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NY GOPer buying home of US rep. he called chicken
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse ...
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Meg OConnell attends last Onondaga Community College board meeting as interim president
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Nearly a year has passed since Margaret "Meg" O'Connell was named interim president at Onondaga Community College. Tuesday she attended her last board meeting in that role, and the board of trustees praised her for her accomplishments. She'll be replaced ...
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Troopers confirm identities of two killed in Vienna car fire after crash June 8
Vienna, NY -- Investigators have confirmed the two people who died in a fatal crash in Vienna June 8, state police said. Angelo J. Gonzalez, 21, of Camden was originally thought to be a passenger in the vehicle, troopers said. The investigation revealed that Gonzalez was driving and Tyler Laplante, 20, was the passenger. A third passenger, Justin T. Didio, 22, from Oneida, was able to get out ...
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Nottingham High School to kick off Syracuses graduations tonight
Syracuse -- Nottingham High School will be first of the five Syracuse district high schools to hold its graduation this year. The school's 260 graduates will walk the stage at a ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. today at the John H. Mulroy Civic Center, 411 Montgomery St. Valedictorian Adam Luban will be going on to Middlebury College in the fall. Salutatorian Molly Burdick will go to Skidmore ...
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Store Front Roundup Live bait mini golf and auto detailing
BREWERTON, N.Y. - A hub of local fishing has a new bait shop. Rob Goffredo and his wife opened Bartel Road Bait & Tackle on May 1 at the Brewerton Centre Plaza in Brewerton. The 2,000-square-foot shop, near Oneida Lake, started off carrying live bait, lines, hooks and other bare necessities. The inventory has since expanded to include an array of lures and other fishing gear, Goffredo ...
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Rick Perry takes aim at New York
Rick Perry stars in an ad out Wednesday that coincides with his swing across the Northeast to lure jobs to Texas.The one-minute, campaign-style video - shared first with POLITICO - attacks New York, where the governor is spending the day, as a high-tax, high-regulation state. ...
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K-9 cop is hurt on job
Bear was treated at an animal-care facility and released later in the day. He’ll be back on the job today.The dog will have two teeth capped and is expected to return to full duty.Matos-Davis was charged with injuring a police animal, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.In 2011, Bear helped apprehend suspects in two other ...
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Car mows down roadside dinosaurs on Long Island
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island man denies a police claim that he was intoxicated when his car smashed into about a dozen roadside ...
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NY Senate passes DeFrancisco bill barring state payments to tax-delinquent landlords
The state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation sponsored by Sen. John DeFrancisco to prevent public welfare agencies from paying rent to tax-delinquent landlords. The Assembly is not expected to act on the legislation this ...
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UK Auditor Agrees Fine And Ban In New York
A division of one of the UK's biggest auditors, Deloitte, has been fined $10m (6.4m) by New York state for its actions in advising Standard Chartered Bank over money laundering. In addition to the fine, Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services arm was also banned for one year from taking new work in the state after officials ruled it did not carry out its duties independently. The ...
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Most of NY canal system reopening as water levels ease
Provided photo. ALBANY, N.Y. -- Most of New York state's canal system shut down by high water from recent heavy rains will soon be open. The state Canal Corp. says all of the Erie Canal will be open as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, except for the stretch from Lock E-8 in Scotia to Lock E-15 in Fort Plain. Parts of the Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca canals that remained closed Tuesday will reopen around ...
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Brazil braces for more anti-government protests
Brazil braced for a new round of anti-government protests Wednesday after a violent night of looting and vandalism in Sao Paulo that led to at least 30 arrests. An estimated 50,000 people flooded the city's central Cathedral Square for the second night running, marching through streets and waving banners carrying slogans such as, "The people have awakened." One group tried to ...
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Arrest in cab umbrella slay
The man who police say fatally stabbed a livery cab driver in the eye with an umbrella was busted in Brooklyn yesterday.Shamel Allen, 28, was nabbed at 11:30 a.m. and charged with manslaughter in last Thursday’s slaying, police said.Orji-Ama Uro was driving Allen in the vicinity of Lott Avenue and Thomas Boyland Street in Brownsville when Allen plunged the tip of the umbrella into ...
