Capital Region residents voice casino views



Updated: 09/22/2014 5:06 PM
Created: 09/22/2014 9:22 AM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff
As any gambler can probably tell you, there's no such thing as a sure bet.

ALBANY - A more than 12-hour public hearing on proposed casinos began at 8 a.m. on Monday at the Holiday Inn Turf on Wolf Road.

Solar power is nothing new.

Augustin Mouchot was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power.

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History of Solar Energy - Solar Energy.com

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A detailed history of solar energy for residential, commercial and industrial systems. Learn the history of solar and find aninstaller at SolarEnergy.com

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Fence Jumper at White House Sparks Evacuation



Much of the White House was evacuated on Friday after someone jumped the fence at the executive mansion.

Schodack Police send out a warning after burglaries and car break-ins

Updated: 09/18/2014 5:49 PM
Created: 09/18/2014 5:47 PM WNYT.com
By: Dan Bazile

SCHODACK -- For Winnie Kutchukian and her husband, burglars breaking into their home was shocking enough.

"I think we feel like we've been invaded," she said.

PIZZA NIGHT!

After the Garage Sale, after Lark Fest - September 20 What's for dinner? PIZZA!

LarkFest!

LarkFEST is New York’s largest one day street festival! It is one of Albany's most anticipated events with 80,000 people expected to attend this year.

This is your Brain...

Created: 09/17/2014 5:52 AM WNYT.com
By: KRISTEN WYATT   

Marijuana industry battling stoner stereotypes DENVER (AP)

Tired of Cheech & Chong pot jokes and ominous anti-drug campaigns, the marijuana industry and activists are starting an ad blitz in Colorado aimed at promoting moderation and the safe consumption of pot.
To get their message across, they are skewering some of the old Drug War-era ads that focused on the fears of marijuana, including the famous "This is your brain on drugs" fried-egg ad from the 1980s.

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Another View: September 15

Gregg Weinlein East Greenbush
Guess who got to see Lady GaGa recently in her Art Pop/Art Rave tour? My 10-year-old son went to her show at the Mohegan Sun Casino. All Beckett wanted for Christmas were tickets to a Lady GaGa concert. And Santa Claus came through.

But Santa was obviously too busy to consider the life situation of Beckett’s parents when he placed the holiday envelope with the concert tickets under the Christmas tree. So focused on my son’s prized gift, the great bearded one didn’t even realize the impact this present would have on Beckett’s parents.

What was Santa thinking, or drinking, when he got the tickets for Beckett? (Yes. I know I’m deflecting guilt.) Maybe he was packing a flask filled with vodka and Kahlua, and turning the milk left out with the cookies, into White Russians. Whatever the reason, Beckett’s tickets to the Lady GaGa concert created an unanticipated problem for Mom and Dad. Who was going to take Beckett to the show?