TROY - A teenager, accused of killing her own father, is free Friday, but, most likely, not for long.

Trinity Copeland, 17, had been behind bars since last July.

Rensselaer County DA Rich McNally tells us the murder charges were dropped for some legal reasons.

McNally says the judge threw out the indictment because the jurors were not told about a part of the law that says 'you don't have to run away from your home if you're protecting yourself inside the home'.

Investigators say Trinity Copeland fatally shot her 47-year-old father Harlan Copeland, in the apartment the two shared on Seventh Avenue.

It apparently happened after an argument over a $154 credit card charge.

Trinity says her father pointed the gun at her and that she only pulled the trigger because he forced her to.

The DA tells us Copeland will surrender next week and the case will go before a second grand jury. 

TROY - The man accused of stabbing someone in the neck with a screwdriver is facing more than an assault charge.

Police went to Massachusetts to pick up 24-year-old Emmet Fullins for his court appearance Wednesday.

He allegedly stabbed Francis Smith back in November but police say he also raped and choked a pregnant woman in February, causing her to miscarry.

TROY - RPI in Troy is getting nearly $2 million to upgrade its super computers.

The money is from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

It will be used to improve the energy efficiency of the computers, saving the university more than $1 million dollars a year.

The president of RPI says the IBM computers are being used to solve problems such as national security, climate change and the allocation of scarce resources.