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News Minute: Here is the latest New York news from The Associated Press

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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) - Governor Andrew Cuomo is on the road today -- visiting the SUNY-New Paltz campus to promote his proposal for tax-free zones for businesses opening near public college campuses in the state. Cuomo's plan would allow such businesses to operate tax-free for 10 years.

COVERT, N.Y. (AP) - Seneca County authorities plan to resume their search today for a 22-year-old man who went missing yesterday while canoeing alone on Cayuga Lake. The search for Christopher Dennis of Ithaca began after friends found an overturned canoe. A search of the lake's southern end turned up no sign of Dennis.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - In preparation for heavy holiday travel for the Memorial Day weekend, the state Thruway Authority will halt road projects across New York today and tomorrow. Work will resume Monday night and Tuesday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A state judge in St. Lawrence County has ordered a company there to stop selling service dogs its owner claims can sense patients' seizures in advance and signal for help, saying the dogs were poorly trained. The German shepherds from Seizure Alert Dogs For Life sold for as much as $18,000 to families with epileptic children.

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