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Fashion designer Kate Spade laid to rest, hundreds attend funeral 3 hours ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners braved drizzling rain to attend the funeral for fashion designer Kate Spade on Thursday, many of them carrying her iconic purses as they flocked to a church in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.
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University of Rochester now employs 30,000 employees 5 hours ago

The University of Rochester has released a new report detailing the growth and economic impact the university, medical center and its affiliates have on the community...
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Gov. Cuomo demands info on separated immigrant children in NY 5 hours ago

Governor Cuomo is demanding the federal government release information on immigrant children in New York who have been separated from their parents...
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Rochester police grant wish, swear in honorary chief 5 hours ago

Thursday morning, the Rochester Police Department and the Make-A-Wish Foundation swore in a new chief...
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Rattlesnake found curled up in engine of car in downstate NY 5 hours ago

On June 11, The DEC responded to a very usual complaint of a timber rattlesnake lying on a car’s engine in the town of Hancock, NY...
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Bill fails in NYS Assembly to block incinerator from coming to Romulus. 5 hours ago

Depending on who you ask, something's rotten in the state of New York. "The Finger Lakes receive more than 50 percent of New York's trash. We're not trash central we're finger lakes wine country," said William Ouweleen, secretary of the Finger Lakes Wine Business Coalition.
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After demolition of Hotel DeMay, gas station project faces new opposition 5 hours ago

Controversy remains in Greece after a historic hotel was torn down last year to make way for a gas station...
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New virtual reality arcade opens in Greece 5 hours ago

A brand new arcade in the Rochester area is giving many people the chance to experience virtual reality for the first time...
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IJC report blames record rain, not Plan 2014 for flooding last year 5 hours ago

The group that regulates Lake Ontario water levels, the International Joint Commission (IJC), has released a report on last year's flooding that caused millions of dollars in damage....
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