction companies that will build the highways, bridges and
National News
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Army chief lays out Army cuts in Europe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, says the Pentagon will take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 and eliminate them. Odierno says the military is working hard to mitigate the impact on European allies, and will rotate other Army units into the region to train with NATO partners. The units
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Occupy DC told to break camp
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Park Police are warning occupy protesters that they must stop camping at two Washington parks on Monday or risk arrest. The National Park Service is distributing fliers to protesters Friday at McPherson Square on K Street and at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue. The notice says protesters must comply with regulations that prohibit camping at those
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Families of kidnap victims speak out
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The families of an American woman and a Danish man rescued by U.S. Navy SEALs from their Somali captors say they are grateful for all the efforts made to rescue the two. A statement on Friday from the Danish Refugee Council on behalf of the families said that family members are relieved that both escaped unharmed.
World News
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Fitch downgrades credit ratings in Europe
LONDON (AP) — U.S. ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings for five European nations including leading economic heavyweights Italy and Spain. The agency on Friday lowered credit ratings for the five nations by one notch and placed a negative outlook on all of them, as well as on Ireland. Those nations downgraded included Belgium, Cyprus, Italy,
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Karzai want troops out of Afghanistan
PARIS (AP) — President Nicolas Sarkozy says France and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask NATO to hand over all combat mission in Afghanistan to Afghan troops in 2013 — a year earlier than planned. Sarkozy also says France has informed President Barack Obama of the plans, and will present the plan at a meeting of NATO defense ministers early
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Pakistani family wants justice in CIA killing
ISLAMABAD (AP) — One year after a CIA contractor shot to death two Pakistanis, relatives of the victims are living off generous compensation they received in a deal that led authorities to free the American. But the family of the man killed by an U.S. vehicle rushing to the scene of the shootings has received nothing, a lingering sore in
Consumer News & Recalls
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NYSEG AND RG&E Warn of Customer Security Breach
Rochester, NY – New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas and Electric (RG&E) are now alerting customers that secure information, including social security numbers, have been compromised. The security breach happened earlier this month. RG&E says a contractor who had access to this secure information shared it with unauthorized people. There have been no cases of fraud, but
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Local Bank Branches Sold
Rochester, N.Y. - First Niagara Bank reached an agreement to sell 27 branch locations to two new buyers. The sales follow the company's acquisition of 195 HSBC locations in New York and Connecticut. Community Bank System is buying 19 First Niagara and HSBC branches. Five Star Bank is purchasing eight other locations. This is a list of the local branches