Weekend Rain Chance and Pleasant Nights Ahead
The National Weather Service forecasts a pleasant night with partly cloudy skies and a low near 65. There is a 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms tomorrow with highs in the upper 70s to around 80. The weekend outlook shows rain possible Friday, but improving, with fair weather for Saturday and Sunday.
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National Weather Service
Lottery results Albany nightly draw numbers
Albany lottery announced the daily numbers with 717 as the winning number and 1390 as the Win Four result from last night.
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Albany
Today's chuckle Accordionist plays ends against the middle
A lighthearted quip humorously frames an accordionist as someone who uses clever shifts and tactics to balance opposing sides, turning a simple performance into a playful battle of sound and strategy.
LaFayette family buys four wild ponies
Jeff Light reports on Lana and Bobbi Ann Young of LaFayette caring for four 3 month foals from Assateague Island. The family aids in taming the ponies after watching the herd swim with about 45,000 spectators across a half mile channel from Assateague to Chincoteague.
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Broken Arrow
Island Sweetie
Creague
Chinc
Bobbi Ann Young
Bobbi Ann
Lana
Youngs
LaFayette
Assateague
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Chincoteague
Assateague Island
Chincoteague Island
US advisers aid Chad army. Coral Sea delayed
The United States will send four military advisers to Chad to train the Chadian army in using U S supplied anti air missiles with French intermediaries while the aircraft carrier Coral Sea is ordered to delay its departure from the Mediterranean. U S officials consider deploying AWACS to Egypt for Operation Bright Star as Libyan actions in Chad raise regional tensions.
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Washington
United States
Chad
Coral Sea
Mediterranean
Pentagon
Goukouni Oueddei
U.S
Reagan
Queddei
Muam
Mar Khadafy
Libya
France
Caribbean
Central America
N'Djamena
Egypt
Reagan orders study of hunger reports by new task force
President Reagan said he was perplexed by hunger stories and created a task force of experts to study rising hunger and propose remedies. He asked for a no holds barred report on mismanagement of food aid and funding needs. The Agriculture Department announced soon increased distributions of free cheese and other commodities to the poor, to be released in bulk to states for processing.
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Washington
Reagan
Department of Agriculture
David Lane
Agriculture Department
Syracuse church pantries near empty as donations lag
In Syracuse area, 55 food pantries and four meals programs serve about 17 000 families monthly from 38 pantries and feed 400 to 500 people daily. Emergency food distribution has risen 95 percent in a year. Shortfall worsens with summer demand, reduced church attendance, and new staggered food stamp distribution. A $33 000 federal grant is expected in September to ease the crisis.
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Vicki Prescott
Interreligious Food Consortium
Onondaga County
Prescott
Toxic tower haunts Binghamton state office building
The 18 story Binghamton State Office Building remains feared after a February 5, 1981 fire spread toxic soot containing furans PCBs dioxin and other substances. Union leader Tim Henehan seeks safety assurances while officials face credibility gaps and a costly cleanup nearing 13 million dollars.
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Lois Whittemore
Whittemore
Binghamton State
Times Beach
Timothy Henehan
Binghamton
Civil Service Employees Association
Henehan
Office of General Services
OGS
John Hudnes
Health Department
Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Albany
Demsini
OCS
John Egan
Bute Ding
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