Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Friday December 14, 2012 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York attorney general has sued an upstate tree removal company, claiming it gouged customers during 2011's Tropical Storm Irene by charging up to $10,000 per tree. The suit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York has auctioned off surplus train cars and other rail equipment from a failed project to improve service between Albany and New York City for $420,000. The state Office of
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is encouraging parents saving for college to contribute to a 529 plan before the end of the year. DiNapoli says residents can deduct annual
Parking restrictions, effective noon to 7 p.m., and road closures in effect due to Albany's Last Run 5K winter race.

According to reports, a Lee man has been arrested after he shot his stepson three times with an assault rifle at their home.
It was a moment of pride for Yong Qia Gan. It was as if he were on a game show when he ran to the podium to accept his naturalization certificate as he became an American citizen.

The president has released a proclamation that all flags be flown at half-staff in recognition of the shooting.

Full transcript of the presidential press conference on Conn. shooting.
Statements on the Conn. shooting released by N.Y. officials.

A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children.

NEWS10 spoke with psychologist Dr. Frank Doberman who offered parents guidance on how to speak with their children about the Conn. shooting tragedy.

Massachusettes State Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired at around 5:46 p.m to 175 Beartown Mountain Road Thursday after they say the father of the household, Phap Nguyen, shot his stepson Jeremy Lee Deane three times and then shot and then killed the family dog.
Everyone who sends a child to school each day had that same awful pit in their stomach Thursday - empathizing with those parents who lost what's most precious to them in the Connecticut school shooting.

It was a show of solidarity in the wake of heartbreaking sadness as thousands filled the pews of the Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown.
The principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School, Dawn Hochsprung is one of the victims in the shooting. Besides being hailed as a beloved leader in her school, Hochsprung also had ties to the Capital Region, working on her doctorate at The Sage Colleges.
New Yorkers held tea lights in plastic cups during an impromptu vigil in New York City's Times Square to remember the people killed in the Connecticut school massacre.