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GREECE, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy may face permanent damage after he was stabbed on an RTS bus in Greece. Nahziiryahzihn Ali, 18, is accused of stabbing the teenager during a fight on the bus just before 7 p.m. Wednesday on Long Pond Road near the Mall at Greece Ridge. Police said he started fighting with the victim, then stabbed him in the eye. The victim is facing vision loss and likely will lose his eye completely. Ali has been charged with first-degree assault and is in the Monroe County Jail on $5,000 cash bail. The 15-year-old boy was taken...

Strayhorn declines raise after Perry criticism ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN (AP) - Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn said she will not accept a $33,000 pay raise authorized by the Legislature even though her campaign indicated last week that she would accept it. "Although Governor Rick Perry sanctioned pay increases for statewide elected officials when he approved the state budget, I do not believe it is appropriate for me to accept a penny more for the work I was elected to do," Strayhorn said Tuesday. Strayhorn, a Republican, is challenging Perry in next year's gubernatorial race. The Legislature had authorized seven statewide elected...