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An assistant professor at the State University of New York in Cortland has been arrested in central New York on rape and sexual abuse charges. Daniel DePerno of Cortland is accused of victimizing a teenage girl on several occasions since she was 13. The 39-year-old DePerno was arrested Thursday on charges of second-degree and third-degree rape, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child after a joint investigation by state troopers and SUNY Cortland police. He was arraigned in the town of Cortlandville and ordered held on $250,000 cash bail. A call to his lawyer wasn't immediately returned Friday....

CORTLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- A Cortland man is in custody after police say he beat a man that had broken into his apartment. Police say Robbin Brill, 50, returned home Sunday evening and found a man inside attempting to steal money. They say Brill confronted the man and then beat him with his fists and a brick. Brill then called 911, and the man was taken to University Hospital where he is in critical condition. Brill has been charged with assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon. He was sent to the Cortland County Jail and...

The Fabius-Pompey Central School District is closing Thursday and Friday as a precaution after a female high school student who recently traveled to Mexico tested positive for swine flu. The student lives in Cortland County and is one of three possible human swine flu cases reported earlier this week by the Cortland Health Department. The state Health Department announced Wednesday preliminary tests showed the high school student has the illness. Final confirmation is expected from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today .

Other group helping in Iraq not prosecuted Friday, March 07, 2003By Renee K. Gadoua The same federal act used to indict three Central New Yorkers accused of illegally sending money to Iraq has not been enforced against at least a dozen local residents who openly violated U.S. law by traveling there. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorizes U.S. sanctions against Iraq. Four Muslims, including three Onondaga County residents, were indicted Feb. 26 on charges that include violating the act by using the Syracuse-based charity Help the Needy to send money to Iraq without a license. About 600 people have...

U.S. Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Congressman Sherwood Boehlert will provide the keynote addresses at the 2003 SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 17. Clinton will speak at the 10 a.m. ceremony and Boehlert will address graduates at the 2 p.m. ceremony. Graduating seniors may begin picking up their tickets for one of the two ceremonies on Monday and Tuesday, April 7-8 (see related story below). Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected U.S. Senator from New York on Nov. 7, 2000. She is the first First Lady elected to the U.S. Senate. After two...