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Lawsuit filed against state of Conn. over gun law
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A group of gun rights organizations, pistol permit holders and gun sellers are suing Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials, arguing that Connecticut’s new gun control law violates their constitutional ...
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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner others ready to hear details of Gov. Andrew Cuomos tax free zones
Syracuse, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is about to arrive at SUNY Upstate University in Syracuse to announce his idea for tax-free zones in and around SUNY campuses. The crowd filing in to the auditorium is eager to hear how a business can be free of all income, sales, property and businesses taxes. The crowd includes Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. She declined comment until after she has time to ...
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Senators bill to block TSA bigs plan to allow small knives on planes
Transportation Security Administration Commissioner John Pistole is poised to lose a knife fight.A new bill introduced today on Capitol Hill by Sen. Chuck Schumer and three other senators would permanently block Pistole’s plan to permit passengers to carry small knives aboard commercial air flights from going into effect.Schumer, joined by New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and New Jersey ...
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Harlem man acquitted of trying to murder cop
A Manhattan jury this afternoon acquitted a 24-year-old Harlem gunslinger of attempting to murder a police officer during a foot chase last year at 144th Street and Eighth Avenue.The jury cleared Franklin Nunez in the alleged March, 2012 shootout after sidewalk surveillance video and witness testimony suggested that his gun -- a Smith & Wesson loaded with .45-cal hollow point bullets -- may ...
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Crackdown on AirBnB host in New York serves as cautionary tale
Fallout from a case in which AirBnB activities have been deemed 'illegal' in New York is being felt around the world, driving hosts to re-read their city's bylaws, tourists to look for alternative accommodations and other short-term rental services throwing their support behind the company. It's a story that's being felt among hosts across 30,000 cities and which may ...
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Workhorse Rice mindful of getting enough rest
Email NEW YORK -- Just because Mets manager Terry Collins has used Scott Rice out of the bullpen seemingly without discretion, it does not mean he is deaf to the limitations of muscles and tendons. Collins approached Rice earlier this season with a message: "Heroes die fast here." "If you want to go out there, and you think you're hurt and you're going to try to get ...
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Mets aim to improve everywhere -- not just Citi
Email NEW YORK -- With their 4-0 loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday night, the Mets fell to 2-10 in their past 12 home games going back to April 25. Obviously, few of their recent struggles have been alleviated when playing on their own field. But it might not have anything to do with the Mets trying too hard in front of their own fans. Rather, they might be trying too hard in general. New York is ...
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NYC man gets prison for stripping church van
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced Wednesday that Benjamin Livermore has been sentenced as a "second felony offender" - meaning it wasn't his first conviction for stripping a ...
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Pa. Constitution Center to display Bill of Rights
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- One of the 12 surviving copies of the Bill of Rights that may have been pilfered from Pennsylvania in the late 1800s will be on display in Philadelphia for three years, beginning with the 225th anniversary next year of the drafting of the country's highest ...
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Land swap would create more developable land in downtown Troy
Russell Sage College in downtown Troy, NY would be available for redevelopment if City Hall is able to do a land swap with the city's public housing authority. The two buildings are part of the Taylor Apartments complex owned by the Troy Housing Authority. They have been empty for about eight years since residents were moved out to other subsidized housing in the city. The red-brick ...
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Oswego County school budgets for 2013-14 pass with flying colors
Voters in all nine school districts in Oswego County approved budgets for the 2013-14 school year. Voters in the Altmar-Parish-Williamstown Central School District approved a $32,135,954 budget with a 1.31 percent tax levy decrease. The public voted 186 to 56. The district's bus proposition also passed with a vote of 178 to 65. The in-ground floor lift proposition passed with a vote of 167 ...
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Autopsy provides details on mans death inside Dullys Express Market in Syracuse
Basilio R. Ortiz Jr. had been smoking crack cocaine, became disruptive in a Syracuse store and was restrained by four employees, the autopsy report ...
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Company news Kimberly A. Steele awarded Oswego Countys Forty Under 40 award
Also in company news, Beardsley Design Associates, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, Eric Mower & Associates, The Eldercare Foundation, INFICON, Inc., ICS Solutions ...
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Critics of Oneida nation-New York settlement hold panel discussion tonight in Sherrill
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Ray Halbritter of the Oneida Indian Nation talk while signing an agreement on the Oneidas' Turning Stone casino during a news conference May 16 in Albany. Critics of the deal have organized a meeting at 7 tonight at Sherrill City ...
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Relatives charged in case of wandering 5-year-old Syracuse girl
Syracuse, NY -- Two relatives supposed to be watching a 5-year-old girl took naps Wednesday morning, allowing the girl to walk out of the residence, Syracuse police said. The relatives didn't call 911 for at least 2 1/2 hours, after police ...
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Homeowners sue NY over $4.6M in flood damage
Paul DeLorenzo, one of the attorneys representing property owners, said the lawsuit seeks $4.6 million for damage not covered by insurance. "Some of these people lost everything; others lost personal belongings or parts of their homes," DeLorenzo said Wednesday. "We maintain that this was foreseeable. The state didn't take any action to prevent ...
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Oneonta lender eying Albany market
NBT Bank or M&T or KeyBank," he said. "I help businesses through the short term and send them back to the banks." Kleszczewski does not plan to open a full-time office in the Albany area. His business model is based on keeping overhead low and doing as much online as possible. He said he may take a "traveling salesman office" approach, spending a day or two a week ...
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State DOT announces new traffic pattern for Route 370 bridge closure over Seneca River
Lysander, NY -- A new traffic pattern will open up the Route 370 bridge over Seneca River to eastbound and westbound traffic at different times during the day, the New York State Department of Transportation announced this afternoon. The new traffic pattern represents a compromise between the needs of the community and the goals of the state DOT to replace the bridge deck. Hundreds of residents ...
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Hilton Albany unveils $14 million renovation slideshow
Celebrating the completion of the renovations at the Hilton Albany are (left to right) Chris Shaffer, food and beverage director; Miten Negandhi, conference services director; and Michael Melnick, manager of Charter restaurant The new Hilton Albany was unveiled this week after more than a year of renovations that cost $14 million. The 385-room hotel, the largest in the Albany, NY, region, ...
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Should Anthony Weiner Run for New York City Mayor
video on his website . Weiner resigned from Congress two years ago following the revelation that he had sent inappropriate photos of himself to young women via ...
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Train service back on track after Conn. derailment
Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP ...
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Anthony Weiner hides from press after mayoral bid vid prematurely leaks online
Anthony Weiner was lying low this morning after releasing a video announcing his last-minute entry into the race for mayor.A crush of reporters was camped outside his Park Avenue South apartment for so long that campaign aides treated them to three boxes of pizza and made plans for individual interviews later in the day.Some of Weiner's rivals, meanwhile, wasted no time poking fun at the ...
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Tick Tock diner manager charged with plotting to kill uncle co-owner freed on bail
CLIFTON, NJ - The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...
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Jay-Zs Roc Nation Sports Signs New York Jets QB Geno Smith
Kimberly Ann Miale to make her mark as a part of Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports. Miale, who has failed to negotiate any active players' contracts in the NFL, signed New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith and will now be tasked with negotiating his contract with the team that selected him in the 2013 NFL ...
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A SUNY address now means no taxes—for a decade
State University of New York system. Eligible companies include startups, out-of-state companies that move into New York, and also existing companies that expand while maintaining jobs. The announcement means commercial real estate firms and local economic developers have a new competitor: New York state itself. It's not clear how much tax revenue localities and the state will forgo as a ...
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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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