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Albany, NY – Educator Richard LaVoie is the author of the new book: It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend : Helping the Child with Learning Disabilities Find Social Success" Joe Donahue spoke with LaVoie about the issue...

Albany, NY – New York's Maurice Hinchey joins Alan Chartock in the Congressional Corner to discuss domestic spying, the war in Iraq, and the economy.

Albany, NY –
His new book is titled Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals about Morality. Jennifer Nathan had a chance to talk to Dr. Tancreedi about how he became interested in the intersection of the mind and the moral code.

The title of Lawrence Tancreedi's book is Hardwired Behavior. It's published by Cambridge University Press.

By Deborah Runcie

Poughkeepsie, NY – St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York is now the first medical center in the Dutchess-Orange-Ulster County area to be designated an official stroke center.

WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more.

By Jessica Bloustein

Albany, NY – Just before the start of the final year in his term, New York Governor George Pataki says he is focusing only on the next twelve months...not on his reported Presidential ambitions.

WAMC'S Jessica Bloustein has the story from the Capitol today.

By Pat Bradley

Albany, NY – Since 2001 Christian Ramirez has worked for the U.S.-M xico Border Program (USMBP) of the American Friends Service Committee in San Diego, California. He has been directing the Border Program of AFSC since 2002 and has a Bachelor's degree in history and anthropology from San Diego State University.

By Deborah Runcie

Catskill, NY – The Town of Catskill in Greene County New York is considering joining many other Northeast towns in providing a free Internet mapping system that will be available world-wide.
WAMC's Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Deborah Runcie has more on the virtual map trend.

By Deborah Runcie

By Carrie Saldo

North Adams, MA – The first enrollment deadline for Medicare recipients to sign up for Part D prescription coverage is just days away (Dec. 31) and many seniors are still struggling to sort through the bewildering array of plans available. In Berkshire County, there are more than 40 choices for seniors to shift through. Many of them are visiting senior centers or health-care organizations for help. WAMC's Carrie Saldo visited one of those facilities to see how seniors are being given a helping hand...