99 NEWS HEADLINES FOR SATURDAY, 10/24/09

FIRE IN WEST POTSDAM--Firefighters from West Potsdam and many other departments with mutual aid and standbys were called during the 6 o'clock hour this morning for a serious residential blaze on State Route 345. Further details are forthcoming.

CUBANS LOVE BASEBALL--Alina Fernandez, the daughter of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, told reporters in Potsdam this week her father would portray himself as an athlete as a show of power. Legend has been proven false Castro tried out for the Yankees and-or Washington Senators.

BOTTLED WATER DEPOSIT STARTS ON HALLOWEEN--A Federal court ruled this week to end the injunction filed in May against the 5-cents-per-bottle deposit. 80 percent of unclaimed deposits, when people do not turn in the bottles, goes to the state.

ALSO ONLINE TODAY...ASSAULT CONVICTION REVERSED AGAINST OGDENSBURG WOMAN JAILED LAST YEAR...CANCER ACTION CALLS FOR ANIMAL FATS-BREAST CANCER EDUCATION PROGRAM...POLICE BLOTTER ITEMS...

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