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Happy Birthday DICK!!!!!
Clark turns 78, and will return for
New Years Slobberin' Eve 08 in Times Square.
It isn't known if Dick will have his drool cup on hand although Ryan
Seacrest has already got a special raincoat for the event.
Good Luck DICK!!!!!

My Brain
Feels Funny. (AP) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island Hospital
has been fined $50,000 and reprimanded by the state Department of Health after its third instance this year of a doctor performing
brain surgery in the wrong side of a patient’s head.
The most recent case happened Friday when the chief resident
started operating on the wrong side of an 82-year-old patient’s brain, the health department said. The patient was OK,
the health department and hospital said.
In February, a different doctor performed neurosurgery on
the wrong side of another patient’s head, said Andrea Bagnall-Degos, a health department spokeswoman. That patient was
also OK, she said.
In August, however, a patient died a few weeks after a third
doctor operated on the wrong side of his brain. The death prompted the state to order the hospital to take a series of steps
to ensure such a mistake would not happen again, including an independent review of its neurosurgery practices and better
verification from doctors of surgery plans.
The hospital is owned by Lifespan, a not-for-profit corporation.
It serves as a teaching hospital for Brown University.

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WNYT Reporter Dan Bazile says farewell , Kovachik still missing
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After years of service and covering
a wide array of local stories here in the Crapital Region Dan Bazile steps away from the spotlight and into public relations.
Dan has become a welcome and friendly
face to those who work downtown Albany. Especially those who work down in the capital building. Bazile was often seen reporting
on Senate matters and the "SteamRollah" hisself, Governor Spitzer.
During his reporting career in the area,
Dan has covered a wide range of events from snowstorms to the September 11th terrorist attacks.
"His presence will be missed on television"
Says Freakshow Host Pi. "Now who am I supposed to look up to as a young black male...ken screven?? I can't stop seein' that
bastard....everywhere I look he's there...and when he Sits around the capital region he SITS around the capital region. Which
may explain the picture's strange darkness. in any case, good luck!!!!!"
Beat that WNYT.....
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Former teacher pleads guilty
to sexually abusing students (CapNews9)
Instead of jury selection and a trial, Christopher Culver pleaded guilty to sexually abusing
eight children while he was a teacher at Clifton Park's Okte Elementary School.
An Okte Elementary School teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing eight young
boys, in a surprise turn of events just days after prosecutors feared Christopher Culver might try to escape before a trial
that will never happen.
"We insisted on him pleading to 49 counts on the indictment, the same as if a jury verdict
had come back guilty on every single charge in the indictment," said Saratoga County District Attorney Jim Murphy.
DONUT BANDIT ON THE LOOSE!
(From WNYT.Com)
QUEENSBURY -- Police hope in-store security
video will lead to the arrest of the man who held up at least one Dunkin' Donuts shop. Police suspect the hold-up might be
the work of a serial donut shop bandit. Police came to Newschannel 13 Wednesday with video they hope will lead to an arrest
in at least one armed robbery.
Police hope that the public will recognize the man who casually walked into the store on Main Street
at 12:48 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money. The video shows the man with a cloth covering his right hand, implying
he had a gun. The clerk complies and hands him the cash register. The bandit takes several hundred dollars and runs from Dunkin'.
A clerk working at the store Wednesday says there were three women working there at the time of the
robbery and the woman who was robbed is pregnant. The surveillance video shows she's visibly shaken just after the robber
leaves.
The robber, who is about 6 feet tall, left on foot, but got into a nearby car. No one got a look at
it. Police are trying to figure out if this Dunkin Donuts hold-up is related to a similar hold-up in Schenectady on Monday.
"One of the investigators is working on determining if there's anything that connects these together
with the one that I'm familiar with in the capital district and there may be more," said Warren County Sheriff Larry Cleveland.
Whether it's the work of a serial donut-shop robber, or a random rip-off, it's out of the ordinary
this otherwise quiet Northway corridor.
"I couldn't believe it. It's so out of the blue. I never have any problems here. I don't have any vandalism.
No problems with kids," said Larry Lussier with Adirondack Auto Top.
Police converged on an area not far from the hold-up Wednesday, but found out it wasn't the man they're
looking for. Again, the suspect is about 6 feet tall and 225 pounds. If you saw something, the Warren County Sheriff's Department
wants to hear from you.

