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Syracuse police 12-year-old charged after stabbing boy with pocket knife
Syracuse, NY -- A 12-year-old boy was charged with assault Tuesday after he stabbed another boy, Syracuse police said. Officers were on patrol in the 500 block of Lemoyne Avenue just after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when they saw several children fighting. The officers stopped their patrol car and approached the boys. A 12-year-old wielded was armed with a pocket knife, but he disarmed and detained by ...
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House passes far-reaching 20 week abortion ban
The legislation, sparked by the murder conviction of a Philadelphia late-term abortion provider, would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception, defying laws in most states that allow abortions up to when the fetus becomes viable, usually considered to be around 24 ...
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Playmate pleads guilty to transporting alien
Colleen Shannon, a former Playboy magazine centerfold, leaves federal court in Syracuse after pleading guilty to helping transport her illegal immigrant boyfriend last summer in Northern New ...
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Stuy Town tenants saved from rent hike
More than 1,000 furious tenants at the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village housing complex were saved from mid-lease rent increases yesterday after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman intervened. The hikes were scheduled to hit next month. Tenants won’t receive a hike so long as they sign an affidavit vowing that they had been promised set rents when they signed their leases. For Thomas ...
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New York state announces plan for board to help cash-strapped cities
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives for 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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Ban on using welfare cash for strip clubs beer and illegal drugs approved by NY Senate
If New York doesn't act to restrict the use of welfare cash to groceries and other necessities, the federal government will penalize the state by cutting $120 million in ...
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Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies in car accident at 33
Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith says he learned from a family member that the 33-year-old died early Tuesday. Hastings wrote about politics for the popular news site and has written books about dealing with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Hastings won a Polk Award for magazine ...
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Incumbents run unopposed in village elections
Syracuse, NY -- Residents in the villages of Liverpool and North Syracuse went to the polls today to vote in races that featured incumbents who were running unopposed. In Liverpool, Mayor Gary C. White and trustees Robert Gaetano and Dennis Hebert ran for re-election. In North Syracuse, trustees Gary Butterfield and Alfred E. "Fred" Fergerson also ran for re-election. Judge Robert J. ...
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Update Former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll selling house moving to suburbs
Update: A previous version of this story incorrectly said former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll plans to stay in the city. He is moving to Onondaga Hill. The error is the ...
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Secy of Ed. says states can shield teachers from new evaluation for a full year
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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Yanks-Dodgers rained out twin bill Wednesday
NEW YORK -- Don Mattingly will have to wait one more day to make his managerial debut in the new Yankee Stadium. The Yankees' game against the Dodgers on Tuesday night has been postponed. The teams will play a day-night split-admission doubleheader on Wednesday. Hiroki Kuroda will start for the Yankees at 1:05 p.m. ET, and Tuesday's scheduled starter, Phil Hughes, will pitch the ...
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JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge Syracuse How did your co-worker relative friend do
Shelby Joslyn 21:49 FLEET FEET How did your co-worker, relative, friend do? If you want to see all the results, just hit search. (Note: These are not complete yet; some racers times are not in.We will update tonight as they become ...
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Agreement in Albany on helping ailing cities but no deals on casinos
Protesters sit outside the office of Independent Democratic Conference leader Sen. Jeffrey Klein, D-Bronx, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Thursday, June 18, 2013. Protesters blocked the doorway to Klein's office to to urge Senate votes on several ...
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Oneida County man charged with stealing lotto tickets beer cigarettes from store
Jonathan V. Evans, 29, of Richardson Avenue, was charged with three counts of third-degree burglary, one count of third-degree criminal mischief and three counts of petit ...
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Utica man who waited to report son missing was present at death of another infant police...
Utica police Chief Mark Williams, reached by phone Tuesday night, said Jevon Wameling was with his girlfriend at the time when her baby died in ...
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Stocks post solid gains Tuesday
U.S. markets churned higher Tuesday after the Commerce Department said price inflation remained muted in May. The report by itself had negligible effect. But every report of late has been held up to the light to see how it might affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement expected Wednesday. Low inflation means the economy is not overheating. In turn, some investors ...
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U.S. oil prices steady Tuesday
A motorist pumps gas in Denver on April 15, 2011. Consumers paid an average price of $3.60 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday according to the travel group AAA. UPI/Gary C. ...
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New York regulators fine Deloitte $10m over StanChart
Nikhil Kumar is The Independent's New York correspondent. He was formerly assistant editor on the foreign desk and has also done a variety of jobs on the city desk, where he wrote about markets, commodities and other business and economics ...
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LGBTQ Muslims seek sexual asylum from persecution in Islamic countries
LGBTQ Muslims face intrusive applications for "sexual asylum," and struggle to reconcile same-sex relationships with traditional Islamic ...
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In Syracuse well cool quickly this evening
Cooler and drier air is pressing south across Central New York. With drier air settling in and clearing skies, the temperature this evening will cool fast. We will probably be in the 50s by 9 or 10 p.m. The ground is pretty moist, and as the wind settles down tonight, some of our soil moisture will evaporate into the air. This added moisture into the the air may result in some ground fog in ...
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MLB Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees ppd. rain
Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain in New York. The game will be made up Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT as part of a split doubleheader, with the second game scheduled for 7:05 ...
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Appeals court OKs E. 91st street garbage facility
A state appeals court approved the controversial plan to put a massive garbage facility on E. 91st Street, arguing that the Dept. of Sanitation took required steps to evaluate the environmental impact on the neighborhood. Assembly Member Michael Zellner sued the city in Manhattan Supreme Court last May to block the proposal, claiming the sanitation agency did not comply with the state rules. ...
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18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...
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Surveillance helped stop plots against NYSE and New York subway official says
FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce details how the NSA's phone surveillance program foiled a terror plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. Joyce made the remarks while testifying Tuesday at a House ...
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Harvey flirts with no-no fans career-high 13
NYM@ATL: Harvey sets new career-high in strikeouts ATLANTA -- Until Tuesday, Matt Harvey had always been the main event. The Man. In each of his first two-dozen games as a big leaguer, he was the overriding reason why people came to the ballpark, flipped on their televisions and watched, mesmerized, as he succeeded. Then Zack Wheeler came along, arriving at Turner Field for the second half ...
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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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