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Bettor catches machine malfunction with iPhone at Saratoga Casino

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Casino and Raceway has become wildly popular for those looking for a little bit a luck.

Thousands upon thousands of visitors play the video lottery terminals here every year. Including Cyndie Wade-Wood of Lake George.

In the past few months, she noticed what appeared to be the slot machine mysteriously and randomly taking 50-dollars from her total.

"I called over an attendant and they shut down the game and opened it up and she went line by line. 'No, you see you got these points, you got those points. The computer says'" said Wade-Wood.

"I have to accept it and move on. How could I possibly prove it?"

She says a month or so later it happened again. And this time, her friend witnessed it.

"Watching the bonus round and all of the sudden, 40-dollars is gone from the bonus round. Okay, it happened again," said Bob Noah.

People celebrate history of former Lake Champlain Bridge

People are celebrating the history of the former Lake Champlain Bridge.

Public displays telling the story of the old bridge have been installed at each end of the new span connecting New York and Vermont.

The two states have launched their commemoration program of the original 1929 Lake Champlain Bridge, which was replaced by a new span last fall. The original bridge was closed in 2009.

If you would like to take a look at some of the history click here.

Voters go to polls to decide school budgets

Voters are going the polls and speaking out about their school budgets. The polls opened Tuesday morning, and they close at various times Tuesday night, depending on the district.

Voters are deciding the fate of the proposed 2012-2013 budgets.

This year, many school budgets are calling for deep cuts in spending, programs and staff.

Protesters gathered in Averill Park Monday afternoon. It was a last minute push to get Averill Park's budget passed.

The proposed budget would slash 30 jobs, cut programs, increase class size, and it includes a 3. 95 percent tax levy increase but some residents say a contingency budget would be much worse.

Budget cuts are also on the line in Bethlehem. That district is proposing to cut 57 jobs and raise the tax levy by 3.99 percent.

Dr. Thomas Mather talks tick awareness

Have you been finding a lot of ticks on your pets, or even yourself this year? Experts say there's been a tremendous amount of tick activity.

Dr. Thomas Mather is the director of 'The Vector-Borne Disease at the University Of Rhode Island.

Mather is trying to raise tick awareness.

Glens Falls man arrested for aggravated DWI

QUEENSBURY - A Glens Falls man was arrested last Friday for aggravated driving while intoxicated after a sheriff’s officer saw him cross over the white lane lines on the road.

Police said 38-year-old Shawn M. Stevens was driving over the white lane lines on the right side of Veteran’s Road before he quickly corrected his car and returned to his lane.

According to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, the officer who observed this also saw Stevens cross over the double solid yellow lane lines on Richardson Street before he pulled Stevens over.

Stevens was found to be intoxicated and failed standardized field sobriety tests. He was transported to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and processed. He consented to a breath test which determined his blood alcohol content to be .20 percent.

Feds OK co.'s plans to reopen Adirondack rail line

NORTH CREEK, N.Y. (AP) - A federal agency has approved a New York rail company's plan to resume freight traffic on a 30-mile stretch of unused tracks in the Adirondacks.          

Albany-area media outlets report that the federal Surface Transportation Board on Monday approved Chicago-based Iowa Pacific Holdings' request for common carrier status. The approval allows Iowa Pacific's Saratoga and North Creek Railway to provide freight service between North Creek and Newcomb, site of a former mine at Tahawus.          

New York state also approves the plan.          

Iowa Pacific wants to haul gravel-like mine waste out of Tahawus for commercial processing.          

Saratoga Springs council to vote on earlier closing time for bars

SARATOGA SPRINGS - This city is known for its vibrant night life. But in recent years, some argue, it's too vibrant. There have been isolated fights and brawls where some have been critically injured and police have responded in force.

Public Safety Commissioner Chris Mathiesen says the bars need to close earlier, to let police focus more on police work. He's asking his fellow commissioners to vote Tuesday to close the bars at 3, instead of 4.

"It would take some of the pressure off the police. It would allow the police to do more police work as opposed to just crowd control," Mathiesen said. "It may help with some of our overtime cost. What we're trying to do is tone things down."

But an informal poll of the council Monday afternoon shows there's not enough support for the proposal to pass.