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CLIFTON PARK - Former Congressman John Sweeney pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
driving while intoxicated in Clifton Park Town Court and got a fine of $1,000.
Sweeney said he wanted to accept responsibility and offered apologies. He
first apologized to the court.
"Two, to the general public for having created a risk that I should not have created. I should have
known and I do know now that that risk was attendant. And finally, but maybe almost most importantly to me, to my family for
the pain that I've caused them through this," he said outside the court.
Sweeney was driving drunk on the Northway early Sunday morning Nov 10th. Police
say a breath test showed a blood alcohol content of .18, more than twice the legal limit. Police say there was a 23 year old
woman in the car with him.
A 23 yr old...Hmmm...babysitter perhaps?? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Sweeney was charged with Aggravated DWI, but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.
"I also hope that by accepting this guilty plea and not engaging in a protracted litigative process
that I can begin to move forward with the hope that I can begin to find some way to redeem myself to those people that I mentioned
and as a method that maybe they could find a way to forgive me for this. I deeply regret it and I apologize again," said Sweeney.
John Sweeney will have to go to classes, a victim impact panel, and will soon have his license revoked
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Undersheriff says ex-anchorman Dague threatened
to use a gun
Call allegedly made on Sunday to 911 center
over wife's ticket |
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pulled over for talking on her cell phone while driving, former WNYT Ch. 13 anchor Ed Dague allegedly called the Saratoga
County 911 Center and threatened "to go to the scene with a firearm" if she got a ticket, a law enforcement official said
today.
That episode Sunday led to the veteran newsman's arrest Thursday
on the misdemeanor charge of second-degree aggravated harassment, according to Saratoga County Undersheriff Michael Woodcock.
Dague's wife was driving on Route 9P in Saratoga in the early
afternoon when she was pulled over by a sheriff's deputy, Woodcock said. She apparently called Dague, Woodcock said, who then
called the 911 center.
"Basically, he was very upset," Woodcock said. The undersheriff
didn't have an exact quote, but he summarized Dague's statement to the 911 dispatcher as "that if she were to get a ticket
he would have to go to the scene with a firearm."
Dague's wife -- identified by WNYT as Donna Dague -- did get
the ticket. And after an investigation, Woodcock said, Dague was arrested on the harassment charge and released on an appearance
ticket for Milton Town Court. The maximum penalty is a year in jail, a $1,000 fine or both, Woodcock said.
Dague, 64, told the Times Union in an e-mail today that his
lawyer had ordered him not to comment.
"I would really like to and I may yet because clearly something
outrageous happened," the Stillwater resident said. "But I just cannot, yet."
Dague added in a subsequent e-mail that he does not own a gun
and that his lawyer is his son.
Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III gave this
statement:
"I have been advised there is a charge of aggravated harassment
brought by the sheriff's department. It is returnable Tuesday in the town of Milton, and certainly before that time, my office
will review the file that we will receive from the sheriff's department."
Dague said in an interview with his old employer, WNYT, that
his chronic pain was a factor in the episode. Health problems forced his retirement in 2003.
Dague told the Times Union then that he suffered nearly constant
pain from reactive arthritis and a related condition called ankylosing spondylitis, a degenerative rheumatic disease that
affects joints, tendons and ligaments, mainly in the neck, back and hips. His joints and spine have been calcifying and fusing
for years.
Dague began his broadcasting career in 1973 at WRGB Ch. 6. He
also worked at WTEN Ch. 10. Dague writes a blog for the Times Union called In Medias Res about issues facing the local media. |
| SCHENECTADY'S FINEST, WENDY COOK!!! |

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| Snorting Coke off of baby and attempting to sell her child for crack. |
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — A woman had her 5-year-old daughter and 2-month-old
son with her as she took drugs and performed sex for money, New York police said.
Wendy Cook, 37, of Saratoga was arrested along with four other women during a prostitution
sweep early Monday, according to Schenectady Police Lt. Brian Kilcullen.
Cook was arrested when she offered to perform a sex act on an undercover officer for
money, Kilcullen said.
While Cook's children were in the car with her, she performed sex acts on at least
two men for money, smoked crack cocaine in the car and even snorted cocaine off the infant's stomach while she was breastfeeding,
Kilcullen said.
Cook is in Schenectady County Jail without bail on charges of prostitution and child
endangerment, pending a court appearance Tuesday. Her children were turned over to family members.
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