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Rocky first inning costs Mets in loss to Reds
CIN@NYM: Wright's error gives Reds an early lead NEW YORK -- On a daily basis at Citi Field, a complete and utter lack of offense continues to undermine the Mets. And so they continue to lose, despite obvious improvements in their rotation and bullpen. All it takes these days is one mistake for the Mets to suffer defeat. Tuesday's blunder came in the first inning of a 4-0 loss to ...
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1000 pm update Another round of showers and storms for Syracuse before midnight
The radar image from 9:45 this Tuesday evening shows one more round of showers and thunderstorms approaching from the west. After this moves through, thunderstorms will tend to settle down overnight. The new activity is approaching at about 35 mph. That should bring it through the city of Syracuse by around 10:30 p.m. There are also some strong winds in these storms, and intense lightning. ...
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Meteorologists Oklahoma tornado dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima bomb
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave the Oklahoma tornado the top-of-the-scale rating of EF5 for wind speed and breadth, and severity of ...
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PA homicide suspect surrenders after standoff with police in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY -- A man suspected in a homicide in Pennslyvania surrendered Tuesday night after a chase and tense standoff with police in the 2000 block of East Fayetteville Street in Syracuse. Ryan Harding, 18, was taken in to custody at about 9:30 p.m., Sgt. Tom Connellan ...
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Jamesville-DeWitt residents approve $49.6 million proposed budget
Jamesville-DeWitt voters approved a budget for 2013-14 of $49,636,676. The vote was 743 yes to 142 no. A proposition to buy four school buses at cost not to exceed $436,000 was approved. The vote was 713 yes to 171 no. A proposition for DeWitt Community Library funding of $1,281,785 also was approved by a vote of 684 to 201. Three people won election to the school board. They are: Virginia ...
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Liverpool voters approve $135.7 million spending plan for 2013-14
Provided graphic Liverpool, NY -- Voters in the Liverpool Central School District approved a $135.7 million budget for the 2013-14 school year. The budget was approved by 515 votes; 1,151 people voted for the budget and 636 people voted against the budget. The public also voted on two additional propositions. Proposition 2 asked voters to authorize a bus replacement proposition of $1,201,245 ...
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Westhill voters approve budget replace incumbent board member
Geddes, NY -- Westhill School District voters Tuesday approved a $34.7 million budget for 2013-14, by a vote of 676 to 283. A proposition to buy four new buses passed 601 to 336, as did a proposal to increase the annual appropriation for the Onondaga Free Library by a vote of 609-344. Voters chose James Wickersham of 108 Whitestone Drive, Onondaga for the lone seat up for election to the ...
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Tully voters approve budget and propositions
Tully, NY-- Voters in the Tully Central School District Tuesday approved an $18,058,021 for 2013-14, along with a proposition to lease school buses. The budget passed 479- 230. A proposition to lease five buses at cost not to exceed $376,000 passed 478 to 217, as did a proposition supporting the Tully Library for $143,189. That proposition passed 466 to 231. Voters chose Denise Cardamone, ...
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Correx officer faces life in prison in ex-girlfriends shooting death
A correction officer faces life in prison for shooting to death his ex-girlfriend to dodge "child support obligations," prosecutors said in opening statements in Queens court today. Christopher Clavell, 48 of Staten Island, is accused of killing Barbara Perez almost 13 years ago behind The Power Factory Gym in Ridgewood where she worked as an assistant manager. "The defendant ...
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De La Hoya wins legal battle against model
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya won round two of his legal battle against a former Maxim model today when an appeals court called her $5 million assault suit "baseless." The 100-pound bottle blonde's claims that the retired welterweight imprisoned her in his Ritz Carlton hotel room during a kinky, cocaine-fueled tryst in 2011 "were without merit," a five-judge panel at ...
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Randolph among Yankees reps for Draft
Email BALTIMORE -- Willie Randolph and Andy Cannizaro will serve as the Yankees' representatives for the 2013 First-Year Player Draft, which begins on June 6. Randolph spent the majority of his 18-year big league playing career with the Yankees, appearing in pinstripes for 13 seasons as a sure-handed second baseman from 1976-88. A six-time World Series champion as a player and also as a ...
