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LAY OFFS: Seneca Gaming Corp. to cut 210 jobs

The struggling economy has evidently caught up with the local gaming industry.
The Seneca Gaming Corp. announced on Tuesday plans to lay off a total of 210 of the 4,800 employees who work at its casino operations in Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Salamanca. ....more>>

MONDAY: Mets, Bisons set to announce affiliation deal
New York Mets executives are in Buffalo to announce that the Triple A Bisons will be the major-league team’s top farm club.
FRIDAY: Police, fire departments offer disaster training courses (3:13 p.m.)
The Lockport police and fire departments are offering a free community emergency preparedness course.
FRIDAY: Four school districts holding meetings (1:25 p.m.)
Four school districts in eastern Niagara County will be holding school board meetings next week.
FRIDAY: Staffing agency opens payroll center in upstate NY (12:40 p.m.)
Adecco, the world’s biggest staffing agency, is opening a new payroll operations center in suburban Rochester that will create 200 new jobs by 2010.
FRIDAY: Ex-manager accused of theft from NY bowling group (9:58 p.m.)
State police say a 54-year-old man stole as much as $200,000 from a state bowling association while serving as its manager.
THURSDAY: AT&T expands 3G to NT (4:57 p.m.)
AT&T Inc. is expanding its third-generation, or 3G, high speed wireless network many areas of Niarage and Erie counties.
THURSDAY: Schumer to offer banks a deal (2:43 p.m.)
Sen. Charles Schumer plans to offer a broad economic proposal for the government to offer a financial lifeline to those banks that are willing to renegotiate mortgages for those on the brink of losing their homes.
THURSDAY: US woman killed in Yemen embassy attack (11:35 a.m.)
The State Department has confirmed that a young American woman and her Yemeni husband were killed in a terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen.
THURSDAY: Vegas detective tells of encountering O.J. Simpson (11:24 p.m.)
When police detective Andy Caldwell heard that O.J. Simpson was a suspect in a robbery, he said he couldn’t believe it.

• SOUP KITCHEN: Patrons come for food and fellowship
• CITY OF LOCKPORT: Christmas season kicks off this weekend
• HUMAN SERVICES: Lockport CARES receives donation
• PENDLETON: Trains change every year at historical display
• RETAIL: 'Tis the season for shopping

• H.S. BASKETBALL: DeSales cage teams open seasons
• COMMENTARY: Angelo’s Angle
• H.S. BOYS BASKETBALL: LHS Rotary Tournament is this weekend
• LOCAL BOWLING: Bennetti-O’Grady win no tap tourney
• PRO WRESTLING: Lockdown Throwdown

• BILLS: Evans seeing red over offense
• SCHMITT: Anything else we can do with Sundays?
• BILLS: 49ers’ defense stymies Buffalo in 10-3 win
• BILLS NOTEBOOK: Edwards leaves loss with groin injury
• BILLS BY QUARTER: Against San Francisco

• BLOTTER: Police reports published Dec. 2
• BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 29
• POLICE BLOTTER: Reports published Nov. 28
• BLOTTER: Police reports published Nov. 27
• CRIME: Pendleton man accused of fraud

• MARREN: Tough times for the consumer
• DRINKWALTER: It’s peanut brittle time at the church
• VALLEY: Same turkey — different bird
• EDITORIAL: Still much to be thankful for
• ROOT: Thankful in 2008

• MUSIC: An old-time jukebox for GIs
• NEW MUSIC: Guns N’ Roses releases long-awaited album
• ART: Open house at the NACC
• MUSIC: Murder by Death rolls into Mohawk Place
• THEATER: Retelling of Tolkien classic continues this weekend.

Weekly Features

• PEOPLE PROFILE: Bryan Parker joins long line of law enforcement officials
• WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM: Water St. site reportedly contaminated
• PEOPLE PROFILE: Kira Kremer receives Freedom Alliance Scholarship
• WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM: Reader irked by puddle on Washburn
• PEOPLE PROFILE: Joshua Vacanti, Christian music vocalist

• SLIDESHOW: SAN FRANCISCO DEFEATS BUFFALO BILLS
• AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Meet the Purple Eagles
• SLIDESHOW: VETERAN'S DAY AT THE SEABEE MEMORIAL
• BUFFALO BILLS PODCAST: Bills at Patriots, this could get ugly
• BUFFALO BILLS PODCAST: You call that a running game?

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