Friday’s Links Worth Clicking

• State approves Excellus rate increases
  State Insurance Department says increases, which range from 5.4 percent to 12.5 percent, are “modest and reasonable and not excessive.”
• FEMA tours damage in Pulaski
  A FEMA disaster assistance specialist toured the area around Pulaski’s collapsed retaining wall with state and local emergency management personnel on Thursday.
• Lots of Water on Moon, Scientists Say – WSJ.com
  There is a lot more water on the moon than previously believed, according to an analysis of NASA data being published Friday, a finding that may bolster the case for a manned base on the lunar surface.
• Snow spotted in Central New York and more expected overnight
  Snow is back in Central New York. Reports of the first flakes of fall came from southern Cayuga County
• Student ‘hit list’ found in Plattsburgh
  In Clinton County yesterday, teachers found a so-called “hit list” containing the names of 84 students in Plattsburgh and Peru schools.
• Air One saved, again
  Onondaga County lawmakers left one of the county executive’s vetoes alone without voting on it: Her rejection of the sale of the Air One helicopter.
• U.S. Senate candidates square off
  The two candidates in New York’s special Senate election squared off at the Bush Memorial Center at Sage College in Troy
• Weather service rolls out new mountain forecasts
  The National Weather Service has a new forecasting tool to help skiers and hikers prepare for conditions on popular summits, where it may be snowing sideways with a wind chill near zero while it’s sunny and pleasant in the valley below.
• Paterson vetoes NY autism treatment insurance bill
  Gov. David Paterson has vetoed legislation that would require New York insurers to cover screening, diagnosis and lifetime treatment for autism spectrum disorders.
• Attorney General investigators interview Jordan-Elbridge employees, seek access to records
  J-E Superintendent Marilyn Dominick, who is set to leave next Friday, unsure what she will do if judge overturns her severance agreement.
• NY environmental chief is fired after leaked memo
  Pete Grannis says he refused to quit and a day later he was fired.

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