What's going on: Baghdad suicide bomber kills at least 60
Also: Mother charged after kids drown in car; court puts Calif. gay marriages on hold. Karim Kadim / The Associated PressAn injured man is comforted by his mother at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq,...
View ArticleYour comments: Hate between Israelis, Palestinians dehumanizes both sides
'It is amazing how much evil people will ignore when it doesn't fit their world view.' AP Photo/sachim.tumblr.comIn this undated photo, originally posted on a Facebook page belonging to Eden Aberjil,...
View ArticleCongressional candidate lists nine reasons why he believes Obama is worst...
List includes forcing "legislation...that may well destroy finest health care system in history." Republican congressional candidate Ben Quayle said he believes Barack Obama is the worst president in...
View ArticleDeputies: North Syracuse woman, 40, killed in Onondaga Lake Parkway crash Monday
Mary Denny, 40, was killed instantly. Deputies are still looking for driver involved in possible road rage incident. Dick Blume / The Post-StandardA North Syracuse woman, Mary Denny, 40, died in this...
View ArticleTapes of 9/11 plotter's interrogation are found under a desk at CIA
Government told a federal judge twice that they didn't exist. Tapes could reveal Morocco's role in CIA program to hold terrorists in secret prisons and send them to other countries. AP photo /...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Pigeon poop may have killed Australian man
Also: Justin Bieber sounds much better when he sings 800 times slower. Thinkstock From The Daily Telegraph: An inquest will determine what role pigeon droppings played in the death of a Sydney man who...
View ArticleDriver from Onondaga County's first Leandra's Law case admits guilt
Syracuse, NY - A Clay woman who was the first person charged with violating Leandra's Law in Onondaga County admitted her guilt in court today. Katherine Janowski, 43, of 4147 Metauro Drive, pleaded...
View ArticleOnondaga man linked to 2003 sexual assault by DNA
Syracuse, NY - A town of Onondaga man was arraigned today in County Court on a sealed indictment linking him to a sexual assault that occurred in the city of Syracuse seven years ago. Vincent C....
View ArticlePerennial Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins files petitions to run for...
Syracuse, NY - Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins may be on the ballot again. Hawkins, a Syracuse resident campaigning for governor, filed petitions today with 27,500 signatures to secure a spot on...
View ArticleSyracuse Libertarian Party candidate for Congress says he has inhaled, and...
Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse man who wants to make drugs legal jumped today into the 25th Congressional District race. Marc Romain, the former chairman of the Onondaga County Libertarian Party, filed...
View ArticleIroquois Nationals, Team USA indoor lacrosse teams to square off at War...
Teams will play at the War Memorial in September. View full sizeMike Greenlar / The Post-StandardPlayers and coaches of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team pose for a picture on the dock of Battery...
View ArticleFulton woman charged with leaving baby in overheated trailer returns to court...
Volney, NY -- The Fulton woman charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of her daughter in an overheated trailer will be back in Volney town court at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 13. Assistant...
View ArticleOswego man injures leg while running from burglary scene
Syracuse, NY -- An Oswego burglary suspect was caught after falling and injuring his leg while being chased by witnesses Sunday morning, police said. Joxuan Rivera-Retamar, 19, of 155 E. Third St.,...
View ArticleCayuga Lake wineries win Governor's Cup, Winery of Year at competition
This just in from Jim Trezise of the New York Wine and Grape Foundation: Watkins Glen, NY -- Swedish Hill Winery Riesling Cuvee on Cayuga Lake won the coveted “Governor’s Cup” trophy at the 2010 New...
View ArticleNo lie, this campaign season is in full swing; Hanna and Arcuri turn nasty in...
Candidates in the 24th Congressional District come out swinging. Republican Richard Hanna claimed that U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri, D-Utica, received contributions from an indicted lobbyist. Washington...
View ArticleWhat's going on: Grave robbers take body of 9-year-old buried in 1962
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in central Pennsylvania are trying to find out who stole from a grave the body of a 9-year-old girl who died almost half a century ago. Lancaster police are...
View ArticleMahoney promises to include money for Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery in 2011...
Onondaga County Executive Joanne M. Mahoney announced Tuesday that her proposed 2011 county budget this fall will include funding for the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery. The announcement came at a...
View ArticleMedical Examiner says cocaine caused Justice Center jail inmate's death
Syracuse, NY - Justice Center jail inmate Raul Pinet Jr. died as a result of "cocaine-induced excited delirium," the Onondaga County Medical Examiner ruled today. Medical Examiner Robert Stoppacher...
View ArticleBlagojevich guilty on just 1 count; feds vow retrial
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday of one count of lying to federal agents, and the judge said he intends to declare a mistrial on the remaining...
View ArticleTwo taken to hospital after head-on crash on Onondaga Lake Parkway
It's less than a mile from the scene of Monday's fatal collision. View full sizeJim Commentucci / The Post-StandardOfficials work at the scene of a two-car head-on collision Tuesday on Onondaga Lake...
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