State panel kicks 93 businesses out of Empire Zone tax break program (Mike McAndrew/Syracuse Post-Standard)

Local jobless rate rises (Jim Stinson/Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)

Paterson's budget declared 'dead' (Tom Precious/The Buffalo News)

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