TUNKHANNOCK - A 63-year-old Noxen man was sentenced last Wednesday to 12 to 25 years in state prison for his role in the death and robbery of a Brooklyn, N.Y. man in 2003.
HIS WIFE was recovering from surgery, so ESPN2 color commentator Teddy Atlas had an excuse for not being at ringside for his network's Friday night telecast of the Chris Byrd-Shaun George light-heavyweight bout in Las Vegas.
That excuse about not being able to afford to get fit Doesn't carry as much weight as you might think. Fitness experts say staying, or getting, in shape doesn't have to put undue pressure on already fragile finances especially now that the weather's warm.
A few months ago we told you about the latest ways officials in Troy and Lansingburgh are fighting chronic student absenteeism. Some students may have skipped more school this year than many people miss from sickness during their whole education. Our Steve Ference went with the truancy team trying to turn that pattern around, knocking on doors and trying to get kids to go to school.
Celizic:Â It's been a cruel spring in New York, short on sunshine and long on raw days and bone-chilling nights. It is perfect weather for lousy baseball. And that would include the Mets and Yankees.
It’s been a cruel spring in New York, short on sunshine and long on raw days and bone-chilling nights. It is perfect weather for lousy baseball. The Mets and the Yankees are hardly out of it.
Dear Liz: My wife and I were bombarded with offers for special credit card rates. Now, for absolutely no reason on our part, our credit card issuer has notified us that the rates on our accounts are about to skyrocket from 1.99% and 3.99% to the prime rate plus 23.99%, or nearly 30%. The issuer also lowered our credit limit to equal our balance. I'm not aware of any derogatory information on our
When he was the fastest man in the world, Tim Montgomery marked time in hundredths of seconds. But now that he is a convicted felon, the disgraced former Olympic gold medalist will mark time in years. Nearly four of them, a federal judge said Friday.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- If Republican Rep. Vito Fossella has any hopes of salvaging his political career, his fate could rest in the hands of Borough President James P. Molinaro and the Staten Island Conservative Party.
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