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Reported bank robbery attempt in Syracuse on James Street
Syracuse police are investigating a bank robbery attempt at the Chase Bank located at 801 James St., according to 911 dispatchers. The call came in at 10:29, according to dispatchers. A man handed the teller a note. He wasn't given any money and showed no weapons, according to reports. According to the police scanner, the man was wearing a tan hat and sunglasses when he entered the bank. ...
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Ready to vote on your school budget Tuesday See how it compares to others in CNY New York state
Thousands of Central New Yorkers will vote Tuesday on their school budgets for 2013-14. We've created two databases that let you compare your districts budget and spending to other districts in Central New York and across the ...
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Gillette Road Middle School student to be honored with Civilian Life Saving Award
North Syracuse -- The Clay Fire Department and the North Area Volunteer Ambulance Corps will honor a Gillette Road Middle School student for her role in saving her grandfather's life. Samantha Duvall, a fifth grade student in the North Syracuse Central School District, will receive the Civilian Life Saving Award at the board of education meeting tonight. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. ...
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Experts officials China has resumed hacking U.S. companies agencies
Computer security experts and U.S. officials say Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on companies and agencies they stole data from three months ago. A unit of China's People's Liberation Army had stopped computer intrusions in February after the administration of ...
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New York investor buys Fairborn senior living facility
Fairborn Senior Housing, located near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, sold last week for $1.9 million. A senior living facility in Fairborn now has a new owner. Fairborn Senior Housing, located at 221 North Central Ave. near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, sold last week for $1.9 million. DHorn Fairborn Senior Housing LLC, an investor in New York, bought the 84-unit independent living facility ...
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Wolfgang Puck catering firm slammed for skimming tips suit
EXCLUSIVE One of the country’s highest earning chefs is nickel and diming his staff, according to a class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday. A Wolfgang Puck catering company was allegedly sticking venues like Irving Plaza and the Gramercy Theater with a 22 percent service charge and then denying its bartenders and servers tips, the suit states. The company has a ...
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Lapid tells New York Times I hope to succeed Netanyahu
"To say Yair Lapid has been on a roller coaster would be an understatement," states the lead in "The New York Times" interview with Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. It goes on to say, "One recent headline blared about his 'meteoric rise and fall,' another said he had gone from 'political darling to national whipping boy'." The newspaper says that ...
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Seamless and GrubHub to combine no terms revealed
CHICAGO (AP) -- Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create an online food ordering service covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the ...
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Oneida Indian Nation Leader Ray Halbritter discusses the Cuomos casino competition
he was going to site three casinos in Upstate New York if the Indian nations did not start sharing revenue. From the outside, it looked like a direct threat to the Oneidas, who own the Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona and want to protect it from competition. Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter said in an interview Friday that he did not see it that way. Here is his response ...
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Syracuse firefighters couldnt get enough water at fatal fire
fatal blaze on Clairemonte Avenue early Sunday couldn't get enough water, said Syracuse fire union president Lonnie Johnson. Johnson said he didn't think the lack of water pressure contributed to the fire being fatal or to the injuries of five firefighters. The first firefighters on the scene were able to get into the building with what's called an attack hose with no problem, he ...
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Today in Washington House votes on new Stolen Valor Act
A Marine Corps veteran who served in the Vietnam War displayed his service ribbons and medals during the Central New York Veterans Parade at the New York State Fairgrounds. John Berry / The ...
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Route 370 bridge construction over Seneca River set to begin in June
Lysander, NY -- The state Department of Transportation has selected a contractor to repair the Route 370 bridge over Seneca River. Vector Construction Corporation was awarded the project on May 9. The company will start doing preliminary work on the project this week and significant bridge work is scheduled to being the week of June 10, according to Gene Cilento, a state DOT spokesman. The ...