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Feds Surveillance foiled NYSE attack
Secret US surveillance foiled an al Qaeda plot to blow up the New York Stock Exchange, the FBI revealed to Congress yesterday.A Brooklyn accountant "cased" the stock exchange in 2008 under orders from a mysterious al Qaeda leader in Yemen known as "the Doctor," according to federal authorities.But the accountant and two other suspected terrorists were arrested before the plot ...
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Condo couple $5M hit
"If they can’t pay back the money, they could get from one to four years in prison."From 2008 to 2012, the couple raked in millions marketing and selling units to more than 27 buyers at the Broadway Towers Condominiums in Elmhurst, according to a felony complaint. The units started at about $300,000 and one sold for $938,000 in 2012, property records show.Tommy, 59, and Alice, ...
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Bust in Marine slaying
Cops arrested the man who fatally stabbed an aspiring Marine just hours before his 20th birthday, police said.Wilson Rivera, 19, stabbed D’Anthony McDonald in the chest at about 9 p.m. on June 14 in South Ozone Park, cops said.Rivera was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.It’s unclear what sparked the violence between the two young men, who lived just ...
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Weiner’s meager sext therapy
Anthony Weiner yesterday admitted that he’s still in therapy for his crotch-tweeting compulsion - but sex-addiction experts say he needs more than just a shrink.Asked if he’s going to counseling, the married former US congressman told The Post, "I am, yes" - then declined to comment further.But psychologists say deeply rooted problems such as the mayoral candidate’s ...
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Mystery death in W’burg luxe loft
An accountant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his luxury Williamsburg loft yesterday morning, authorities said.The body of Mark Garza, 46, was found on his bed in his pad at 184 Kent Ave. in at 8:40 a.m., sources said. His body was found by his brother, who hadn’t heard from him in a few days, law-enforcement sources said.There were no signs of forced entry, and the ...
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Chris-Drake brawl club’s booze ban KO’d
Drink up, A-listers!An appeals court yesterday overturned a Manhattan judge’s decision to revoke the liquor license at the Soho club that played host to the infamous brawl between Chris Brown and Drake over Rihanna last summer. The Appellate Division found that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Wright’s termination of a booze permit for W.i.P. in November 2012 because of ...
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Gov Senate in abortion-bill deal
ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo and state Senate leadership reached a late-night agreement yesterday to introduce a controversial pro-abortion bill, a senior administration official told The Post. But it’s still unclear if the measure - which Cuomo has pushed - will actually be put to a vote on the Senate floor, sources said. The deal breaks Cuomo’s Women’s Equality Act into 10 separate ...
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New York City aims to require apartment dwellers to compost food scraps
NEW YORK -- Legions of New York City apartment dwellers will soon be asked -- and may eventually be forced -- to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the city ...
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Youll never guess whos buying Congressman Dan Maffeis house
Onondaga County Republican Committee Chair Tom Dadey, accompanied by a person in a chicken suit at Onondaga GOP headquarters, called 24th Congressional candidate Dan Maffei a chicken for skipping a YNN debate in this 2011 file ...
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Cool in Syracuse today a lot of change for the end of the week
Cool air is overtaking the northeastern United States but not for long. By mid week, as Central New York is warming through the 70s, to our west, 80 and 90 degree weather will be spreading east out of the Plains through the Mississippi Valley. The heat won't be far from us by Saturday morning when our winds turn into the south. There still seems to be some question as to how much we will ...
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Family friends and community members will gather tonight to honor Lori Bresnahan
Liverpool, NY -- A public candlelight vigil will be held tonight at the Griffin Visitor Center at Onondaga Lake Park for Lori Bresnahan. Police said Bresnahan, 47, was leaving a gymnastics class at Great Northern Mall in Clay on March 14, when David J. Renz, 29, of Cicero, attacked her in the parking lot. Renz drove her to nearby Verplank Road where she was fatally ...
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Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts
Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...
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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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