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NY Gov. Cuomos Abortion Plank Back in Play in New York Senate
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives at a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...
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Fremont-based Mens Wearhouse ousts founder pitchman George Zimmer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.In terse release issued Wednesday, Fremont-based Men's Wearhouse said it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."The ...
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Todays obituaries Eleanor L. Potter Lurcock was Cicero Town Clerk from 1972 to 1977
Eleanor L. Potter Lurcock, 87, a life resident of Cicero, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at her home. Born in Syracuse, she was a life resident of Cicero. She worked for New York Telephone Co., North Syracuse High School, Potter Insurance Agency and served as Cicero Town Clerk from 1972 to 1977, retiring from the Town of Cicero in ...
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Missing Salina teen found Onondaga County sheriffs deputies say
Salina, NY -- A teenager who went missing for days was relocated and is unharmed, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies said. Nahkeem Davis, 15, from the town of Salina, was last seen Saturday June 1 at the corner of Geddes and Fayette streets, deputies said. On June 12, deputies asked the public for their help in finding the teen. Davis was found Saturday sleeping on the property of 800 ...
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NY Assembly wont vote on legalizing MMA
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Efforts to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York have foundered again with the state Assembly's Democratic leaders refusing to allow a vote on the measure. The bill, passed by the Senate earlier this year, had 63 sponsors in the 150-member Assembly. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's not opposed. Michael Whyland, spokesman for the Assembly Democratic ...
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Syracuse weather Cool and dry soon to be much warmer
Blue skies, and lots of sun through Thursday, maybe Friday too. The humidity returns for the weekend. A sprawling continental polar air mass covers most of the northeastern third of the nation. The center of that air mass is a fair weather high pressure system which is over us now. Over the next 36 hours, the high pressure will move off the Atlantic coast. The clockwise flow of air around that ...
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Today in Washington Statue of Frederick Douglass moves to U.S. Capitol
Former Rochester resident Frederick Douglass, shown with his second wife Helen Pitts (at right) and her sister Eva, standing, will be honored today when the abolitionist leader's statue is moved into the U.S. ...
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Knicks Acquire Four-Time All-Star Carmelo Anthony
from Minnesota. At 26 years old, Carmelo is in the prime of his NBA career having already established himself as a one of the games elite players and the opportunity to add him to our roster was one we could not pass up, Walsh said. I feel we now have a great frontcourt tandem in Amare and Carmelo and this is an exciting day for the New York Knicks and all our fans. It is extremely difficult ...
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NY Knicks vs. Miami Heat Sweepstakes Official Rules
NY KNICKS VS. MIAMI HEAT SWEEPSTAKES (The Sweepstakes) OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, January 24, 2011 and ends at 8:00pm ET on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (the Sweepstakes Period). 2. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to ...
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Knicks Roster Coming Together
The New York Knicks roster is starting to fill out nicely. A day after the Knicks officially obtained five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire, the team announced the acquisition of Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike from Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal for David Lee on Friday. The Knicks roster, including the three drafted rookies, now stands at 12. This trade gives us an ...
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Knicks Complete Sign Trade for Stoudemire
has been officially acquired from the Phoenix Suns, via sign-and trade, in exchange for a protected future second-round draft selection. Stoudemire, 6-10, 249-pounds, has career averages of 21.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.40 blocks and 34.3 minutes in 516 career games (499 starts) in eight NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns. The Lake Wales, FL-native has been named an NBA All-Star five times and ...
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Tech Tales From New York
Mayoral NYC Tech Forum where four of NYC's mayoral candidates attempted to show off their technology chops -- no Quinn, Thompson or Catsimi-whatsits -- I was able to snag a seat at the (always) ...
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New York Muslims Mount Legal Challenge To Ubiquitous NYPD Surveillance
filing a lawsuit on behalf of Muslim New Yorkers to challenge the surveillance they say amounts to racial profiling and violates their religious liberties. Under the aggressive program, undercover informants infiltrate Mosques, restaurants, bookstores, and Muslim student associations without any particular suspicion of the places being monitored or the people being surveilled. Officers also ...
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Father son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
NEW YORK (AP) -- A father and son who admitted they were pimps have been acquitted in New York of sex trafficking after several prostitutes testified they were treated ...
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Development agency approves tax breaks for container factory at former New Venture Gear plant
DeWitt, NY -- The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency on Wednesday approved $3.3 million in tax breaks and agreed to issue up to $95 million in bonds for a planned container factory that will employ up to 189 people. The agency's directors voted 5-0 at a special meeting to grant property tax exemptions worth an estimated $2 million over 10 years to the American Intermodal ...
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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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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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