Rochester

Tim Spitz, of Rochester, N.Y., reacts as he bogeyed the ninth green during the final round of the U.S. Mid-Amateur golf tournament Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, on Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) Copyright 2009 AP News

A former Ohio congressman who was freed after seven years in federal prison said he was put in jeopardy behind bars because of his views. James Traficant spoke in an interview broadcast Thursday night on the Fox News show "On The Record ...

World's No. 1 wine producer, NY-based Constellation, will close a winery, donate it to college The world's biggest wine company is closing a winery in western New York and donating the building and vineyards to a college. Constellation Brands Inc. said Thursday ...

Former Ohio congressman Jim Traficant, left, is released from federal prison in Rochester, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Democrat Traficant is ending a seven-year federal prison stay for accepting bribes and other corruption charges. (AP Photo/Craig Lassig) Copyright 2009 AP News

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, Shania Jones, 10, of Clarksberg, W. Va., far right, looks on as camp counselors Chris Novak of Rochester, N.Y., left, and Emily Bachman of Wexford, Pa., demonstrate how to fold an American flag to ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Aug. 21. The New York Post on Lockerbie bomber's release: Scottish officials cited reasons of "compassion" in freeing the Libyan bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, yesterday. ...

The six-hour-long stranding of passengers aboard two different flights this month -- a Continental Express (CAL) regional jet diverted to Rochester, Minn., by thunderstorms and a Sun Country Airlines delay on Aug. 21 at New York's JFK International Airport -- has thrust ...

Off the beaten track: Little railroads like NY's LA&L keep small American towns humming After an hour of shunting rail cars aside, a 1964-vintage locomotive operated by Tim "Brown Dog" Carney nudges six hopper-loads down an embankment into a pasta factory. It's ...

Pilot of plane stranded on Minnesota airport tarmac pleaded for passengers to be turned loose Continental Express Flight 2816 smelled like diapers. It had no food and a full toilet. Its 47 passengers had been stranded on a tarmac in southern Minnesota ...

Pilot of plane stranded on Minnesota airport tarmac pleaded for passengers to be turned loose The pilot of an airliner stranded overnight on an airport tarmac in Minnesota pleaded unsuccessfully for her 47 passengers to be allowed to get off and go ...