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NY Minute Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes second gaming deal with Mohawks
Cuomo visits Syracuse today; some law enforcement leaders say the governor asked them to cool criticism of the state's gun laws; and guess which Western New York businessman got $630,000 in tax ...
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New mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has less support among voters than he did last month poll
On the same day that he took the plunge into the mayor's race, voters told Anthony Weiner he's not cutting the mustard with them.The timing was coincidental, but a Quinnipiac University poll was released this morning just hours after Weiner ended months of speculation ...
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Manchester City and New York Yankees launch new MLS franchise - video
Manchester City and the New York Yankees joined forces to create New York City Football Club . MLS commissioner Don Garber says competition between the two New York teams will help soccer make a breakthrough in the city's competitive sports ...
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Countrys most wanted deadbeat parent sentenced
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Long Island man once dubbed by prosecutors as the country's most wanted deadbeat parent for owing more than $1.2 million in child support has been sentenced to two and a half years in ...
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Schumer US needs storm app for tablets phones
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is proposing a national application for smartphones, tablets and the Internet which would quickly update comprehensive storm warnings ...
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April home sales up 6 percent in Albany area
Closed sales of homes increased 6 percent in April in the Albany, NY region while sales contracts, a sign of future activity, rose 15 percent, according to preliminary figures released today. The median sale price increased 4 percent, to $194,600, and the average price increased 5 percent, to $217,340 on homes sold through the Capital Region Multiple Listing Service. Total inventory of homes ...
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Hudson Valley’s TEC-SMART early-college program grows 50 percent
Hudson Valley Community College's TEC-SMART campus will increase more than 50 percent. Total enrollment for 2013-14 is 110, up from 72 this year. Fifty-eight of the students are juniors who will enter their first year of the two-year program. That's up from last year's approximately 40 juniors. Interest in TEC-SMART's high-school program is growing as more employers require ...
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Local lenders take SBA pledge to loan more to veterans
New York Business Development Corp. These lenders all agreed to increase their SBA lending to veterans by 5 percent. The 120 financial institutions include the nation's 20 largest SBA lenders along with regonal and community lenders. The SBA expects the $475 million to assist about 2,000 more veteran entrepreneurs than would otherwise have been ...
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St. Regis Mohawks will pay $30 million a year to NY for exclusive casino rights
Gov. Cuomo will grant the Mohawk Indian Nation exclusive casino rights for its upstate casino in exchange for a $30 million annual payment to the state. The ...
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Sucess by 6 drive to support Syracuse kids learning to swim
Syracuse, NY -- Every day about 10 people die from drowning, according to the Center for Disease Control. Of these, two will be young children. The YMCA of Greater Syracuse and the Syracuse Department of Parks & Recreation offer opportunities for kids to learn how to swim, but many children miss out because they don't own and cannot afford a swimsuit. But the United Way of Central New ...
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Todays obituaries Harold V. Jack Hudson Jr. was a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 150
Harold V. "Jack" Hudson Jr., 68, of Cicero, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday. A 1963 graduate of Baker High School, he retired as master sergeant after over 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. For over 20 years he was a claims adjuster for Allstate Insurance. He belonged to the American Legion, the VFW and had been a Knight of Columbus member and Boy Scout Master for Troop ...
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Troy startup ThermoAura secures investment
Rutvik Mehta created ThermoAura along with two Rensselaer professors. ThermoAura Inc., a startup in Troy, NY, has won more venture funding to commercialize something a mere one-thousandth of the width of a human hair. The company closed an agreement May 21 with Eastern New York Angels LLC. That Capital Region fund will invest $250,000 in ThermoAura over the course of this year. The money will ...
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Court Rules Vacation Rental Site Illegal In New York
In New York, a judge has dealt a setback to Airbnb, the popular website for short term apartment rentals. The judge ruled an Airbnb user violated a New York City law when he rented a room to a visitor from out of town. The judge's decision casts doubt on New Yorkers' ability to make use of the site ...
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NJ diner manager charged in plot freed on bail
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) -- The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his ...
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City College brings back ROTC
At a ceremony Tuesday, the chancellor of the City University of New York Matthew Goldstein said the ROTC program "reinforces the very ideals of our ...
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Past disasters inspire tech-based Oklahoma tornado relief
Technology is playing an increasingly important role in disaster relief, and has inspired even more sophisticated efforts in response to this week's horrific and deadly tornadoes in suburbs of Oklahoma City. Our affiliate Upstart looks at how several startups are reshaping the relief ...
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Conn. Rail Service Returns to Normal
Regular train service is returning to Connecticut, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail service from Connecticut to New York City, along with Amtrak service between Boston and New York, was scheduled to resume Wednesday morning on one of the nation's oldest and most heavily traveled railways. Metro-North had been using buses to ...
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Sound Garden supporters plan city hall demonstration today
Supporters of The Sound Garden record store, who plan to demonstrate today at Syracuse City Hall, are shown at a May 8 rally outside city hall. Among the supporters were (L-R) Vincent Wisehoon, Glendon Allen, and Tori ...
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W.Va.s local-food movement a model for Appalachia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - With eight in 10 farmers making less than $10,000 a year, West Virginia will never rival big Midwestern factory farms in producing food. But creative collaborations with food entrepreneurs are seeding a new kind of economy that federal officials say could become a model for 12 other Appalachian states.Officials with the Appalachian Regional Commission, the U.S. Department of ...
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New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently
New York Times has yet to carry. A petition, signed by 23 leading US academics, authors and film-makers, has been launched which urges the paper's "public editor" to examine the Times's inconsistent coverage of two Latin American countries.They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting ...
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Kerry Kennedys trying time Drugged-drive rap stands
Kerry Kennedy must stand trial for drugged driving, a Westchester judge said yesterday in rejecting a bid by the former wife of Gov. Cuomo to dismiss the misdemeanor charge.North Castle Town Court Judge Elyse Lazansky set Oct. 8 for the next court date in the case of Kennedy, 53, who was allegedly under the influence of a sleeping pill when she swerved her Lexus into a tractor-trailer on I-684 ...
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CUNY salutes ROTC return
After a nearly four-decade absence, the same army officer training program that launched the legendary career of Gen. Colin Powell is back at CUNY.Powell, a City College of New York alum and former Secretary of State, was on hand yesterday for the return of the Army Senior Reserve Officers Training Corps program - which disappeared from CUNY and most colleges amid the Vietnam War protests.ROTC ...
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$40 Million Duplex Mega Penthouse Now Available for Purchase at The Residences at W New York - Downtown
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Weiner Announces Candidacy for New York Mayor in Video
Anthony D. Weiner, once a rising star of New York politics whose career cratered over revelations of his sexually explicit life online, announced an improbable bid on Wednesday for the job he has long coveted: ...
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Conn. rail service returning to normal
Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP ...
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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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