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State Police charge Mexico Man with Impersonating a Police Officer

State Police in Fulton were contacted on Monday (3/31/14) by the town of Volney Fire Chief regarding a suspicious vehicle. This investigation resulted in the arrest of 40-year-old Christopher A. Hughes from Mexico. Hughes was charged with 1 count of Criminal Impersonation in the 2nd Degree, a class “A” misdemeanor.

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Student team probes bitcoins with an eye on manias of past

SUNY Oswego seniors in an upper-level finance class gather in a Penfield Library conference room to work on their project for the college's Quest symposium: "Innovation in Currency Markets: Will Bitcoins Succeed in This Marathon?" Seated from left are finance majors Victoria Danquer and Eyub Yegen (also an applied mathematical economics major); standing from left are marketing major Xiaodong Lou and finance major Kyle Crisafulli. Missing from the photo is finance major Yixuan Wang.The students in business faculty member Hong Wan’s “Multinational Financial Management” course are working on a historical-economics analysis to show whether bitcoins are in a phase that makes them ripe for a crash, another upswing or long-haul stability. Bitcoins have fluctuated in value from nearly nothing at their 2009 debut to more than $1,200 in 2013 before sliding recently under $600.

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