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Rare Chinese artifacts to be displayed

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 2:19pm

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA - The Sterling and Francine Clark Museum will be exhibiting rare chinses artifacts that were unearthed in China in 2009.

The exhibit will run from June 16- October 21.

The exhibit will feature objects recently excavated and never before seen outside of China, including a full size stone sarcophagus.

For more information on this and other exhibits at the museum, PLEASE VISIT.

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3rd Thursdays return

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 1:49pm

PITTSFIELD - The largest free event series in Western Massachusetts kicks off its sixth year on Thursday, May 17.

Third Thursdays are a free, family-friendly street festival held on the thrid thursday of each month form May to October.

The festival will be held in the newly designated Upstreet Cultural District of Pittsfield.

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Berkshire County school counselor pleads not guilty to raping girls

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012, 12:36pm

A school counselor from Berkshire County, accused of raping two, young girls and sexually assaulting another, has pleaded not guilty.

Scott Muir was arraigned Tuesday on four more additional. He remains free on $10,000 bail.

The alleged attacks took place between 2003 and 2005 at the Stockbridge Plain School where Muir worked as a counselor.

Prosecutors say there may be more victims.

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Pittsfield man faces fall trial in fatal shooting

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 12:56pm

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) - An approximate trial date has been scheduled for a Pittsfield man who fatally shot another man but is only facing firearms charges because a grand jury determined that he fired in self-defense.          

The Berkshire Eagle reports that a judge on Monday told defense lawyers and prosecutors that Kurt Hudson's trial would be scheduled in October or November after a Sept. 12 pretrial conference.          

The 25-year-old Hudson is facing charges of illegal possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with a prior conviction in connection with the Dec. 4 shooting death of Nikolas Carnute.          

He has pleaded not guilty and is being held on $100,000 bail.          

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Voters go to polls to decide school budgets

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 12:15pm

Voters are going the polls and speaking out about their school budgets. The polls opened Tuesday morning, and they close at various times Tuesday night, depending on the district.

Voters are deciding the fate of the proposed 2012-2013 budgets.

This year, many school budgets are calling for deep cuts in spending, programs and staff.

Protesters gathered in Averill Park Monday afternoon. It was a last minute push to get Averill Park's budget passed.

The proposed budget would slash 30 jobs, cut programs, increase class size, and it includes a 3. 95 percent tax levy increase but some residents say a contingency budget would be much worse.

Budget cuts are also on the line in Bethlehem. That district is proposing to cut 57 jobs and raise the tax levy by 3.99 percent.

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Dr. Thomas Mather talks tick awareness

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012, 12:06pm

Have you been finding a lot of ticks on your pets, or even yourself this year? Experts say there's been a tremendous amount of tick activity.

Dr. Thomas Mather is the director of 'The Vector-Borne Disease at the University Of Rhode Island.

Mather is trying to raise tick awareness.

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Smartphone Security

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 6:23pm

Computer expert Addison Osterhout with "Computer Answers" in Albany showed us how easy it is to hack a smart phone.

“The simplest is using a free program that you can download,” Says Osterhout. “Get some tutorials on line and in about 10 minutes you can do it.”

Sure enough in ten minutes Addison was monitoring everything the photographer was doing: if he had been logging onto his bank's website, he would have gotten his passwords, account number, you name it.

It’s called a "Man in the Middle" intercept.

It can happen if you use an unsecured Wi-Fi connection like those found in airports, bus stations and internet cafes.

The thief’s software pretends to be the router you're trying to connect to, he decrypts your data, copies it, re-encrypts it and then sends it on to your bank.

While you were taking care of business, but so was the crook.

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