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Steady Kuroda up for rubber match with Os
A model of consistency, Hiroki Kuroda has been the ultimate workhorse for the Yankees this season. The veteran right-hander has yet to allow more than three runs in any start this season and has posted a quality start in seven of his nine outings. Kuroda will look to keep that streak going as the Yankees and Orioles meet for Wednesday's rubber match in Baltimore. Baltimore, which snapped ...
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More heat and humidity in Syracuse more thunderstorms Your morning forecast
Light southerly winds will once again send us up into the humid 80s today. And, with the afternoon heat and humidity, a few more afternoon and evening thunderstorms are possible. We will stay in this tropical air through the first half of Thursday before changes come through. Much cooler air will build south over us from central Canada. That will send temperatures down into the 50s for ...
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GOP lawmakers Oklahoma tornado aid must be offset
As Moore, Okla., residents came to terms with the tornado tragedy, Washington Republicans said extra storm aid would have to be offset by budget cuts elsewhere. Gov. Mary Fallin said she was left speechless after taking an aerial tour of the violent tornado's path and inspecting the damage by car and on foot. "There's just sticks and bricks, basically," she said in the ...
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Its official Weiner announces hes running for mayor
Anthony Weiner announced his campaign for mayor last night with what else - a leak.Shortly after midnight, the ex-congressman’s campaign posted a 2-minute 16-second video online, in which he throws his hat into the ring, lays out his platform and even acknowledges the sexy tweeting scandal that ended his days in Washington D.C."Look, I made some big mistakes -- and I know I let a lot ...
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Spare me – So I can sell T’s
Spare my life so I can sell my T-shirts and recycle trash! That was Jodi Arias’s surreal plea to jurors yesterday in a pathetic bid to escape the death penalty for murdering her boyfriend.The convicted killer said she considered suicide - and even "wrote a lot of goodbye letters" to loved ones - but changed her mind when she realized "there are things I can do to effect ...
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De La Hoya KOs suit
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya won round two of his legal battle against a former Maxim model yesterday when an appeals court called her $5 million assault suit against him "baseless." Angelica Cecora’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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NY terror tips for Boston PD
A month after the Boston Marathon bombings, dozens of Massachusetts cops were at New York Police Headquarters yesterday to learn about the NYPD’s anti-terrorism operations.The three-day seminar will include a look at the NYPD’s Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, a $150 million center that monitors and analyzes 911 calls and abandoned packages using 4,000 surveillance cameras south ...
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Bloomberg Pack it in Vito
Even Mayor Bloomberg has had it with pervy Vito Lopez.Commenting for the first time about the sordid sex-harassment revelations surrounding his one-time ally, Bloomberg suggested the just-resigned Brooklyn assemblyman retire from politics. "I do not think he is the kind of person we want in the City Council based on what’s reported about his actions," Bloomberg said, referring to ...
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Gropez’s victims set to $lap ‘sorry’ Silver
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may have apologized this week for botching the Vito Lopez sex-harassment scandal - but now ...
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DOE sees light on PCB fix
In the face of persistent pressure, the city Department of Education has abandoned its insistence that it needed 10 years to remove potentially harmful toxins from light fixtures in hundreds of public schools.As part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed in 2011, the DOE yesterday agreed to cut the timeline for removing light fixtures containing PCBs by five years. The expedited work at more than ...
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Wor$t dad to prison
A federal judge threw the book at a Long Island man who escaped to Asia to avoid paying $1 million in child support - slapping him with more than 2 1/2 years in prison yesterday.Robert Sand, 51 - who had been named the nation’s worst deadbeat dad last December by federal officials - was sentenced to 31 months and ordered to pay more than $903,000 in restitution by Long Island federal Judge ...
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Kermit the Frog pals hop to Qns. pad
The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they’re getting a spiffy new home in Queens.The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is creating a gallery for Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, as well as for the stars of "Fraggle Rock."About 400 items - including original puppets and costumes - were donated by the estate of Muppet ...
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Alec gives his baby a boost
Alec Baldwin certainly Cannes sweep his wife off her feet.The actor, 55, and pregnant yoga-instructor missus Hilaria, 29, made a romantic picture yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival. They were at a photo call for "Seduced and Abandoned,’’ the documentary Baldwin made with director James Toback about trying to finance a film.Baldwin donned a pair of sunglasses as he gave his ...
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PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news - May 22
Wed May 22, 2013 1:22am EDT May 22 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Other countries have long been annoyed by Irish tax laws, but the benefit to the struggling country's economy means the rules are unlikely to change. () * Tim Cook came to Capitol Hill prepared ...
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Latos takes on Harvey in a matchup of unbeatens
The Mets aren't worried about Matt Harvey's workload, but they are in danger of being swept at home by the Reds. Harvey will go for his sixth win on Wednesday in the finale of a three-game series against Cincinnati at Citi Field. The right-hander is 5-0 with a 1.55 ERA in nine starts, and he has been a bright spot in a tough season for New York. Harvey is one of three pitchers in the ...
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Man sought in slaying of Pa. student arrested
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities say a man being sought in the slaying of a college student in northeastern Pennsylvania has been taken into custody in New York ...
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Voters reject North Syracuses $144.7 million budget for 2013-14
Provided graphic North Syracuse, NY -- Voters in the North Syracuse Central School District voted down a $144.7 million budget for the 2013-14 school year. The budget was defeated because it failed to receive a 60 percent super-majority. The budget received 1,989 yes votes and 1,680 no votes, which is 54 percent approval. The public also voted on an additional proposition. Proposition 2 ...
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Ray Rice Guns cash stolen from running backs Maryland home
TOWSON, MD. — Police said the home of Ray Rice, Baltimore Ravens running back and New Rochelle High School graduate, was burglarized over the weekend, and $2,000 and two guns were stolen. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton said Monday that the burglary happened between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 12:50 a.m. Saturday at the home in Reisterstow. Batton said Rice was out of ...
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Yanks bullpen gives way in 10th at Baltimore
NYY@BAL: Yankees lose on walk-off homer in the 10th BALTIMORE -- Nate McLouth delivered a game-winning home run off rookie left-hander Vidal Nuno in the 10th inning, lifting the Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Yankees on Tuesday at Camden Yards. Nuno served up the deciding drive in his third big league appearance, facing his first batter of the game after Phil Hughes and four relievers ...
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Onondaga County voters approve 16 school budgets North Syracuse results unknown
Terry McElroy, resource teacher teacher at Liverpool and Andrew Calderwood, earth science teacher at Liverpool, vote before school starts. They take about five minutes after voting to fill out a survey on how they ...
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Fayetteville-Manlius voters approve $76.4 million budget
Fayetteville-Manlius voters approve a $76,410,610 2013-14 budget, along with several propositions. The budget vote was 1,111 to 418. The district also placed several propositions before voters. A proposition for safety and security enhancements costing $989,300 was approved by a vote of 1,119 to 414. A land purchase proposition for $220,000 was approved by a vote of 1,036 to 491. A school ...
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Rikers guard allegedly offered to speed up release dates in exchange for cocaine or cash
A crooked Rikers guard offered to break into the system computers and advance the release dates of no fewer than five inmates -- demanding to be paid in cocaine or cash, according to shocking testimony in a Manhattan bribery trial."The officer said he preferred drugs because he could make more money with drugs," inmate Rafael Montadoca told jurors of disgraced correction officer Robert ...
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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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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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