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1 NY New Era plant survives, Ala. plant to close Business
Wednesday's conditional announcement by the Buffalo-based maker of Major League Baseball hats means a facility in Demopolis, Ala. will close later this year while the production facility in Derby, N.Y., remains open.
1/27/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
2 NY man accused of beheading claims he was battered Nation and World
The founder of an Islam-oriented television station who is accused of beheading his wife was abused by her for years, according to his lawyer, who said Friday he will pursue a defense combining that justification as well as psychiatric claims.
1/22/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
3 Buffalo's debt collectors accused of bullying Business
When Tobias "Bags of Money" Boyland went looking for a new career after serving 13 years in prison for armed robbery and drug dealing, he quickly found something that suited his sensibilities: He opened a collection agency. It was, in some ways, a natural move for a young man in Buffalo.
1/5/2010 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
4 NY GM engine plant to stop making 'big block' V-8 Business
The auto maker's western New York plant stopped production of the latest variation of the "big block" V-8 engines. Plant manager Steve Finch called it "the end of a remarkable era." The big engine was developed in 1958 to keep up with the growing size and weight of American automobiles.
12/18/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
5 Snow strands motorists on NY Thruway near Pa. line Nation and World
More than 100 people who spent the night in snowbound cars and trucks on a closed stretch of New York State Thruway were guided off the highway Friday, but travel remained treacherous in the southwest corner of the state and into Pennsylvania. "It was very difficult.
12/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
6 100-year-old pedophile's freedom worries N.Y. Nation and World
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Everything that pedophile Theodore Sypnier has to show for his 100 years on Earth is packed in a single duffel bag as he prepares to begin a new chapter in life: freedom.
12/11/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
7 Stubborn storm leaves behind a shivering nation Nation and World
A deadly, windy storm that has paralyzed a wide swath of the nation for days left bitter cold behind as it finally made its exit Thursday, with temperatures below freezing in several states and gusts that made it feel as cold as minus 25.
12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
8 Western N.Y. frets as 100-year-old molester is freed Nation and World
Everything that pedophile Theodore Sypnier has to show for his 100 years on Earth is packed in a single duffel bag as he prepares to begin a new chapter in life: freedom. It's a chapter that prosecutors, judges and others who know him never wanted - or expected - to see written.
12/10/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
9 NY seeking developer for Great Lakes wind project Business
The New York Power Authority on Tuesday invited potential developers to submit proposals for offshore wind projects in Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The authority plans to award one or more projects a year from now.
12/1/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
10 NY apple growers leaving more fruit on trees Business
One reason is an abundant crop, not only in New York but in neighboring Pennsylvania and nearby Michigan, which has produced more second-tier fruit than juice and applesauce makers need and driven down market prices.
11/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
11 NY apple growers leaving more fruit on trees Business
One reason is an abundant crop, not only in New York but in neighboring Pennsylvania and nearby Michigan, which has produced more second-tier fruit than juice and applesauce makers need and driven down market prices.
11/27/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
12 New Era Cap Co. going from 3 plants to 1 Business
New Era Cap Co., which supplies Major League baseball players and celebrities, said Thursday that low consumer demand is forcing the consolidation of its U.S. manufacturing operations from three plants into one. The Buffalo-based headgear maker plans to close its Jackson, Ala.
11/19/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
13 Widow of NY abortion provider praises tougher law Business
The widow of a doctor who was shot to death in his New York home in 1998 by an abortion protester said Thursday the new state law setting tougher penalties for people who attack abortion providers or their employees and volunteers will reduce such incidents.
10/30/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
14 Widow of NY abortion provider praises tougher law Nation and World
The widow of a doctor who was shot to death in his New York home in 1998 by an abortion protester said Thursday the new state law setting tougher penalties for people who attack abortion providers or their employees and volunteers will reduce such incidents.
10/29/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
15 HUD official tours upstate NY's vacant homes Business
New York lawmakers brought the nation's top housing official through some of Buffalo's most forlorn neighborhoods Friday, seeking support for a $300 million program to help cities with vast stocks of vacant housing that predate the nation's foreclosure crisis.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
16 Women take a seat in Transportation Hall of Fame Nation and World
Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey's challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler's. In 1909, though, and before any other woman had made such a trip, others were uniquely hers.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
17 Women take a seat in Transportation Hall of Fame Local News
Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey's challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler's. In 1909, though, and before any other woman had made such a trip, others were uniquely hers.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
18 Buffalo Pierce Arrow museum creates Hall of Fame Local News
Bad roads, bad weather, flat tires, breakdowns. A lot of Alice Ramsey's challenges during her New York City-to-San Francisco drive could be any traveler's. In 1909, though, and before any other woman had made such a trip, others were uniquely hers.
10/23/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
19 NY businessman gets 20 years for Ponzi scheme Nation and World
Victims of a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme who wanted the man who robbed them severely punished got their wish Wednesday when a judge sentenced the 83-year-old businessman to a 20-year prison term.
10/21/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results
20 Western NY friends wear out all-you-can-fly passes Business
Two adventure-seeking college buddies are back on the ground in Buffalo after squeezing 50,000 miles - and a marriage proposal and new careers - out of a pair of all-you-can-fly plane tickets that took them to 30 cities in 31 days.
10/9/2009 | seattletimes.com | find similar results