The Great New York State Fair

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Forty passengers on an amusement park ride were stuck upside down for four minutes when a safety system caused the ride to shut itself off at the New York State Fair. Assistant Fair Director Troy Waffner tells the Syracuse...

Four stores have opened in Lakewood Mall for the Christmas season. They include Hickory Farms, Dakota Discount Furniture, Go Calendars and T.J.'s Airbrush. Each opened within the past two weeks and will close after Christmas. Hickory Farms is a national...

The New York State Fair features a butter sculpture every year and with the fair over, the butter, instead of being left out to melt, will be broken down into bio-diesel fuel. The butter has been sitting out too long to be consumed by people, so it's...

Pop singer Sara Bareilles, whose songs “Love Song,” “King of Anything” and “Uncharted” have topped the pop charts in the past three years, has canceled her Sept. 2 appearance at Allentown Fair, supporting hot country...

Justin Bieber has postponed his performance at the New York State Fair in Syracuse due to illness. Fair officials say that the concert planned for Sunday (Aug. 29) is rescheduled for Wednesday (Sept. 1). Bieber is currently on a nationwide tour that...

Teen sensation Justin Bieber wowed a sold-out Allentown Fair crowd made up almost entirely of girls ranging from roughly 3 to 16 years old. The concert Saturday night delivered what the audience wanted. Wonderfully choreographed versions of his hit...

Jim Kopel has been a big fan of state fairs since he was 10, when he exhibited his Chester White pigs at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Since retiring from teaching a few years ago, Kopel has visited state fairs in all 50 states, turning his ardor...

Former President Bill Clinton, who at age 58 has appeared trim and vigorous, checked into New York Presbyterian Hospital yesterday after suffering chest pains and shortness of breath and was scheduled for quadruple bypass surgery, his office said....