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Texan lassos runaway steer for Galway farmer

GALWAY, N.Y. (AP) - It took a Texan to rope a runaway steer in an upstate New York field, but the cowboy lost some skin in the process.

Greg Way tells the Daily Gazette of Schenectady that he was unloading a pair of recently bought steers at his farm in rural Saratoga County earlier this month when the cattle bolted and escaped.

One of the steers was back within a couple days, but his 700-pound companion remained on the lam for a week.

Last Saturday, John West took a break from his horse training duties in Saratoga Springs to lend a hand capturing the wayward steer. The 44-year-old Texan mounted a horse and eventually roped the steer, but was pulled from his saddle and dragged along the ground for a spell.

West, whose hometown wasn't available, suffered only minor scrapes and scratches.

     

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
 

Americans desire time travel, mind reading powers

	Americans desire time travel, mind reading powers

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - Being able to fly would be nice, so would invisibility. But given a chance to pick one superpower, more Americans say they would want to travel through time or read other people's minds.

Time travel and mind reading tied for first place in a Marist College poll released Tuesday. Both superpowers received 28 percent of the votes out of five choices. Flying came in third followed by the ability to teleport and invisibility.

Pollsters surveyed 1,020 people across the country Nov. 15 through Nov. 18. The margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

      

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

WNYT lights it up like it's 'Dynamite'

We were so impressed by what the students at Monument Mountain Regional High School did that we were inspired to create our own lip dub.

Pricey hood ornament swiped from vintage car

	Pricey hood ornament swiped from vintage car

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - That wasn't just any ordinary hood ornament that got swiped from a car at the Saratoga Springs Automobile Museum.

Authorities say a hood ornament valued at up to $3,000 was stolen from a 1931 Pierce-Arrow displayed at the museum in Saratoga Spa State Park. New York State Park Police are investigating.

State parks officials say the ornament was reported missing in early November.

The silver ornament depicts a kneeling archer.

Museum officials say the car the ornament was taken from was donated by a museum trustee in 2004 and is valued at more than $100,000.

Pierce-Arrows were manufactured in Buffalo from 1903 to 1938.
      

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

Skidmore students take it off in name of charity

SARATOGA SPRINGS - They take it all off, covering up only with tools of their trade or hobby. They're in all of their naked glory. Skidmore College students posed nude for a calendar that will raise money for a Ugandan orphanage.

For theater major Elly Smokler, being shot in the buff is not so tough.

"It was very liberating and silly and harmless," Smokler said.

Smokler is one of 90 Skidmore students to bare all. But during this age where everything ends up on the Internet, they aren't concerned what a prospective employer might think.

"I don't know if I'd want work for someone that was concerned about this. I'm really proud of what I've done," said senior English major Christopher Weigl, who  produced and appears in the calendar.

Paul Caiano's Zombie Warning Forecast

According to meteorologist Paul Caiano, Halloween looks to have a mix of sun and clouds with a chance of zombies.

Burnt Hills home ready for Halloween

A family in Burnt Hills is pulling out all the stops for Halloween.

Timothy Quay shared this video with us on our Facebook page of the Baker's house at 24 Townley Dr. The whole yard is full of monsters, ghouls and grisly displays.

Quay tells us he provided the props for the Bakers and says more scary stuff is always being added. He's started a Facebook group to show off some of his creepy creations called Up State New York Haunted Prop Builders.