State News

Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have identified a decomposed body found behind a vacant house in Buffalo last week as that of a 16-year-old girl reported missing earlier this month.

Crown Point, N.Y. (AP) - Archaeologists are wrapping up the first week of a two-week excavation at an upstate historic site that was considered one of the most strategic military outposts in North America.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in the Syracuse area.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) - New York State Senator Joseph Bruno (R), the chamber's majority leader since 1995, says he will resign from his Senate seat this week.

New York (AP) -- A veterinarian says that lost-and-found pooch Rocco is happy and healthy in spite of having been separated from his Queens family for five years.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) - A new poll shows upstate New Yorkers are more likely to be sour on the Empire State's future and the chances of them being part of it than residents of New York City and its suburbs.

Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a kitten that was left hanging on a utility line in a Buffalo neighborhood.

Utica, N.Y. (AP) -- A former manufacturing site in Utica could finally be ready for redevelopment.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) - Governor David Paterson's campaign committee says it has raised more than $3.2 million in just over two months.

Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) -- A man is in custody after border agents at the Peace Bridge crossing in Buffalo say they ran a computer check as he tried to enter the United States and found he was wanted for desertion from the U.S. Navy.