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• CRIMETRACKER: Muggings In Albany
  

  The CBS6 CRIMETRACKER team has learned there have been more muggings on the streets of Albany, bringing the count in the last two weeks to five.

• Woman who claimed unlawful strip search pleads guilty to conspiracy
  

  Troy Woman Crystal Royal, 22, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess and sell narcotics, stemming from a February, 2008 arrest.

• NY commission calls for property tax cap
  

  By VALERIE BAUMAN Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. _ A special commission recommended Monday that New York state cap the growth of property taxes at 4 percent a year, among other fiscal reforms.

• Morning Update -- Man's ear partially detached in bar attack
  

  Updated to clarify lead in glass. GLENS FALLS -- A Queensbury man had part of an ear sheared off early Sunday when an Albany man hit him on the head with a bar glass, police said.

• Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer
  

  Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.

  Tiny fuel cells, powered by combustible liquids or gasses, have long been touted as the eventual solution. Potentially, they could power a laptop for days between refills.

  But fuel cells have perennially remained a year or two away from reaching the market as companies have worked on making them small, cheap and long-lasting, while making sure they don't overheat.

• Governor Paterson a oedeeply saddeneda by Mumbai terrorist attacks
  

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• Albany police identify Friday shooting victim
  

  ALBANY An Albany teen has been identified as the victim of a late night shooting in Arbor Hill.

• UAlbany student pleads guilty to gun possession
  

  He was pulled over for making an illegal u-turn in the road, and wound up getting arrested for having a gun in his car.

• CRIMETRACKER: Attempted Robbery-Caught on Tape
  

  "I didn't ask him to come in here and rob me. He gets what he gets", says Store Clerk, Larry Defreest.

• Egypt blocks Pristina's participation in conference
  

  A UN Security Council session set to debate UNMIK's reconfiguration and the deployment EULEX will be held tomorrow.

• Thruway Expects Traffic Boost for Thanksgiving
  

  AP - Motorists planning to use the Thruway system during their Thanksgiving holiday travels are being advised to leave extra time to reach their destinations because of potentially crowded highways.

• Albany man sentenced for pointing gun at cop
  

  Daniel Clinksales, 21, of Albany, was sentenced to 13 years in prison and five years parole.

• Guilty verdict in 2007 Albany murder
  

  An Albany man was found guilty late Monday of killing his girlfriend's estranged husband outside a South Pearl Street apartment complex last year.

• Ban says Kosovo and Serbia agree to cooperate with EU
  

  Kosovo and Serbia will cooperate with an European Union justice and police mission which Brussels hopes will be deployed in Kosovo by early next month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.

• Wall St. collapse will cost N.Y. $4.5 billion anually
  

  ALBANY _ The collapse on Wall Street will cost New York 225,000 jobs and $6.5 billion in tax revenue, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said today.

• Underground fire in downtown Albany
  

  Albany police say they had to close part of South Pearl Street today because of an underground fire.

• Attempted Murder Of RPI Student
  

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• Clinton prepares to relinquish independence
  

  In this Oct. 7, 2008 file photo, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y., For years, Clinton set aside her own considerable ambition to promote her husband's ...

• Shot fired at teen
  

  A 17-year-old told police that suspects on bicycles fired a shot at him as he walked along South Lake Avenue on Saturday.

City Description

Albany is the capital of the State of New York and the county seat of Albany County. Albany is 136 miles (219 km) north of New York City, and slightly to the south of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. The city sits on the Hudson River and has a major port. The Hudson River has been deepened so that ocean going ships can reach the city. The city has a population of 94,172 (July 2007 est.). Albany has close ties with the nearby cities of Troy, Schenectady, and Saratoga Springs, forming a region called the Capital District. This area makes up the bulk of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a population of 850,957, making it the fourth largest urban area in New York State, and the 56th largest MSA in the United States. Albany is built on the site of the Dutch Fort Orange and its surrounding community of Beverwyck. The English acquired the site from the Dutch in 1664 and renamed it Albany, in honor of James II, Duke of Albany. A 1686 document issued by Thomas Dongan granted Albany its official charter. This date makes Albany the second oldest city in the state in terms of its date of incorporation, after New Amsterdam. Albany is the fourth

City Contained By:

• Albany County
• United States
• New York

City Contains:

• Buckingham Lake
• Washington Park Lake
• State University of New York
• Siena College
• Albany College of Pharmacy
• Washington Avenue Armory
• The College of Saint Rose
• Albany Medical College
• New York State Capitol
• Lark Street
• Tivoli Lake
• Rensselaer Lake

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 56.4617408053 km squared

Neighborhoods:

• Lark Street

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