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CNY Regional Economic Development Council to hold public meeting Thursday in Cortland
The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council and representatives from state agencies will discuss development projects, current initiatives and recent successes at the ...
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North Syracuse school board to meet June 3 to make decision on failed budget
Provided graphic North Syracuse, NY -- The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education will meet on June 3 to deliberate on the next step for the 2013-14 budget. The $144,716,279 budget proposal failed to obtain 60 percent voter approval Tuesday. More than 3,600 votes were cast with 1,989 yes votes and 1,680 no votes. The 54 percent approval received was not enough to pass the ...
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Auburn police charge 2 in sexual incident with 14-year-old girl
Kyle J. Phillips, 22, of 11 Orchard Ave., Apartment #2, Auburn, was charged Wednesday with second-degree criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a ...
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Obama administration confirms 4 Americans killed by U.S. drones
Obama administration said Wednesday U.S. drones killed four Americans in airstrikes in Yemen and Pakistan. The disclosure came in a letter U.S. Attorney ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 22
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
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Cuomo Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew ...
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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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LPL Financial to pay $7.5 million fine
Regulators said unorthodox U.S. brokerage firm LPL Financial agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle charges centering on poor communications. The company was charged with making false or misleading statements to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and for failing to carefully monitor communications between brokers and clients. The problems are connected to the company's unorthodox ...
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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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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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