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  • 2 firefighters die in ambush at blazing NY house

    JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press

    AP Photo/WHAM13-TV via AP video This image taken from video provided by WHAM13-TV, shows a wide view of homes on fire in an area where a gunman ambushed four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire early Monday, in Webster, N.Y., killing two before ending up dead himself, authorities said. Police used an armored vehicle to evacuate more than 30 nearby residents. WEBSTER, N.Y. — A gunman ambushed four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire Monday morning outside Rocheste...

  • Police: NY gunman set 'trap' for firefighters

    JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press

    WEBSTER, N.Y. — An ex-con set a car and a house ablaze in his lakeside neighborhood to lure firefighters, then opened fire on them, killing two, engaging in a shootout with police and committing suicide while several homes burned. Authorities used an armored vehicle to evacuate the area. The gunman fired at the four firefighters when they arrived shortly after 5:30 a.m. at the blaze in Webster, a suburb of Rochester on Lake Ontario, town Police Chief Gerald Pickering said. The first police officer who arrived chased the s...

  • Syracuse fires assistant basketball coach Fine

    JOHN KEKIS, AP Sports Writer

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University fired associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine on Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him. "At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine's employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately," Kevin Quinn, the school's senior vice president for public affairs, said in a statement. AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli, File Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, left, watches the action with Bernie Fine, an assistant coach, d...