MOHAWKS TO HOLD RUN-OFF ELECTION FOR TRIBAL COUNCIL.(CAPITAL REGION)

ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION -- A run-off election will be held for one of three chief positions on the Mohawk Tribal Council after tribal officials determined Wednesday there was a discrepancy in the vote count from last Saturday's election.

The run-off will be held on June 21 between Barbara Lazore, a former chief, and Lorraine White, the tribe's general counsel, said tribal spokesman Ray Cook.

In the recent vote, the Mohawks used three voting machines in place of ballot boxes. One of the machines malfunctioned, causing long lines for the 1,016 tribal members who voted. Many grew impatient and opted not to vote, according to the letter.

Tribal officials also said there was confusion over how to use the new machines. Voting in the run-off election will be conducted by paper ballot, Cook said.

-- Associated Press

SECRETLY MAKING PHOTOS FOR SEX TO BE FELONY

ALBANY -- Secretly making photographic images of people for sexual purposes will soon be a crime in New York, Gov. George Pataki and legislative leaders said Wednesday.

``Stephanie's Law'' was announced by Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The law is expected to be signed by the governor in the coming days.

The law is named after Stephanie Fuller, whose former landlord was accused of spying on her for months by hiding a tiny video camera above Fuller's bed.

Under the bill, most video voyeurism will result in felony charges with sentences ranging from one to seven years in prison. The longest sentences would be used in cases in which the images were disseminated, including over the Internet. The law will also make a crime of using a camera to look up dresses.

-- Associated Press

ARCHDIOCESE TO NAME PRIESTS REMOVED FOR ABUSE

NEW YORK -- Priests removed from active ministry after the Archdiocese of New York's internal investigation of sexual molestation charges will be identified in the archdiocesan newspaper, a spokesman for Cardinal Edward Egan said Wednesday.

But priests cleared by the investigation for a return to work will not be identified unless they choose to make the matter public themselves, the spokesman said.

A New York Times story had said Egan would not discuss any outcomes of the investigation.

-- Associated Press

CHINESE RESEARCHER GOING TO PRISON FOR THEFT

SYRACUSE -- A Chinese researcher was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for stealing biological materials from Cornell University and trying to smuggle them back to China.

U.S. District Court Judge Norman A. Mordue also ordered Yin Qingqiang, 39, to serve two years of supervised release but did not impose a fine because Yin has no way of paying.

Yin has already served two months since his arrest last July. A federal jury convicted Yin in December.

-- Associated Press

WESLEY UNANIMOUSLY CONFIRMED FOR BENCH

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed on Wednesday New York judge Richard Wesley to the federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, on a 96-0 vote.

Wesley, 53, a friend of Gov. George Pataki, was nominated by the governor to the New York state Court of Appeals in 1996. The two had previously served together in the state Assembly. Wesley is a graduate of the University at Albany and Cornell Law School.

-- Associated Press