Utica resident dies in Iowa highway crash that killed six people
COLFAX, IOWA — The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of four of the six people killed in a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in Jasper County. Spokeswoman Courtney Greene says it appears...
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Judge questions logic of legal wrangling over psychiatric patient
Syracuse, NY - A year ago, defense lawyer Gary Sommer used the word “stupid” to describe psychiatric officials’ refusal to grant additional privileges to Christopher Bradshaw, the man who tried to...
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Syracuse area road report: Pearl Street onramp to I-81 north closed today
Indicates ramp or road restrictionsIndicates ramp or road closures Onondaga County Butternut Street bridge reconstruction: View I-81ButternutStreetBridge in a larger map Click map markers for details...
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NY state budget built on risky assumptions about payroll cuts, cigarette taxes
Syracuse, NY - New York state balanced its budget on the hopes that people will buy higher-taxed clothing and cigarettes, that state investigators will recover hundreds of millions of dollars from tax...
View ArticleFEMA hosting meetings about proposed Onondaga County floodplain changes
Syracuse, NY - Federal and state officials are hosting meetings this week in Syracuse to explain new flood hazard zone maps and how they affect Onondaga County residents. The meetings, 7 to 9 p.m....
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Company moves to Syracuse as part of strategy to recruit young workers
O'Brien & Gere prepares employees for city life. Lauren Long / The Post-StandardThe new downtown Syracuse office building that will house O'Brien & Gere has a terra cotta tile material on the...
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Village wants to remake Manlius Swan Pond
Design includes new patios and overlook. Courtesy Saratoga AssociatesThis is a preliminary artists' rendering for a proposed makeover of the Swan Pond in the village of Manlius. (Note: The drawing...
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Storm knocks out power for 2,600 in Syracuse area
Update: Syracuse, NY –More than 2,000 National Grid customers in Onondaga County and 590 more in the Madison County town of Sullivan lost electricity as a severe thunderstorm rolled through Central...
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What's going on: Petraeus casts doubt on Afghan pullout deadline
Also: Pakistan flooding affects 20 million people. Dusan Vranic / The Associated PressGen. David Petraeus, seen here on July 4, said Sunday that progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and...
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Update: Alleged Craigslist killer committed slow, gruesome suicide
Philip Markoff grew up in Oneida County. Bizuayehu Tesfaye / The Associated Press, 2009Former Boston University medical student Philip Markoff (center) stands with his attorney John Salsberg (right)...
View ArticleSyracuse teen hit in foot during South Avenue shooting
Syracuse, NY – A teenager was shot in the foot late Sunday as gunfire erupted on South Avenue, police said. Damani Prince, 16, walked into the Upstate University Hospital emergency room about 2:31...
View ArticleTeen stabbed in chest on Syracuse street corner
Syracuse, NY – Syracuse police are looking for the person who stabbed a teenage boy in the chest Sunday at West Kennedy Street and Landon Avenue. Jocquell Johnson, 14, told police he was stabbed about...
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NY Minute: State's new no-fault divorce law should limit some courtroom disputes
Also: NY bans phosphorus in dishwasher detergents. Getty Images From Bloomberg: New York just made breaking up easier to do, passing a no-fault divorce law that stands to reduce long, cutthroat court...
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Auburn man charged with felony DWI under Leandra's Law
Aurelius, NY – An Auburn man was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicted under Leandra’s Law after an accident Thursday on River Road, Aurelius, state police said. Troopers said James...
View ArticleMore than 200 remain without power after storm hits Central New York
Syracuse, NY -- Small pockets of Madison and Onondaga counties remained without power late this morning after a storm tore through the area, according to National Grid. In Madison County, as of 10:45...
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Liverpool florist gets probation in $100,000 sale-tax theft case
Syracuse, NY - The owner of a Liverpool flower shop was sentenced today to five years' probation for stealing more than $100,000 in state sales tax money she collected at her business. "I'm very...
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'Put on big boy pants': Insults abound in 2010 political campaigns
Mudslinging candidates are in fine form. Illinois Senate race cast as a choice between 'mob banker' and 'serial liar.' The Associated PressAlexi Giannoulias speaks with reporters while campaigning for...
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Lunchtime Links: Clues point to real-life hunchback who may have inspired...
Also: Did 'hero' flight attendant lie about passenger assault? View full sizeAPAnthony Hopkins played Quasimodo in 1983. From the Telegraph: With his hunched back and deformed face, Quasimodo, the...
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Syracuse zoo's patas monkeys ready to debut Tuesday
Rosamond Gifford Zoo's 5 new monkeys are among 70 in human care nationwide. The Associated PressA patas monkey is seen in the African Plains exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash....
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Teen survivor of fatal Alaska plane crash released from hospital
Sean O'Keefe still in serious condition. Anchorage, Alaska — An Anchorage hospital has released one of the four people who survived a plane crash that killed former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens and four...
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