Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Friday December 07, 2012 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A contingent of New York Army National Guard soldiers is heading to Virginia to honor the sacrifices of the famous Irish Brigade during the Civil War's Battle of Fredericksburg. National
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. - The second of the two teens who survived the deadly Northway crash on Saturday night is also back home and recovering. 17-year-old Matt Hardy, Shenendehowa High School senior, was
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Local and Massachusetts state law enforcement are at the Pittsfield Walmart this morning for their Cop on Top annual fundraiser. The event is expected to be going on until 6 p.m., Saturday.

ALBANY, N.Y. - Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy will host a Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Ceremony at the Joseph E. Zaloga American Legion Post No. 1520 Friday morning. December 7, 2012 marks the

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Saratoga Springs Police Department is asking residents who might have had items stolen from their vehicles to step forward. On Wednesday, December 5, police announced the arrest

More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.

The Supreme Court will take up California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals.
Four teenagers accused of raping a University of Massachusetts student in her Amherst dorm room in October have been indicted by a grand jury.

Governor Cuomo has directed flags be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of Lance Corporal Anthony Denier, the Mechanicville marine killed in action last weekend.

A gag order of sorts has been placed on the Troy Chief of Police by the city, after speaking out to the media about his distaste for a new police commissioner position recently approved by the city council.
Students at Rensselaer's Red Mill Elementary in East Greenbush received tips on how to avoid problems with strangers Friday.
Several years ago, a state commission recommended Niskayuna's Bellevue hospital to be shut down. The facility, which focuses solely on women's health was able to persevere. Today, they cut the ribbon on a brand new addition.
The Siena men's basketball team has a very big game Friday against Rider at the Times-Union Center as they open up conference play, but while getting a win is important - the players are showing support for the victims and survivors of that horrific Northway crash that claimed the lives to two Shen students last week.
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is warning the public of a recent phone scam affecting local victims.

It takes more than a superstorm to derail the U.S. job market.
The mother of Bailey Wind, one of the two survivors of the deadly Northway crash, spoke with NEWS10 by phone Friday.
Green and blue ribbons symbolizing "Shen and Shaker United" were on cars in the parking lot, as well as Stewart and Deanna Rivers' sports numbers. Stewart and Rivers were killed in Saturday's northway crash.

The Supreme Court agreed to take up California's ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute about federal benefits for legally married gay couples on Friday.
Gov. Deval Patrick says he continues to support making the identities of lower-level sex offenders available to the public following charges against a Wakefield man accused of sexually abusing 13 infants and toddlers.