State News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Health officials say an upstate New York man stricken with swine flu has died in the Rochester area.

NEW YORK (AP) — An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines opens in Times Square on Friday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Documents show former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno sponsored a $2.5 million state grant to a college in his district for a new technology center where the main tenant would be a company whose investors included Bruno business associate Jared Abbruzzese.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's unemployment rate inched to 9 percent in October from 8.9 in September.

A central New York man has admitted killing his wife and then dumping her body in a Hudson Valley reservoir 220 miles away.

NEW YORK (AP) — A pastor accused of using church funds to pay for plastic surgery has been ordered to serve five years probation.

Lockport, N.Y. (AP) — A 17-year-old has been charged in the fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian that authorities in western New York say may have been drug-related.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's newest felony will send drunk drivers to prison when they are caught with children in the car. The measure is named for an 11-year-old killed this year on the way to a sleepover.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Poor women seeking free cancer screenings are being turned away in some parts of New York state because this year's budget crunch has forced a $3.5 million cut to a program providing them.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer has proposed a tax deduction for deer hunters who donate their processed venison to food pantries and soup kitchens.