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No federal charges will be filed against former Syracuse Assistant Basketball Coach Bernie Fine. Investigators say there is no evidence that Fine molested a local boy at a Pittsburgh hotel back in 2002. The accuser in that case was Zach Tomaselli, a graduate of Copenhagen Central School. Since the allegations involved an interstate trip, the feds became involved. Tomaselli later recanted the allegations, admitting he lied. He himself is currently serving time in Maine for molesting a boy in that state. Fine was also accused of molesting two ballboys dating back to the 1980's, but by the time they went public with the accusations, the statute of limitations had expired. Due to the allegations, Fine was fired from the university in November of last year.

12:21 PM

The continuing saga of the Woolworth Building in Downtown Watertown continues. The building has a new owner. The news came Thursday that developer Michael Treanor has agreed to sell the building to David Gallo and his firm. City officials met with the new soon to be owner yesterday to go over his plans for the building. Development of the historic downtown structure has stalled in recent years. Treanor initially wanted to turn the building into a high end hotel. When that didn't happen, plans were put into place to turn the building into apartments. Mayor Jeff Graham says Gallo will brief the City Council on his development plans at a meeting later this month. Graham went on to say that Gallo apparently does not want the city's bus stop next to the building moved, something that Treanor had sought.

10:14 AM

E.J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur is going to court to try to get money donated to the hospital. The legal dispute is over trust funds donated to the hospital. Hospital officials are trying to get that money to help with it's worsening financial situation, especially in light of it's forced closure for the month at the hands of the state. The New York State Attorney General's Office is fighting the idea, questioning whether using the donations as lines of credit were the intentions of the donors. The matter is being decided in state court. About 70 workers who were laid off when the hospital was temporarily shut down in September remain off the job.

10:14 AM

The one time Ft. Drum soldier at the center of the WikiLeaks scandal is reportedly ready to plead guilty to some of the charges against him. Private First Class Bradley Manning is accused of intentionally leaking secret documents to the website, which later published them. The plea deal is for some of the lighter charges against Manning, who also facing serious charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison. The offer came about during a pretrial hearing at Ft. Meade, MD. His trial is scheduled to take place in February.

10:13 AM

Three Watertown males are facing robbery charges after allegedly robbing a city teen at gunpoint Wednesday evening. City police say 17 year old Jesse Davis, 20 year old Nichalas Vanzelf and 18 year old Cody Davis were all charged with two counts of second degree robbery. The incident happened just after 5 pm Wednesday at Maywood Terrace. The fifteen year old victim had his wallet stolen that police say contained $270 cash. Davis is also facing a a weapons count. All three were arraigned Thursday morning and ordered held in the Jefferson County jail on $10,000 bail.

10:12 AM

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the damage from Hurricane Sandy could reach 33-billion dollars in the state. He calls it a wake-up call that climate change will affect the state in the future, and that once the recovery is done the various systems in the state will have to be "hardened". Cuomo says this may require changes in policy. He estimated that the cost to the region at 50-million-dollars.

10:11 AM

Governor Andrew Cuomo says he has no intention of getting in the middle of the battle between Democrats and Republicans over control of the state Senate. Cuomo doesn't want to get involved as the two sides duke it out for a potential majority, with Democrats feeling confident regarding some last minute wins. Some analysts say if both parties fail to achieve a majority due to the four-member Independent Democratic Conference remaining neutral, it could plunge Albany back into the days of dysfunction and corruption.

10:11 AM

TIME magazine's "Class of 2016" photo essay includes three New Yorkers who are predicted for big things four years from now. Governor Cuomo is featured as talk continues about a possible presidential run in 2016. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is described by the magazine as the "prohibitive front runner" four years from now. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is also mentioned, as she continues to raise her national profile and could be a threat come 2016.

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