By Bud Lowell

By Bud Lowell

Rochester, NY – A man wanted in an Indiana murder case shot himself to death in a Rochester hotel room today (Friday), after holding off Rochester and state police for several hours.

State police and the Monroe County District Attorney's office are investigating the death of 53-year old Pearlman Brinson.

Brinson was wanted for the murder of his wife in Indianapolis. Authorities there and the New York State Police learned that he might be in Rochester.

By Bud Lowell

Rochester, NY – Rochester's public transportation authority is ready to set up its own transit police force.

Don Riley is chief executive officer of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority, which operates Regional Transit Service buses in the Rochester area. He says the R-G-R-T-A transit police will serve a dual function. They'll provide security for bus drivers and passengers, and they'll patrol the new Central Transit Station being planned for downtown Rochester.

By Mark Giardina

By Mark Giardina

By Bud Lowell

Rochester, NY – Eastman Kodak Company officials say a weak U.S. economy will hold down its profits through 2002 before things recover in 2003.

Kodak is struggling to reverse a 15-month plunge in film sales. The picture company reported a 206 million dollar loss in the fourth quarter of the old year. That narrowly exceeded Wall Street forecasts.

Company CEO Dan Carp said he's "pleased but not satisfied" at the way the year turned out, despite economic conditions after September 11th that Carp says will go into the record books.

By Mark Giardina & Chris Danielson

By Bud Lowell

Rochester, NY – Eastman-Kodak employees will get a wage dividend this year, equal to two percent of their pay for 2001.

Dan Carp, the company's CEO, says the annual dividend is being paid even though Kodak lost money last year. Carp says that's because he and the company's trustees wanted to show appreciation for Kodak workers who kept the company moving forward during a tough year.

By Bud Lowell

By Bud Lowell