State News

NEW YORK (AP) - The prostitute at the center of the salacious scandal that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and generated national headlines is going to dish on her life as a pricey escort.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) - The State University of New York's interim chancellor will resign, effective Dec. 31, as a SUNY panel continues to search for a permanent replacement.

Manchester, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of the upstate New York man who saved the lives of his two sons after their car slid off a rural road and crashed into a pond.

Cortland, N.Y. (AP) - Deputies say a man found dead inside a collapsed tent at Hoxie Gorge State Forest apparently died from hypothermia.

Guilderland, N.Y. (AP) - An Albany woman is in critical condition after she was run over by her own car while delivering food for the Meals on Wheels program.

Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - Tax records show that Chancellor Nancy Cantor, recently fired football coach Greg Robinson and Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Boeheim were the highest paid employees last year at Syracuse University.

Lake George, N.Y. (AP) -- A hiker who got lost in the Adirondack Park stayed warm by staying the night in a private camp.

Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Governor David Paterson is calling on the state Legislature to address a nearly $2 billion budget shortfall.

Swan Lake, N.Y. (AP) - A New York City man remains in jail in an upstate county where he's accused of accidentally killing a 16-month-old girl with a stray shot.

Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) - The U.S. Navy's newest warship is paying a visit to Buffalo.