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• EPA reminds marinas how to cut pollution

  Environmental Protection Agency is reminding New York marina operators about ways to reduce polluting waterways.The EPA and the state Department of Environmental Conservation recently compiled a manual and distributed it to more than 500 marinas statewide 5/31/12 Read more »

• Curbside bus companies shut down by government

  networks and their related companies that were shut down:Apex Bus Inc.:--Apex Bus NY Inc. of New York.--New Egg Bus Inc. of State College, Pa.--Asia Tours Inc. of State College--Universe Bus Inc. of Philadelphia--A One Bus Inc. of Rochester , N.Y.--All State 5/31/12 Read more »

• NY gets waiver for No Child Left Behind

  York and seven other states have won the right to abandon elements of the decade-old No Child Left Behind education policy, federal officials announced Tuesday.The law, passed during President George W. Bush 's administration, is credited with helping identify   Read more »

• DiNapoli pushes Exxon Mobil on LGBT rights

  gay or transgender workers, a shareholder resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.Using the $150-billion state pension fund's stock portfolio as influence, the comptroller's office said it has helped persuade 27 other big corporations to   Read more »

• Cuomo strips NYRA of power, seats new board

  the new board will determine the top executive positions. NYRA had replaced its president a week ago during a continuing state investigation. "If we're really smart, we'll bring these entire pieces together -- racing, wagering and gaming," Cuomo said. Cuomo   Read more »

Around the web

• 2014 QBs Andrew Ford, Drew Barker attending Penn State camp; Is Penn State low Big 33 participation worrisome?, and more headlines

  speaks during the Coaches Caravan event in New York, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. There will be plenty of opportunities for Penn State to flex its recruiting muscles at the end of the 2012-13 season when several seniors will graduate. (You may use HTML tags for 5/31/12 from PennLive.com Read more »

• Atlantic City Penalized as Christie Pushes Gambling: Muni Credit

  3 percent to $35.6 billion in 2011 as Las Vegas shook off its own slump and more capacity came online in states such as New York, according to a survey by the American Gaming Association. Consumer spending on gambling rose 2.9 percent to $10.7 billion last 5/31/12 from Bloomberg.com Read more »

• Wedding set for NY village mayor, longtime partner

  of the New York village of Ossining is tying the knot with his longtime...- 8:11 am NORTH SYRACUSE State troopers from across New York are gathering in the Syracuse area for...- 8:07 am Gray skies and a chance of showers are expected through early next week, 5/31/12 from The Ithaca Journal Read more »

• NY teen dies after falling off moving vehicle

  (AP) - Authorities say a 19-year-old man has died after falling off a moving pickup truck being driven through western New York mobile home park. Ontario County sheriff's deputies tell local media outlets that Dyllon Brewster of Bloomfield was clinging to 7:53 AM from WCAX Read more »

• Chesapeake Energy And Other Fracking Companies Squatting On New York Citizens' Land

  natural disasters or "acts of God", but in this case, the companies are arguing that the moratorium on fracking in New York state should fall under this clause and allow them to retain the land. These two major factors have caused investors' interests to cool 7:43 AM from Desmogblog Read more »