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MARLBORO – Several Marlboro High School students, who are or were members of the varsity football team, and their parents, have filed a federal complaint in US District Court calling for the head coach to be fired.

The lawsuit, against coach Richard Ward, School Superintendent Ray Castellani and the Marlboro Central School District, alleges Ward verbally and physically abused the boys on his football team and that Castellani and the school district knew about it and did nothing to stop it.

GOSHEN – Orange County Legislature Chairman Michael Pillmeier is hoping to have his colleagues select a conceptual design to redevelop the County Government Center in Goshen before the end of the month.  That is when several lawmakers including himself will retire from office.

There are two conceptual designs on the table and he is bringing them before two oversight committees next Monday.

The UAlbany men’s basketball team saw its two-game road winning streak come to an end after losing 62-57 to Holy Cross Wednesday night.

With 13 seconds left, Holy Cross was clinging to a 59-57 lead and had the ball out of bounds under its own basket. Center Dave Dudzinski, who is 6-foot-9 and 227-pounds shot from past the 3-point line securing the Crusaders victory.

Elsewhere, Southern Connecticut State had a 76-65 win over Saint Rose.

WAMC political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses why 29,000 people have signed up for health insurance on HealthCare.gov and what it means as well as fast food employees rallying for an increase in wages.   

Recordings of 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting show town dispatchers calmly responding to a janitor, a teacher and others and assuring them help is coming.

The operators urge the people inside the school to take cover as they reach out to town officials and state police for help. The operators also ask about the welfare of the children.

A gunman shot his way into the school on the morning of Dec. 14 and gunned down 20 children and six educators with a semi-automatic rifle. He committed suicide as police arrived.

Supporters of seven proposed ballot questions in Massachusetts have submitted certified signatures to the secretary of state's office.

The deadline for turning in the signatures, which were certified by city and town clerks, was 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Paul Caiano gives the WAMC Morning Edition forecast.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says it appears an engineer's speeding is likely to be what caused the fatal derailment of a New York City commuter train.

Cuomo made his comments Wednesday on New York public radio's 'Capitol Pressroom' show. Four people were killed and more than 60 others injured in the Sunday morning crash on a riverside curve in the Bronx.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the Metro-North Railroad train was travelling at more than 80 mph going into the curve, nearly three times the 30 mph speed limit.

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. David Hsu of the University of Michigan explains how the brain deals with the pain of social rejection. 

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One of New York’s congressional representatives is calling on the nation’s highest court to turn away challenges to a health-plan requirement to offer birth control.