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Citizens around the US joined together with government agencies over the weekend to celebrate the first national hacker's day. Upstate programmers congregated in Rochester to put their skills to use in a 24-hour hackathon aimed at solving real-world problems.

A range of projects were worked on by hackers at the Rochester event. Some people aimed their code-writing at local issues while others collaborated with participants across the nation to solve challenges.

Michael Pearson, the CEO of Canadian drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals has spoken publicly about their purchase of Rochester-based Bausch + Lomb for the first time since the deal was announced Monday.

Pearson says the deal brings an opportunity for Valeant to immediately grow their presence in the global eye health market.