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Oswego Daily News

OHS Student Delves In Life Into DC

<p>Mary Caroline Losurdo, fourth from right, and some of her new friends pose in front of the Washington Memorial.</p>

Mary Caroline Losurdo recently returned from the National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. The 10-day program offered outstanding high school students from across the United States the opportunity to take part in a unique leadership development conference in our nation’s capital. An honors student, Mary will be a senior this fall at OHS.

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Oswego Daily News

Courtroom Taunts and a Parking Lot Argument at Maxwells’ Trial

Emotions boiled over Friday evening at the trial of Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell, as the defense lawyer got into a parking lot dispute with a spectator and taunted the prosecutor during court.  It all happened as a State Police Investigator finished 8 hours of testimony about conditions inside the Maxwells’ farmhouse in Palermo.

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Oswego Daily News

More Mosquitoes Test Positive For EEE – County Plans Aerial Spraying

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The Oswego County Health Department has been notified that four more pools of mosquitoes, collected from the Toad Harbor/Big Bay Swamp area on the north shore of Oneida Lake, have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis. Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet said the virus has spread from a species of mosquito that feeds on birds to a species that bites humans, As a result, Oswego County is preparing to conduct aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor and Big Bay swamps by the middle of or late next week.

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Fulton Daily News

Investigator: I Couldn’t Breathe Well In Maxwells’ Bedroom

Inv. Joseph Harriger took photos in the Maxwells’ master bedroom, showing numerous cats inside the closed room and piles of feces in several spots.  But he didn’t stay long.  “When I went in, I was taken back by the strong odor of ammonia,” he said.  “When I went to take a breath, I felt like I couldn’t.”  He stayed only 5 minutes.

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Fulton Daily News

Young Adults Can Now Be Carried On Parents’ Insurance To Age 29

<br />Gov. Paterson signs legislation Wednesday in Rochester extending health insurance coverage under a parent's workplace policy to children up to age 29.

Here’s an underreported story from yesterday that will affect a lot of folks: From now on, the insurance available through your employer must cover your child up to the age of 29.

The health insurance for young adults measure is important because traditionally, young people drop off their parents’ insurance when they reach 19, or when they graduate from college.

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Fulton Daily News

Maxwells’ Trial Focuses On Cat Waste And A Locked Door

<p>Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell arrive for the start of their trial, with reporters and photographers around them.</p>

The trial of Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell will turn on three things: door locks, cat poop and cat pee.  Those three items dominated the opening night of their trial on child endangerment charges in Palermo Wednesday.

They are the father and step-mother of Erin Maxwell, the 11 year old found dying in her bedroom last August 29.  They are not on trial for her death.  Erin’s stepbrother, Alan Jones, is accused of sexually abusing and then killing her.  The Maxwells are accused of having conditions in their home that were dangerous to Erin.

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