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ALBANY — The New York State Public Service Commission has approved a three-year rate plan for Liberty Utilities Corp. that results in a change in revenues that is 68% lower

MASSENA — Massena Electric Department customers may have to dig a little deeper into their pockets as the department, like other utilities, is expecting higher costs this winter.

over on him and her and they say theyre going to have to amputate her toes and his leg and hes in critical condition and hes waiting for a flight to the university. >> well have more on the damage from this storm system in a moment. other news were following, nearly two years after the worst oil spill in the u.s., bp has agreed to pay nearly $8 billion for those affected by the 2010 gulf of mexico disaster. an explosion on the deepwater horizon oil rig killed 11 people, took three mo...

hernia surgery for that and he is resting comfortably. hes 93 years old. and a huge explosion rips through a neighborhood in the syrian city of homs. people there have been trapped by shelling and sniper fire for three weeks now. syrian officials agreed to a cease-fire yesterday to let wounded people and women and children evacuate. at least 75 people are reported killed across syria just today. natos reacting swiftly to the shooting deaths of two american military officers in afgh...

relationship edges towards a close. diana magnay, cnn, bamberg, germany. the u.n. security council tried to formally condemn the government of syria today. but the draft resolution failed. shot down by a double veto. ambassadors from russia and china voted against it. american ambassador susan rice made her feelings very clear. >> the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council prevent us from fug filling our soul purpose here, addressing an ever deepening crisis...

bullets and smoke grenades. more than 100 protesters were arrested after they entered a ymca there. oaklands mayor says theres no excuse for this behavior. >> its time, i think, for the occupy movement to take a stand on whether this behavior, this kind of behavior that has nothing to do with the 99% movement, can -- should be tolerated. >> protesters say its not over and plan to continue today with what they call a rise up festival at an area park. on the east coast, washington, d.c...

manhattan. thanks so much, susan candiotti. so this rare halloween weekend snow in the northeast is impacting more than just new yorkers. we have storm team coverage with meteorologist jacqui jeras in the cnn "weather center" and we got chad myers in the field in his own with severe weather center in york, pennsylvania. lets begin with you chad. amazing accumulation since the last time you and i spoke an hour ago. >> reporter: i know. no question. we pick up at least two inches in one ...

seven people. the search continues today for more victims in the rubble of the destroyed buildings. it is the deadliest single attack in europe since the madrid train bombings in 2004. lets go straight to michael holmes there. hes on that island where that summer camp tragedy happened. so, michael, what has been happening there today? >> reporter: were actually a few miles from the island, just sort of over there about four miles away from where im standing. this hotel behind me, fre...

I asked mark saltsman to show us some very cool new stuff. >> this is the blackberry playbook. its out april 19th starting at $499. its a seven-inch tablet instead of a nearly ten-inch one. a beautiful high-def screen. isnt that great? i love the interface. scroll across so it can listen to music. tap to enlarge it. flip up to minimize. its powerful. its running all this simultaneously. this is a full web brouser with flash supports, something the ipad doesnt do. its very powerful, dual cameras,...

Mark saltsman is joining us from louisiana with tips on getting the best picture. mark, i know you just went on vacation because you were going on vacation just after we finished talking last sunday. how was your vacation? how was your pictures? >> thank you for asking. it was a mini vacation and my picture look pretty good. i brought on my water camera and a single lens reflex camera for out of the water and they look great. thanks for asking. >> so you know your stuff. help us be a better phot...