The state senate will return to the capitol today to give final legislative approval on the $500 million dollar cut on the state's current budget.

$1 billion in spending cuts has been agreed upon. That includes $420 million for '08-'09 and $600 million for '09-'10. The Assembly was planning on voting late into the night Tuesday, the Senate will come back Wednesday.

A Greenport woman is accused of stealing money from the home of her neighbor, who died.

State lawmakers come back to Albany for a special session to make cuts to the budget that could ease the deficit by hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Democratic National Convention begins on Monday but Senator Barack Obama still hasn't picked his running mate. Many are expecting an announcement before the end of this week.

A five-week-old Greenwich girl is recovering after police say her mother dropped her in a driveway and then drove away, narrowly missing the newborn with her car.

A traffic advisory for the Route 9P bridge.

Crews in Albany are working to fix an 8 foot deep pothole that opened up Monday afternoon.

American Shooter Matt Emmons makes fatal mistake for second olympic season.

Warner Bros. bumps the new Harry Potter movie from fall to summer but Entertainment Weekly not told in time for print.

Lots of Bad Love and Runaway Sentences

Julia Child Was Among OSS Spies

August 17, 2008