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Spoiler in case you're worried- the dog is OK (thankfully).  But talk about the stuff nightmares are made of! What happened to a local TV anchor's dog is straight out of a horror movie.  It kind of is a horror movie, since there are even photos and a video (if you want to go down that route)...

Yikes! An outbreak of a parasite-caused food sickness in the Capital Region is being investigated. Ever heard of cyclosporiasis?  It's a mouthful of a word.  Also something that some in the Capital Region have gotten with a mouthful of food...

An audit by the New York Comptroller's Office showed some disturbing findings.  Thousands (and by thousands I mean $60,000) was spent by Medicaid on Viagra for registered sex offenders. WLNY posted that the audit showed what is being called a "blatant misuse" of taxpayer money...

Only a few months ago, in March, "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek had announced that he was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.  As a pop culture staple in the world of TV, there was a lot of reaction to this in the news and on social media...

Through Monday, a crackdown is in effect.  It's Memorial Day weekend, a time to celebrate, to remember and honor veterans past and present, and a time to enjoy.  But, not a time to drink and drive (well, really at no time should you be drinking and driving)...

It's the unofficial kickoff of summer this weekend with Memorial Day!  Hopefully yours is an enjoyable one, and you don't get sick with any of this tainted meat. According to WNYT, over 62,000 pounds of raw beef has been recalled.  A possible E...

Ticks ticks ticks.  They're everywhere.  And they seem to be getting worse each season. But a new warning was recently issued about ticks, and it's not for humans. CBS 6 Albany reported about a Burnt Hills Veterinarian recently finding about 60 ticks on a barn cat...

This summer, teenagers can work out AND potentially win a scholarship with Planet Fitness. Starting May 15th, the Planet Fitness ‘Teen Summer Challenge’ kicks off.  Teenagers aged 15 to 18 can spend the summer working out as much as they want at Planet Fitness, and according to their official site, any teen who signs up is automatically entered into the Planet Fitness Scholarship Sweepstakes... Re

It's great to love live music... but sometimes too much love can be not a good thing. It's one thing to go to a music festival and get a little crazy and leave with an amazing music experience.  It's another to leave with the 'gift that keeps on giving'- herpes...

As if it’s not bad enough with the Fentanyl already... A pretty common drug recently was found to laced with Fentanyl.  News 10 abc reported a police warning issued about Fentanyl-laced marijuana.  The News 10 abc report said that marijuana laced with Fentanyl was confiscated in a parking lot, and also that three people were found unconscious in a car in a separate incident, leading to the issue o

According to one Oxford researcher, waking up and going to work before 10 am is torture. I'm definitely not going to disagree. In one recent article , there's a discussion about Dr. Paul Kelley's views on sleep and work patterns as a leading researcher at Oxford University...

While there's a push to make recreational marijuana legal in 2019, some local colleges are getting more strict and going completely smoke-free in the new year. Cigarettes, vaping, marijuana, Ecigarettes, hookahs- doesn't matter if it's legal or not,  it's all not allowed on two more local campuses starting in 2019...