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An alert Buffalo police lieutenant late Thursday night arrested a man charged with attempted murder in connection with one of five shootings in the city over a violent two-day period in August.

An organic food maker will donate up to $25,000 for the preservation and promotion of trails in New York State Parks during an online promotion through Nov. 15.

What started out as a hit-and-run of a parked car escalated into a chase along the Niagara Thruway and a confrontation with an ax.

Herald Price Fahringer, once one of Buffalo’s top criminal lawyers and now one of the nation’s renowned appellate attorneys, will give the first of the Bar Association of Erie County’s “John W. Condon” lectures.

The recently elected president of the National Organization for Woman will be in Buffalo early next month for a forum focusing on recent congressional measures and how they will impact the lives of women.

Camp Good Days and Special Times is hosting a 30th anniversary reunion weekend from Friday through Oct. 4 at its recreational facility in Branchport on Keuka Lake, south of Rochester.

Numerous studies have erased any doubt about one of medicine’s biggest flaws — that racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive poorer quality health care than whites.

The Central Library will be transformed into a 1920s mansion for an evening as the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library kicks off a six-week series of events Saturday with “A Gatsby Rendezvous.”

Roswell Park Cancer Institute has been awarded an $11.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute for a five-year study to examine the effectiveness of tobacco control policies in countries with varying income levels.

A ceremonial groundbreaking today for a $110 million science and math complex is just the start of what lies ahead at Buffalo State College.

After moving in fits and starts for seven years, the $15 million expansion of the Buffalo Transportation/ Pierce-Arrow Museum is gaining traction.

The chairmen of Erie County’s Democratic and Republican parties have struck a deal cross-endorsing two sitting jurists for State Supreme Court this year, virtually guaranteeing their election in November.

SYRACUSE — The Buffalo News has been recognized as the state’s Newspaper of Distinction for 2009 by the New York State Associated Press Association.

A South Buffalo burglary suspect earlier this week fell victim to a surveillance camera, old-fashioned police work and a family member who says she is petrified of her crack-addicted brother, police said Thursday.