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Second retail tenant lined up for Pike Block
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Pike Block development in downtown Syracuse picked up another retail tenant. Jimmy John's will open a restaurant on West Fayette Street, next door to Pike Block's planned Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop. Jimmy John's is a national sandwich franchise based in Illinois. ...
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Scarsdale mom Andrea Sanderlin accused in Queens pot-growing operation is indicted in...
This May 20 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Strike Force photo shows some of the marijuana plants the DEA said were grown by Andrea Sanderlin in a warehouse in Queens. Sanderlin was indicted ...
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U.S. banks fall short on 29 rules in $25 billion settlement
Only one of five U.S. banks involved in a $25 billion mortgage-abuse settlement had reached every goal in the agreement, an independent monitor said. The deal with the national mortgage lenders included the billions in financial obligations, which a report by the settlement's appointed ...
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Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme
Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...
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Cops kill armed thug in shootout after responding to Brooklyn robbery NYPD
Brooklyn cops gunned down a thief who fired at them while responding to a robbery in progress, the NYPD said.The officers were on patrol in East New York when a livery cab driver approached the cops at around 1:08 a.m. near Hinsdale Street and Dumont Avenue and alerted them to the incident.The responding officers heard gunshots before pulling up and seeing two men struggling over a gun.The ...
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Man fighting for life 3 others hurt after car jumps curb in East Village and plows into deli
A man is fighting for his life after a car jumped a curb and smashed into a deli in the East Village, authorities said.The driver lost control of his white Nissan Altima on Second Avenue near Fourth Street about 7 a.m., and drove into the East Village Grocery, hitting four people, according to witnesses and police.Three of those injured worked at the deli, which had recently reopened after a ...
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Man charged in West Village slay allegedly said he targeted gay man
An accused killer told cops he shot a man dead in the West Village because the victim was gay, authorities said yesterday. "Guy thought he was tough in front of his bitch so I shot him. Diagnosis is dead, doctor," Elliot Morales heartlessly told cops after the May 18 shooting of Mark Carson, 32, according to court papers released at the accused killer’s arraignment yesterday. ...
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Redford to promote energy industry environmental performance in New York
Premier Alison Redford says she's prepared for "frank" talk in New York on Wednesday as she promotes Alberta's energy sector in the face of environmental black eyes for the province and uncertainty over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.Redford is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Foreign Policy Association's North American Energy Independence Conference.The ...
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SUNY Oswego Onondaga Community College to host visiting Fulbright scholar
SYRACUSE, N.Y., -- SUNY Oswego and Onondaga Community College have been selected to host a Fulbright scholar-in-residence from India who will teach courses and engage with the Central New York community during the 2013-14 academic year. Paula Banerjee, an associate professor of South and Southeast Asian studies at the University of Calcutta, was awarded the Fulbright grant by the J. William ...
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North Syracuse voters approve revised school budget
North Syracuse, NY -- North Syracuse Central School District voters approve the district's revised 2013-14 school year budget proposal with a 58 percent approval. More than 5,600 votes were cast, with 3,329 "yes" votes and 2,365 "no" votes on the $143,525,985 proposal. The approved budget proposal includes a tax levy increase of 3.45 percent. The tax increase would ...
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Bill bars payments to tax-delinquent landlords
The state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation sponsored by Sen. John DeFrancisco to prevent public welfare agencies from paying rent to tax-delinquent landlords. The Assembly is not expected to act on the legislation this ...
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Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed ...
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FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffas remains enters 3rd day
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...
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Ex-Marine to be reunited with bomb dog in RI
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island state police will hold a ceremony this week that will reunite a retired Marine injured in an explosion in Afghanistan with the bomb-detecting dog he used to ...
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West at a glance Auburn opts out of ice at rink and Moravias budget passes
Syracuse, NY -- Auburn's rink going without ice and Moravia voters passing the school budget are stories impacting the Western suburbs this morning. Auburn's manager proposed not putting ice in the Casey Park rink this winter as the city struggles to put together a budget for next year. City Manager Doug Selby has also proposed more cuts to fire and police, as well as cuts in planning ...
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NY Minute Gov. Andrew Cuomo breaks up Womens Act into 10 bills
Gov. Andrew Cuomo discusses his proposed Women's Equality Act at a news conference in Albany in this file photo. Late Tuesday night, Cuomo broke up his 10-point bill into separate legislation to try and force both houses to vote separately on a range of pay equity, child care, domestic violence and other issues -- including ...
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Todays obituaries Lorraine Anita Coleman was a librarian for Syracuse city schools for 30 years
Lorraine Anita Coleman died Friday, June 7, 2013. Born in Talladega, Ala., she graduated from Talladega College in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in English. After completing her undergraduate studies, she moved to Brooklyn and was employed by the Brooklyn Library. She later enrolled at Syracuse University earning a master's degree in library science and completing 30 years of service ...
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World in Pictures June 19 2013 The Wanted in London and Madonna in New York
TODAY'S World in Pictures features photographs of Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran at the premiere of their reality E! TV series Wanted Life in London and Madonna at the world premiere of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour' at the Paris Theatre in New ...
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NY GOPer buying home of US rep. he called chicken
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse ...
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Meg OConnell attends last Onondaga Community College board meeting as interim president
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Nearly a year has passed since Margaret "Meg" O'Connell was named interim president at Onondaga Community College. Tuesday she attended her last board meeting in that role, and the board of trustees praised her for her accomplishments. She'll be replaced ...
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Troopers confirm identities of two killed in Vienna car fire after crash June 8
Vienna, NY -- Investigators have confirmed the two people who died in a fatal crash in Vienna June 8, state police said. Angelo J. Gonzalez, 21, of Camden was originally thought to be a passenger in the vehicle, troopers said. The investigation revealed that Gonzalez was driving and Tyler Laplante, 20, was the passenger. A third passenger, Justin T. Didio, 22, from Oneida, was able to get out ...
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Nottingham High School to kick off Syracuses graduations tonight
Syracuse -- Nottingham High School will be first of the five Syracuse district high schools to hold its graduation this year. The school's 260 graduates will walk the stage at a ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. today at the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St. Valedictorian Adam Luban will be going on to Middlebury College in the fall. Salutatorian Molly Burdick will go to Skidmore ...
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Store Front Roundup Live bait mini golf and auto detailing
BREWERTON, N.Y. - A hub of local fishing has a new bait shop. Rob Goffredo and his wife opened Bartel Road Bait & Tackle on May 1 at the Brewerton Centre Plaza in Brewerton. The 2,000-square-foot shop, near Oneida Lake, started off carrying live bait, lines, hooks and other bare necessities. The inventory has since expanded to include an array of lures and other fishing gear, Goffredo ...
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Rick Perry takes aim at New York
Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...
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K-9 cop is hurt on job
Bear was treated at an animal-care facility and released later in the day. He’ll be back on the job today.The dog will have two teeth capped and is expected to return to full duty.Matos-Davis was charged with injuring a police animal, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.In 2011, Bear helped apprehend suspects in two other ...
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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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