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Climate change will push up New Yorks heatwave deaths
Radley Horton of Columbia University in New York and colleagues have now calculated the net effect. They matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's population is to temperatures, then used future temperature forecasts to estimate future death rates. In all their 16 models, temperature-related deaths increased ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemires Role
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Tickets on sale now for annual Great Seneca River Duck Race
One duck leads the race during the Great River Duck Race in this undated file photo. The duck won the first place in the race. The annual duck race will take place in June. Tickets for ducks are on sale ...
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Three bank robberies in two weeks around Syracuse Crime database
E-mail staff writer Douglass Dowty and he'll check into it. For the last week fully reported in the Crime Database -- May 6 to 12 -- there were 241 serious crimes. Here's the breakdown: Aggravated assaults: 16 Robberies: 7 Burglaries: 42 Larcenies: 165 Car thefts: 8 The database includes a record of aggravated assaults, arsons, burglaries, all larcenies, murders or attempted ...
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Syracuse area unemployment dropped in April
In this April photo, people wait in line before the Dr. King Career Fair at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. The Syracuse area added 3,500 nonfarm jobs in April. U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first ...
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Yanks Manchester City awarded MLS expansion team
Yankees president Randy Levine (left) with MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers, Manchester City Football Club and the New York Yankees, has acquired the League's 20th expansion club. The new team will be named New York City Football Club (NYCFC) and expects ...
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Protesters at capitol call to repeal NY gun law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A few hundred people have gathered at New York's state capitol building in Albany to press for repeal of the state's tough new gun ...
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4 falcon chicks living on NY-NJ bridge are banded
NEW YORK (AP) -- Four falcon chicks that live on the George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to New Jersey have gotten identifying bands around their ...
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A few strong storms later today live chat at noon about Moore Oklahoma tornado
There is a chance for one or two thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and this evening over Central New York. There may not be many, but the ones which do develop, could be pretty strong. There are a number of things going on which may help to produce some thunder. One is a front stalled just to our north. It is the dividing line between temperatures which are in the 50s and 60s across ...
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Proposed changes to key Manlius project draw fire
The new developer for Manlius' Madison Row project is facing opposition from some village residents who object to some of the proposed changes, including a new Kinney Drugs with a drive-thru pharmacy pick-up window. Former village and planning board members say the original Madison Row project called for the KeyBank, which is now on the site, to be the project's anchor. Now Kinney ...
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Syracuse development agency considers taking Hotel Syracuse by eminent domain
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse city officials are giving serious thought to taking ownership of the closed Hotel Syracuse via eminent domain. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency spent an hour huddled with its lawyers behind closed doors Tuesday morning discussing the possible use of its eminent domain powers to acquire the historic downtown hotel. Ben Walsh, the agency's executive ...
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Reminder I-81 open house at Oncenter today from 330 to 8 p.m.
Don't forget about today's "I-81 Challenge" open house on the future of Interstate 81 through Syracuse. The state Department of Transportation and Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council ...
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Oneida Nation land wont be taxed Read the full Oneida-New York settlement here
New York and the Oneida Indian Nation, officials gave just the bare outlines. But starting Monday, the review of the full, 79-page agreement began by a committee of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. On May 28, the Oneida County Board of Legislators will tackle the agreement. One thing not mentioned last week is that Oneida nation land won't be taxed, and the counties can't ...
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Poverty in Syracuse suburbs up 40 percent in the past decade
A new book by the Brookings Institution found that suburban poverty increased dramatically in the past decade. In the suburbs surrounding Syracuse, poverty rose 38 percent between 2000 and 2011. Poverty in the city of Syracuse rose 27 percent. Part of the change is a direct result of the recent recession, the book's authors say. Over the past 1o years, the number of people nationwide ...
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Driscoll to discuss state money for green projects at Sierra Club meeting
Syracuse Universiity Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Gov Andrew Cuomo, former mayor of Syracuse Matt Driscoll now the chief officer of the State Enviromental Facilities Corporation, and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney have a discussion last fall on a Centro bus. Cuomo was in town to look at some of the economic development projects the state has ...
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Search for survivors continues in tornado-wracked Moore Okla.
Cindy Wilson texts to friends Monday after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla. Wilson and her husband, Staff Sgt. B. Wilson, took cover in their bathtub when the tornado ...
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Stop and frisk 7 questions about New Yorks controversial policing tactic
US Supreme Court ruling. Closing arguments in the trial were May 20, with the judge expected to rule in several months.Proponents call it the most effective policing tactic to date, while opponents say it illegally targets minorities and is indiscriminate and discriminatory. But what is it and does it ...
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NYPD detective busted for allegedly cyber-stalking ex
Chris Brown canoodles with ex Karrueche Tran while Rihanna dines alone Chris Brown seems to be swiftly over his breakup with Rihanna, falling ...
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Science project missile causes scare at Brooklyn school
A science project caused a scare at a Brooklyn high school this morning, cops said.An object that looked like a missile was found in the basement of Sheepshead Bay High School about 9:55 a.m. A school safety officer called 911, and the students were evacuated, authorities said.NYPD Bomb Squad arrived at 11 a.m., and declared it harmless. The missile was actually for a student’s science ...
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Six injured in Brooklyn school bus crash
Six people were hurt in a school bus crash in Brooklyn this morning, authorities said.The accident happened about 7:30 a.m. in Kensington on 5th Street and Avenue C, according to an FDNY spokesman.Four patients were seriously hurt, and went Kings County Hospital, Maimonides Hospital, and Lutheran Hospital.One person suffered minor injuries, while another was taken to an area hospital by ...
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Easier travel ahead for Conn. commuters after Metro-North train derail
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Commuters facing long delays after a train collision disrupted their route along Connecticut's shoreline can look forward to easier traveling.Normal commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was scheduled to resume during Wednesday morning's rush hour on one of the nation's oldest and most ...
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Saks 1Q profit falls but still beats Street view
NEW YORK (AP) -- Saks' net income fell 38 percent in the first quarter, but its adjusted results topped analysts' expectations and a key revenue metric ...
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Death toll falls in aftermath of Moore Okla. tornado but more fatalities expected
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb. As the sun rose over the shattered community of Moore, the state ...
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Fabius approves moratorium extension on hydrofracking
voted unanimously Monday night to extend its moratorium on hydrofracking for seven months. The vote was 5-0. The board is working on a proposed zoning amendment that would prohibit hydrofracking in the town. Mark Levy, lawyer for the town, said several residents have asked to see a draft of the proposed ban before the public hearing and vote, scheduled for 7 p.m. June 17. Levy said a draft ...
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Obama administration says IRS will not have access to Americans personal health records
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. gestures while giving a speech in 2011. She and some other Congressional Republicans claim the IRS will have access to Americans' personal health records, an assertion denied by the Obama ...
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Buffalo Zoo goes ape for the gorillas
The Buffalo Zoo is a historic landmark in Buffalo city. It is the third oldest zoo in the United States and has an amazing array of over 1000 species of animal. The zoo is also a tourist attraction, bringing in 400 000 visitors each year.
Zoos are an important educational facility for children, a means by which younger generations can see wild and endangered animals in real life, in an environment as close as is reasonably possible to what their natural surroundings would be, and by seeing a real-life image, rather than a picture in a text book, children develop a more intimate understanding of the challenges facing these rare and beautiful creatures. Read more
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