Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Wednesday July 04, 2012 
After having hundreds of dollars stolen from a local Americal Legion, the group was able to raise record profits.

Lots of excited children and adults watched Fireworks at the Racino in Saratoga Springs Tuesday night, but the fireworks weren't the only thing booming.

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The Schenectady Police Department has arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in Central Park.

A single vehicle accident on I-87 late Tuesday night claimed the life of a New York City woman and sent her four young occupants to Albany Medical Center, state police report.
This Fourth of July, the law firm Martin, Harding & Mazzotti would like to keep area roads safe by offering free cab rides to those in need of a safe ride home.
From 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. the City of Saratoga Springs is celebrating the Fourth of July holiday Wednesday.
Joey Chestnut won his sixth straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest.
Authorities say a New York transit officer has been hospitalized after shooting and killing a knife-wielding assailant.

A National Grid spokesperson says a downed tree caused as many as 1,200 people in Greenfield to lose power late Wednesday afternoon.
A cat stuck in the upper branches of a 60-foot oak tree for seven days - and quite unhappy about it - has finally been rescued.

Republicans hope to protect their 32-30 majority, in part by using the new election district lines they drew. They face Democrats who hope to ride a wave of support for President Obama into the majority.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. will pay Massachusetts towns and cities $232,000 to settle claims that they overcharged public agencies for prescriptions covered by workers compensation insurance.
Federal safety and health officials are investigating how a forklift plunged through a Springfield sidewalk into a cellar.
For the third time this week the Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson has been damaged.