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Tornado Warning for portions of Cayuga Seneca and Yates Counties until 630 p.m.
This radar image shows the storm the tornado warning is for. The red box indicates the area specifically under the warning. This from the National Weather Service TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAYUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK NORTHEASTERN YATES COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER ...
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Syracuse councilor to Gov. Cuomo Fire Mayor Miner as state party co-chair
Mike Greenlar | mgreenlar@syracuse.com SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Councilor-at-Large Lance Denno will resign as majority leader of the all-Democratic city council to protest what he called "reprehensible'' behavior by Mayor Stephanie Miner. Denno accuses Miner of blocking his efforts to win an endorsement from the Syracuse Democratic Committee to run for re-election. Denno said he mailed ...
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I-81 debate narrows to two choices new elevated highway or boulevard
Jay Bauer, left, of Clay, points to a poster of the boulevard option of I-81 as he debates the merits of the proposal with Nick Ciotti, right, of Liverpool, at today's I-81 Challenge open house at the ...
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Climate change could bring more heatwave deaths to New York City
Climate change will increase New York's heat wave deaths, pushing up the incidence of temperature-related deaths within decades, researchers say. Scientists at Columbia University in New York have matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's residents are to temperatures, combing that with future forecasts of ...
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NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case
FILE - In this May 13, 2013 file photo, Kerry Kennedy listens to a speaker at a farm workers fair labor practices news conference in Albany, N.Y. A town judge in New York is deciding whether the drugged-driving case against Kennedy should go to trial. The North Castle judge is expected to rule Tuesday May 21, 2013, on Kennedy's motion to dismiss the charge. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, ...
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Analysis New MLS Club Faces Challenge to Make Mark in New York
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Mom squawks as 4 falcon chicks living on New York-New Jersey bridge are banded
Wildlife biologist Chris Nadareski, of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, examines one of four peregrine falcons he banded, at a nest at the east tower of the George Washington Bridge, over the Hudson River, in New York, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The chicks hatched three weeks ago on a girder six feet below the bridge's lower level. Their parents are among 20 pairs of ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemire’s Role
Searching for ways to improve next season, the New York Knicks could use a reliable second scorer and dependable low-post option. They have no way of knowing if Stoudemire can provide either because of his ...
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Syracuse supermarket seeking tax exemptions for remodel and expansion
A new state law restricts the ability of industrial development agencies to give tax breaks to retail projects, but exceptions can be made in blighted ...
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Hillside program helps pull 155 Syracuse high schoolers to the finish line
Syracuse -- More than 150 Syracuse students had an early celebration today - a month before their official high school graduations. The high school seniors - 155 in all - will be recognized starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Palace Theater in Eastwood. They made it through the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection program after being identified as potential dropouts. The program provided them with ...
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Thunderstorms continue into this evening they flare up again tomorrow
All of Central New York is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. this evening. Another round of thunderstorms is likely this afternoon and this evening. These storms may be a little more widespread. Some of those storms may be severe with large hail and strong wind. Most of the activity will be approaching us from the west. Then late this evening, say after 9 or 10:00 p.m. that ...
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Conn. rail service to return to normal Wednesday
Metro North railroad employees use heavy equipment to repair tracks near Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, May 20, 2013. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP Photo/Mark ...
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David Beckham To Earn Huge Windfall From New Yorks MLS Expansion
David Beckham is going to score big time with Manchester City and the New York Yankees bringing Major League Soccer to New York City for the 2015 season ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 21
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: Atlanta Braves: 1. ...
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Trenton town supervisor stands trial on child sex abuse charge
Trenton, NY - Trenton Town Supervisor Mark Scheidelman is on trial this week in Oneida County on charges that he touched a 10-year-old boy's ...
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Search for tornado victims survivors nearly complete Moore fire chief says
Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ...
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Syracuse Universitys legal fees double during year that Bernie Fine was fired
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Will Albany party be first Cuomo Miner meeting in seven months
The Associated Press Albany, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner could have the opportunity to see each other Tuesday night for the first time since their public back-and-forth over the governor's proposed pension smoothing ...
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Onondaga County judgments May 6 to 10
These judgments of $5,000 or more have been filed and docketed at the Onondaga County clerk's office. Debtors are listed first, then creditors and the ...
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Xbox One Microsoft touts next-generation console as all-in-1 entertainment
Microsoft Corp.'s Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox 360. The original Xbox debuted in 2001, and its high-definition successor premiered in ...
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Knicks not sure what to expect from Amare Stoudemire next season
New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson talks with Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during the second half of an NBA Eastern Conference second round playoff basketball game versus the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis, Indiana May 18, 2013. (BRENT ...
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Thugs arrested for attack on gay couple in hours after hate-crime protest
Two thugs were arrested today for attacking a gay couple in SoHo, just hours after demonstrators filled the streets of the nearby West Village to protest the hate-crime shooting death of another gay man, cops said.Steven Dixon, 42, and Michael Coleman, 41 were walking along Broadway near Houston Street at about 5 a.m. when two men started yelling anti-gay remarks in English and Spanish.Both ...
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Georgetown grad gets probation after threatening French actress Marion Cotillard
A Queens woman beset by mental health problems and diagnosed with bi-polar disorder was sentenced today to five years probation for sending threatening videos to Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard.Teresa Yuan, 33, apologized for sending the rambling and incoherent videotaped threats to the film star, who won an Academy Award for best actress in 2008 for her role as Edith Piaf in ...
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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize
WASHINGTON -- Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.The 71-year-old singer-songwriter known for such hits as "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "You've Got A Friend" is being awarded the nation's highest prize for popular music Tuesday. She'll receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the Library of Congress and will be ...
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Feds NYU researchers from Westchester leaked study results to Chinese
Three New York University researchers from China who all live in Westchester divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal prosecutors said ...
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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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