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Wright focused on trying to not do too much
Email NEW YORK -- Above him, the lineup card has changed almost nightly. The Mets have received almost no production out of their leadoff hitters this season and have gone long stretches without production from the two-hole as well. Through it all, third hitter David Wright has tried to not do more than he is capable. "For me, it's a constant battle to not do that," Wright said. ...
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Empathetic Robertson donates to tornado victims
Email BALTIMORE -- Yankees reliever David Robertson is offering his support to the victims of the Oklahoma tornado tragedies, pledging to donate $100 for every strikeout he records this season. Robertson founded a charity, High Socks for Hope, after his hometown of Tuscaloosa, Ala., was ravaged by tornadoes in April 2011. Watching television coverage of the devastation centered in Moore, Okla., ...
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Strawberry McPhail to rep Mets at Draft
Email NEW YORK -- Darryl Strawberry and Marlin McPhail will represent the Mets at next month's First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. Strawberry, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1980 Draft, will join McPhail at Draft headquarters in Secaucus, N.J., where the Mets are slated to pick 11th overall. McPhail also knows a thing or two about Drafts, having scouted ...
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First home run ball finds its way to Adams
Email BALTIMORE -- When David Adams connected on a high, arcing drive toward the left-field foul pole on Monday, his biggest concern was that the ball would stay fair. Once it landed in fair territory for his first Major League home run, Adams said he didn't expect to see the ball again. But two members of the Yankees' security team were able to retrieve the souvenir for Adams, who ...
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Mets leadoff spot in flux due to Tejadas struggles
Email NEW YORK -- Mets manager Terry Collins has experimented with his leadoff spot all season long. He's tried different types of hitters, but the constant tinkering hasn't led to a definitive long-term answer. But all of that would be solved if Ruben Tejada returned to being the type of hitter he was last season. The Mets' shortstop was a line-drive hitter for the Mets in ...
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Anarchist jailed for not testifying over 2008 New York blast
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist from Brooklyn who refused to testify before a federal grand jury thought to be investigating a 2008 bomb explosion in New York's Times Square was sent to jail on Tuesday after being found in civil ...
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Powerful storm knocks down trees and knocks out power in Syracuse
That's Chris Aylward's Hyundai Sonata under a fallen tree on East Seneca Turnpike in Syracuse. A powerful rainstorm tore through parts of the city Tuesday early Tuesday evening, knocking down trees and cutting power to homes and ...
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Thunderstorm causes damage power outage in Onondaga County
Syracuse, NY -- Severe thunderstorms that rumbled through Central New York Tuesday caused plenty of damage and power outages, but no reported injuries. Onondaga County 911 was flooded with dozens of reports of downed wires and fallen trees. The storm passed mainly over southern Onondaga County, but downed wires and trees were reported throughout the area. National ...
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SIDA may take Hotel Syracuse by eminent domain
Opened in 1924, the Hotel Syracuse closed in 2004 after years of financial trouble. The Syracuse Industrial Development Agency is considering taking the hotel by eminent domain to make a redevelopment ...
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Manchester City New York Yankees partners in new MLS team
Brian Marwood (left), Txiki Begiristain the Director of Football at Manchester City, Ferran Soriano the CEO and Vicky Kloss the chief communications officer of Manchester City look on prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester City and Norwich City at Etihad Stadium on May 19, 2013 in Manchester, ...
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On Pro Basketball Strapped Knicks Stress Continuity Not Change
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Storm leaves rainbows over Syracuse
Syracuse, NY - The storm that rolled through Central New York tonight has residents out capturing rainbows to share on Twitter. Use the hashtag #cuserainbow to include a link to your ...
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Merry Christmas Bill faces off against political correctness
The new "Merry Christmas Bill" would protect teachers from legal repercussions from using phrases like "Merry Christmas" and "Happy ...
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Tornado Warning allowed to expire at 7 PM
The severe thunderstorm which tracked across the southern part of Onondaga County is moving east across the southeastern part of Onondaga County and by 7:30 will be moving into southwestern Madison County. Winds gusting to between 40 and 50 mph, intense cloud to ground lightning and some hail is possible with this storm. Northern Madison County is under a severe thunderstorm warning until ...
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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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