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Brief History. Region of New York was claimed for France in 1609, and the first permanent settlement was established at Fort Orange (now Albany) in 1624. One year later Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for trinkets worth about 60 Dutch guilders and founded the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now New York City), which was surrendered to the English in 1664. New York developed commercially extremely rapidly, continued to be commercial center of the U.S. to the present-day. New York major tourist attraction include Castle Clinton, Statue of Liberty, National Monuments; Niagara Falls; U.S. Military Academy at West Point and many others.

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New York to invest up to $100M for technology (Staten Island Advance)
New York state plans to invest up to $100 million in the next few years for technology and research. Associated PressGov. David Paterson Gov. David Paterson said Monday that institutions and companies are ready to compete for the matching grants....

11-year-old Little League player shot in head while posing for team picture in Brooklyn (Staten Island Advance)
An 11-year-old New York City Little League player is hospitalized after an apparent stray bullet grazed his head. A police spokesman says the boy remained in stable condition Monday morning....

Hero of the Week: (Gayapolis)
OK, heroes this time - the students at Palm Springs High School, who held mock gay wedding ceremonies to protest Prop 8 . A big shout out to the school's gay-straight alliance, 70 teenagers who know more about equality than many adults.

Chase Carey Returns to News Corporation as Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----News Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rupert Murdoch today announced the appointment of Chase Carey to Deputy Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer, effective July 1.

Chase Carey returns to News Corp. (The Hollywood Reporter)
News Corp. made things official after the market close Wednesday, confirming that Chase Carey is returning to the conglomerate as deputy chairman, president and COO, effective July 1.