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Lottery calls discrepancies at casino 'display error"

SARATOGA SPRINGS - A Lake George woman uses an iPhone to capture an unexplained drop in her total while playing a video lottery terminal at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

"See, I think I got it on video that time," Cyndie Wade-Wood can be heard saying on the recording.

The machine's maximum bet was two dollars, but her balance suddenly drops more than 19 dollars from $54.80 to $35.20.

A few days later, Wade-Wood brought the video to management of the Casino who at first told her she shouldn't be videotaping.

And then they told her that the machines "self correct."

Wade-Wood doesn't buy it because she captured another malfunction several days later.

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Legislative push for medical marijuana in New York State

ALBANY - Wanda Hernandez has been living with HIV/AIDS for over a decade. 

She says she's tired of feeling like a criminal for using marijuana to battle the effects of her illness.

"Because of my HIV medication, I have constant battles of nausea and I have trouble holding down the food that I need to maintain myself and stay healthy but when I can use marijuana, it helps me settle my stomach and I feel comfortable," Hernandez said at a news conference in the Legislative Office Building.

Committee chairs in both the Assembly and the State Senate are pushing for a law that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana.

The patient would be required to register with the Department of Health and under most circumstances purchase the pot from a hospital or pharmacy.  

Cuomo wants salary cap for state-funded non-profits

Governor Cuomo wants to cap salaries for directors of state-funded not-for-profits and for-profit groups.

Under it, executives would be limited to a top salary of $199,000

The proposed regulations cover providers that receive more than half a million dollars in state support every year and receive at least thirty percent of their annual funding from the state.

Naked woman shops at Ballston Spa store

BALLSTON SPA - Stores often see strange customers, but this may have been one of the strangest.

A manager at the Curtis Lumber in Ballston Spa says a woman walked in Tuesday, but was missing something: Her clothes.

The naked shopper walked in, asked some employees what time it was, then left. Minutes later, she reportedly walked into the Stewart's Shop on East Line Road.

The unidentified streaker was later arrested by police.

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NY Legislature to move primary from Sept. 11

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's legislative leaders have agreed to move the Sept. 11 political primary in remembrance of the deaths and rescues in the 2001 terrorist attacks.
    
Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos say an agreement has been struck to move the primary to Sept. 13.
    
Skelos says Tuesday it's tempting to hold the primary as scheduled in defiance of terrorism but he's honoring a request by New York City firefighters and police officers.
    
The Senate passed the measure Tuesday. The Assembly is expected to follow suit within days.
    
The 2001 attacks came on a primary day, which was suspended.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

 

Applications available for DEC Environmental Education Summer Camps

Applications available for DEC Environmental Education Summer Camps

The application is now posted online for the Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Education Summer Camps.

The DEC Environmental Education Camps offer campers experiences in sportsman education, games, lessons, hands-on activities, swimming, hiking, canoeing and other outdoor activities. Through these activities, campers will learn about forests, water quality, nature and more.

There are four different camps kids can attend, Camp Colby, Camp DeBruce, Camp Rushford and Camp Pack Forest. Campers will participate in discovery groups and will complete six lessons. These lessons include group dynamics, explorations of different habitats and human impacts on the environment.  Science, problem solving, games, journal keeping and wildlife activities are also part of what campers will experience.

Camp starts on July 1, 2012 and goes until August 18, 2012. Campers can attend multiple times during the seven, week-long sessions.

Applebee’s fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics athletes

Applebee’s fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics athletes

On Thursday, May 17 dozens of local high school and college student athletes will join Special Olympics athletes to greet guests, bus tables and serve good at a fundraiser at Applebee’s restaurants.

The fundraiser will directly benefit more than 51,000 Special Olympics athletes across New York State and it is part of Applebee’s’ “Athletes and Applebee’s” night.

The event will take place from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. in restaurants in Queensbury and Saratoga Springs.