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This undated image provided by the West Webster fire department shows firefighter Theodore Scardino. Scardino was wounded when William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for the 1980 hammer killing of his grandmother, armed himself with a revolver, a shotgun and a semiautomatic rifle before he set his house on fire to lure first responders into a death trap before dawn Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/West Webster Fire Department)

Autopsy: NY gunman shot self, not hit by police

George Walsh · December 27, 2012 9:51 pm

A house burns Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 in Webster, New York. 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. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Jamie Germano)

2 NY firefighters who survived gun ambush thankful

George Walsh · December 26, 2012 11:21 pm

This undated image provided by the West Webster fire department shows firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka. Tomasz Kaczowka. 19, was killed when William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for the 1980 hammer killing of his grandmother, armed himself with a revolver, a shotgun and a semiautomatic rifle before he set his house on fire to lure first responders into a death trap before dawn Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/West Webster Fire Department)

NY firemen’s killer mapped out plan for slayings

Mary Esch, George Walsh · December 26, 2012 5:00 am

In this photo taken April 11, 2011, Lt. Michael Chiapperini with the Webster Police Department speaks to the media about the accidental death of a man working underground on the Monroe County Water Authority site in Webster, N.Y. on Lake Road near Basket Road. A former convict set a house and car ablaze in his lakeside New York state neighborhood to lure firefighters then opened fire on them, killing two, including Chiapperini, and engaging police in a shootout before killing himself while several homes burned. Authorities used an armored vehicle to evacuate the area. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Tina Yee) MAGS OUT; NO SALES

Man who killed 2 firemen left note on killing plan

George Walsh · December 25, 2012 5:00 am

NY utilities to give credits for Sandy disruptions

George Walsh · December 13, 2012 9:52 pm

Revised ‘fracking’ regulations released in NY

George Walsh · November 30, 2012 1:21 am

Lawsuit: Aspen Dental clinics operating illegally

George Walsh · October 19, 2012 3:19 am

Lawsuit: Aspen Dental clinics operating illegally

George Walsh · October 19, 2012 2:44 am

Motorist indicted in deaths of 3 upstate NY women

George Walsh · August 8, 2012 10:39 pm