Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Thursday April 19, 2012 
The body was first discovered late Wednesday afternoon in the water near the Rexford Bridge.
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The 156 million dollar budget closes the Schenectady school district's budget gap of 7 million dollars, but some are asking at what cost. 48 positions could be eliminated, 26 of which are teachers.
A Russell Sage alumna has given the college a $9 million bequest, the college announced Thursday, the second largest gift in the school's history.
Saratoga Springs, New York is getting some national attention in the May 2012 edition of Travel and Leisure Magazine.
The Broadalbin-Perth, Mayfield, and Northville Central School Districts are preparing to take legal action against Fulton County in an effort to recover over $940,000 worth of unpaid 2011-12 school taxes owed by the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing Sprint-Nextel Corp., claiming it under-collected and underpaid $100 million in sales taxes to keep prices down.
George Washington didn't sleep there, but his doctor did. The upstate New York home of Washington's personal physician is for sale.
Police in Colonie say a man has been arrested after a suspicious package destined for him was found to contain illegal drugs.
Great Barrington, Massachusettes has been named the number one best town in America by the Smithsonian magazine.
According to a report released Thursday, in 2010 more than 77,000 New York children suffered from abuse or neglect and local law enforcement leaders are teaming up to try and break that cycle.
Levon Helm, a key member of the seminal rock group The Band who lent his distinctively Southern voice to classics like "The Weight" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," has died at age 71.
Since Friday the Warren County Sheriff's Office arrested four people for unrelated drug charges.
They are a loving family from Saugerties, New York. The parents say they considered themselves vigilant; still their 15-year-old daughter was taken from them by a cyber predator.
Albany detectives arrested three people Wednesday for allegedly breaking into a neighboring apartment and assaulting a man from a dispute over a loud party.
Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings announced on Thursday the launch of Albany's Neighborhood Energy Challenge.
New York State law makers have announced efforts Thursday to criminalize synthetic marijuana.
A student at the North Colonie Central School was arrested on Thursday after bringing a BB gun to school.
Albany police are investigating a stabbing in the city's Arbor Hill neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
A Waterlviet drug ring member was sentenced to imprisonment on Wednesday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Vermont a big boost by helping defray the repair costs of a White River Junction railroad bridge nearly destroyed by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene.
Albany police are investigating a stabbing in the city's Arbor Hill neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
A local pastor will be honored in Washington D.C. for his work in the Albany community.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will honor two graduates who assisted in designing and building Fenway Park in Boston.
A brush fire started in Lee, Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon.
Police say the tractor-trailer driver that caused a crash on the Northway Wednesday evening will face federal charges.
A Sage College alumna donated $9 million to the school.
Emergency personnel from all over Berkshire County continue to battle a large brush fire Thursday in Lee.
Albany County Senator Neil Breslin announced on Thursday that he'll seek another term in office.
Emergency personnel from all over Berkshire County battled a large brush fire in Lee for several hours Thursday.
A dog was shot to death at a Troy home on Thursday evening after suspects broke in, police say.
The Watervliet community voiced outrage on Thursday over plans to tear down a vacant church for a new supermarket.
The Capital District Youth Lacrosse League is raising money for automatic external defibrillators.
