Syracuse police officers seize three illegal guns in three separate incidents
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse police have seized three loaded, illegal guns since Sunday in separate incidents. On Sunday, officers were sent to investigate a suspicious vehicle with three people inside...
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State says Honeywell won't need local permits to bury contaminated Onondaga...
Despite the waiver, the company must comply with all technical requirements of local permits that would otherwise apply to the work. View full sizeLauren Long / The Post-StandardAlec Baldwin speaks...
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What's going on: Wikileaks plans to release more Afghan war documents
Also, California judge won't lift ban on gay marriage early, and wind turbines are started to turn in Fenner. View full sizeMarkus Schreiber / APDaniel Schmitt, WikiLeaks' spokesman in Berlin, said...
View ArticleFederal judge won't lift ban on mailing cigarettes
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge in Buffalo won’t suspend enforcement of a new federal law that makes it illegal for retailers to mail cigarettes. Seneca Indian Nation mail-order businesses hoped Judge...
View ArticleLazio counters new Cuomo TV ad on New York ethics reform
ALBANY, N.Y. — Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Cuomo’s slick new campaign ad calling for ethics reform in Albany was immediately countered Thursday by Republican candidate Rick Lazio with a...
View ArticleDoctors discover pea sprouting in Massachusetts man's lung
BOSTON — The doctor confirmed the good news for Ron Sveden once the mass in his left lung came back from the lab: He didn’t have cancer. He had a pea sprouting inside his chest. “A couple days in a...
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Your Comments: Would you clean up the lake already?
State environmental officials have exempted Honeywell International from any obligation to obtain permits from the town of Camillus to dispose of contaminated sediment from the bottom of Onondaga Lake...
View ArticleBack in action: Fenner turbines power up while cause of collapse remains unknown
Life is returning to the Fenner Wind Farm, one turbine at a time. A handful of local officials, residents and Enel North America employees watched Thursday morning as three of the farm’s 19 windmills...
View ArticleStudy: 1.2 million uninsured New Yorkers may get coverage under federal...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- About 1.2 million uninsured New Yorkers could get health care coverage under federal health reform, according to a study released today. The report by the New York State Health...
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Long, hot summer of fire and floods around the world fits predictions of...
Experts see an urgent need to develop supercomputer modeling that could better forecast extreme events. View full sizeThe Associated PressA firefighter attempts to extinguish a forest fire near the...
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Bank robbery suspect captured in Bridgeport
Bridgeport, NY -- U.S. Marshals captured a suspect accused of robbing four banks in Western New York Thursday afternoon while he was riding in a car on Route 31 in Bridgeport. Marshals arrested...
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New Loguen Homes project offers affordable apartment housing in Syracuse
The only thing left was to cut the ribbon. So, Housing Visions Unlimited Inc. celebrated the completion of its 28-unit development with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon on East Fayette...
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Syracuse's Oncenter retools business model in effort to boost convention traffic
Responsibilities trimmed so staff can focus on bringing visitors to city. View full sizeMichelle Gabel / The Post-Standard, 2010The Syracuse BizBuzz Convention at the Oncenter center winds down with a...
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Deaths at Onondaga County Justice Center jail focus of forum tonight
Syracuse -- A local peace group will hold a forum tonight to discuss two deaths at the Onondaga County Justice Center jail over the past nine months. Organized by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism,...
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Russia to fuel Iran's first nuclear power plant next week
MOSCOW -- Russia's nuclear agency said Friday that it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, moving ahead with launching the facility despite Iran's stubborn defiance of...
View ArticlePolice accuse two of fire that destroyed Hamilton Fire Department training...
Hamilton, NY -- Two New Hampshire men were accused of criminal mischief following a fire that destroyed a building the Hamilton Fire Department used for training, New York State Police said this...
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What's going on: More than 1,000 dead in China mudslides
Also: Israeli citizen arrested in serial killings, stabbing spree. View full sizeThe Associated PressA Chinese soldier carrying disaster relief walks across the mudslide-hit town of Zhouqu in...
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NY Minute: Buffalo spent $2 million insuring dead workers
Also, hearing set in Gov. David Patterson's Yankee ticket scandal. View full sizeFile photo / The Post-Standard, 2001The City of Buffalo skyline, as seen from Hamburg Beach. From The Buffalo News: The...
View ArticleJury finds former Seneca County Sheriff Leo Connolly innocent of misconduct...
It was the second time the former sheriff had faced the misdemeanor charges. He was convicted after a trial in 2008, but those convictions were thrown out after state Appellate Court judges found...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: 3 Fla. kids buy plane tickets, fly alone to Tenn.
Also: People who get dog tattoos and PETA is upset. From The Associated Press: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Three Florida children bought tickets with baby-sitting money and flew to Nashville, Tenn., on...
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