The bid to override David Paterson's veto of the ethics reform bill failed yesterday in the state Senate. Twenty-five Republicans and one Democratic voted to sustain the veto. Hugh Farley and Roy McDonald both voted to override. [TU] [NYT] [Daily Politics]

Troy police say a man was shot in North Central Friday night -- and they first heard about the shooting via the city's ShotSpotter system. The TPD says the system alerted officials 10 minutes before the first call related to the incident. [TU] [Troy Record] [WTEN]

A 19-year-old from Troy has been arrested for allegedly shooting an 18-year-old last week in north Albany. [TU]

During his State of the City address, Schenectady mayor Brian Stratton said last night that the city is freezing hiring and cutting other expenditures in an attempt to cover an upcoming $12.8 million budget gap. The city council also voted yesterday to move toward freeing itself from being responsible for taxes not paid to the school district. [WTEN] [Daily Gazette $] [CBS6] [Daily Gazette $]

The construction company that's building the GlobalFoundries chip fab at Luther Forest is moving its headquarters to the Watervliet Arsenal. Also: ATIC, the investment company funded by the government of Abu Dhabi, now owns 66 percent of GloFo. [TU] [Post-Star]

Two Ballston Spa teens were charged with felonies over the weekend for sending explicit text message pics. [WNYT]

The set also includes some interesting photos of state police ice divers, who put on a demonstration.

photo: Sebastien B

Moore is a remarkable player in that he may very well be the MVP of this year's excellent Saints team -- and yet he's only their fifth leading scorer. But he contributes in other ways. Moore leads the nation in assists per game -- he also controls the tempo of the game and keeps teams from pressuring the Saints.

As Ed pointed out recently, Siena is having a great season -- even by the standards of the last few years. It has a 14 game win streak going, most recently an 88-68 victory over Iona -- the second-place team in the MAAC. The Saints continue to get votes in the AP Top 25 poll. And they'll take on #18 Butler in the showcase "Bracket Buster" game on ESPN later this month.

Siena faces Fairfield tonight at the TU Center at 7 pm. The game will also be on MSG (ch 73).

[Thanks, Rob!]

photo: MAAC Sports

But while we've been relatively snow-free, other parts of the East Coast have been in the middle of Snowmegeddon. So, indulging in a bit of wetterschadenfreude, we thought it would be fun to see how our snowfall totals stack up (or down) to these other normally not-so-snowy climes. (Yes, DC -- that's very unfortunate. Very.)

A few select cities are compared above in the snowman graph. More totals -- with normal totals -- after the jump.

By the way: we've actually noticed lately a few people lamenting the lack of snow this year. Gotta say we didn't see that coming.

Snow is forecasted for Wednesday...

After all the fuss of the biggest winter holidays has died down, Valentine's Day is a funny little break from the every-day. It's a little bit of warmth in the otherwise totally freezing, month of February.

Lots of Capital Region shops have their share of hearts and flowers but here are four of my favorite local ways to do something special for Valentine's Day.

What are your favorites?

Harold Ford accused Kirsten Gillibrand of using "underhanded tactics" in her attempt to gather early endorsements from county Democratic Party leaders around the state. Gillibrand is calling for Ford to disclose whether he got a bonus from Bank of America. [NYT] [NYO]

Much of the $75 million in state money promised by Joe Bruno just before he left office hasn't made it through. [TU]

The chairwoman of an inspector general's panel charged with tracking stimulus money says much of the federal funding distributed to New York State has yet to be spent. [TU]

The man accused of stabbing three people near the intersection of State and Henry Johnson following LarkFest last year was convicted on Friday on three counts of assault. He could get 25-50 years in prison. The victims said the man ran at them, shirtless, and yelled "I live for this, this is what I do!" during the attack. The man had been up for trial in 2008 for another alleged stabbing in Troy in 2007, but a judge tossed the case for procedural reasons. [CapNews9] [Troy Record] [CBS6] [Troy Record] [TU]

A Schenectady man died from carbon monoxide poisoning in his apartment after turning on his stove to keep warm because the apartment's thermostat was malfunctioning, keeping the heat down. [Daily Gazette $]

+ NPR posted Phantogram's soon-to-be released album Eyelid Movies (and it's good!).

+ Tom Reiner talked about taking over Debbie's Kitchen.

+ The legalization of mixed martial arts in New York State didn't do so well in a poll. Medical marijuana did much better.

+ We totally nerded out on pond ice.

+ Jessica told us about the kimchi at Kim's.

+ It looks like Exit 6 on the Northway is going to be a mess for a while.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: drivers, a cold night on the Capitol steps, rolls, Chipotle, salmon, burger joints, t-shirts, a swap, Vermont, skating, cards, eagles and heckling.

+ Kaitlin gave us the rundown on some of her favorite places in the Capital Region to shop for vintage clothes.

+ We asked people what they would add and subtract from the Capital Region.

+ There's a lot of love out there for Schenectady.

+ Kaitlin went in search of Oxford shoes.

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: a disciplinarian, a possibly color-blind suitor and Nigerian dwarf goat kids.

+ And the Hold Steady will be here in April!

If you'd just like the whole week unfiltered, check our listing of the last seven days of AOA.

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or sent along an idea this week!

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This week your AOA fix was made possible by:

+ Jent Productions, presenting Who's Bad: The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, tomorrow night at Northern Lights in Clifton Park.

+ If you're not up for the Super Bowl this Sunday, check out the The Wine Bar and Bistro on Lark's "ignore Super Bowl Sunday" party. Good food, good wine, good company and 3 fireplaces.

+This is the last weekend to catch Capital Rep's new production of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal."

+ Bilinski's chicken sausages. Look for chicken chili and chicken meatloaf soon.

+ The Honest Weight Food Co-op. Get chocolate dipped strawberries from February 12th through the 14th.

+ The Midtown Tap and Tea Room on New Scotland Ave in Albany has a new menu with lots of great options. Plus there's music every weekend.

+ The Albany All Stars next bout is February 20th at the Washington Avenue Armory.

Albany
Ride with the Devil

Schenectady
Snow Buddies

Clifton Park
Edward Scissorhands

Saratoga Springs
Music of the Heart

Troy
Scarface

The top 5 for each city/town is after the jump.

So, why GPM?