Katy Vilardo leaned back on her sofa next to her cat, Otis, opened her laptop and steeled herself. “When I would get in the car in the morning,” the 33-year-old typed, “the first thing I would do is call mom ...

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NEW YORK — A federal appeals court has blocked a trustee from recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s mammoth fraud from major financial institutions. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Thursday. It says Trustee ...

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ALBANY — State officials say they’ve identified 10 banks and mortgage service companies as the worst in paying out insurance claims to New York’s Superstorm Sandy victims. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the firms are holding back more than 1,100 checks ...

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WASHINGTON — Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate moved Monday toward passing a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid after House Republicans stripped it of spending unrelated to ...

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NEW YORK — A judge delayed the sentencing of an eyewear website operator who intimidated customers, saying he first wants to hear testimony from dozens of victims who reported they were threatened with violence, including murder and rape. U.S. District ...

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ALBANY — Kim Dadou spent 17 years in prison for manslaughter for shooting her boyfriend as he choked and threatened her in his car. She had called police several times before and used the gun he kept under the passenger seat to kill him.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is throwing out a lower court ruling that says authorities need warrants to talk to potential victims of sex abuse at school. But the court didn't say whether it thinks the lower court was wrong.

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Rep. Louise Slaughter of Fairport has introduced the Violence Against Women Health Initiative Act to strengthen the ability of health care providers to identify victims of violence and help women from being victimized again.

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A fateful meeting 24 years ago between two young women left one dead and one in prison. Some say they’re both victims. Others think the family of the murdered woman is being victimized again. What is undisputed is that Holly Coomber, 17 at the time ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fending off demands that he resign over the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told Congress in 2004 that he had found a legal way to compensate Iraqi detainees who suffered ...

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