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Race for the Cure How did your co-worker friend do
more than 6,200 runners and walkers to the state fairgrounds in Geddes Saturday, according to organizers. The fastest runner in the 5K was Matt Giannino, 20, of Syracuse with a time of 17:44. The fastest female runner was Eillen Ferguson, 35, of Baldwinsville, with a time of 19:12. The fastest cancer survivor in the 5 K was Holly Heinze-Coolican, 51, of Syracuse, with a time of 24:06. The ...
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Robots may care for aging baby boomers as number of home aides dwindles
The New York Times reports researchers have developed a robotic nurse gentle enough to bathe elderly patients and a robotic butler that fetches household objects like cups and can even clean a kitchen. They are also working on a robot that can remind patients to take their medicine, keep track of their eyeglasses and assist in the event of a fall. "There are two trends that are going in ...
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Onondaga County business certificates May 8 to 14
Frankie Francis Lanzafame II Discontinuance business certificates for the following companies have been filed at the Onondaga County clerk's office. Discontinuances do not necessarily mean a company has gone out of business. They are also filed when owners or names change, for example, or when a company reorganizes ...
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Women facing long odds resort to radical options
New York Times . Jolie, 37 and a mother of six, had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer. The genetic mutations - called BRCA1 and BRCA2 - are not common, said Dr. Jayne Charlamb, director of the Breast Cancer High Risk Program at Upstate Medical University Hospital. About two out of every 1,000 women will test positive. There are certain populations, like people of Jewish descent from ...
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The Weeks Homophobia Hits New Highs But Hate Was Transcended At New York Vigil For A Murdered Mark Carson
Google Images w/caption by Rev Dan While the rhetoric against the LGBT community has been ratcheted up in the last months due to the Boy Scouts and marriage equality, violence has also escalated. Calls for imprisonment and even death have surfaced at home and abroad. Last week in homophobia (click on links to see full ...
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Report Knicks’ Anthony To Have Shoulder Re-Examined Prigioni’s Wife Wants Out
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Knicks star Carmelo Anthony won’t need surgery on his troublesome knee, and the team hopes it’ll be the same for his injured shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. Anthony will have his left shoulder ...
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Slow morning commute in wake of train accident
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut transportation officials say the morning commute went about as well as they could have hoped following Friday's train collision outside Bridgeport that disrupted rail service into New ...
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Yahoo Acquires Tumblr for $1.1 Billion Promises ‘Not to Screw It Up’
rumors swirled last week , Yahoo and Tumblr have announced an agreement that will see Yahoo acquire the popular blogging platform for approximately $1.1 billion (all cash). For comparison, that’s just a little more than Facebook wound up paying for Instagram last ...
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Commutes long slow after Conn. train derailment
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut commuters planned for long, slow trips to and from work Monday following last week’s train collision that that injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York ...
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Baldwinsville Liverpool North Syracuse school boards to meet tonight North Meetings
The Baldwinsville, Liverpool and North Syracuse school boards will meet tonight. Voters in all three districts go to the polls Tuesday to vote on school budgets, board of education members and propositions. Here is a list of other municipal meetings this week in the northern suburbs of Onondaga ...
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Todays obituaries Paul Wellingtons landscaping masterpieces can be found all around Onondaga County
Paul Wellington, 53, died Wednesday, May 15. 2013. He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences School. He utilized his knowledge and skills as an agronomist, worked in several nursery and garden centers in the Syracuse area and then created his own business, Lake Country Landscaping. He was also property and vineyard manager at Hobbit ...
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Court Case Winds Down In New Yorks Stop-And-Frisk Challenge
Closing arguments are set to take place Monday in the federal class action trial involving New York City's stop-and-frisk policy. The trial has been going on for two months in Manhattan. Plaintiffs in Floyd v. City of New York claim the New York Police Department, its supervisors and its union pressured police officers to stop, question and frisk hundreds of thousands of people each year, ...
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
Commuters who manage to make it from southwest Connecticut to New York City for work should consider staying in the Big Apple all week as crews begin rebuilding 2,000 feet of track following a commuter ...
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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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