Bret Michaels sues concert promoter over canceled Syracuse show
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michaels is suing Michael Banks and Aloha Events for $5 million. Lauren Long / The Post-StandardSinger Bret Michaels has reportedly sued local concert promoter...
View ArticleCause of Tuesday's Onondaga Parkway crash: Woman swerved to avoid animal
Salina, NY -- A head-on crash Tuesday on Onondaga Lake Parkway was caused by a driver swerving to avoid an animal in the road, state police said. Ghazal Nosrati, 18, of Liverpool, was going northbound...
View ArticlePolice: DWI suspect drives 11 miles without tire
BETHANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities said a western New York man whose license expired 33 years ago has been charged with driving while intoxicated after police said he drove a van 11 miles without one...
View ArticleAP Fact Check: Islam already lives near ground zero
Examining some of the claims from opponents of a proposed mosque near ground zero. View full sizeAP Photo/Craig RuttleThis May 25, 2010, file photo shows Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of...
View ArticlePolice say Fulton man had sexual contact with teen for years
Fulton, NY – A 38-year-old Fulton man has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager during a three-year period. Tommy E. Merritt, of 15 West Third St. North, was arrested Tuesday on charges of...
View ArticleEgg recall tied to salmonella grows to 380 million
Hundreds sickened by salmonella outbreak. ATLANTA (AP) -- Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in three states and possibly more, and health officials on...
View ArticleYour comments: Denying Muslims freedom of religion makes us what we despise
The proposal to build a mosque near ground zero in New York city has stirred a variety of emotions. Here is a comment about the on-going story from reader shrimpymcd: If we deny these Muslims the...
View ArticleSilver car from fatal parkway crash found, police say driver is cooperating
Tips led investigators to the driver, sheriff says. View full sizeDick Blume / The Post-StandardA North Syracuse woman, Mary Denny, 40, died in this four-vehicle crash Monday on Onondaga Lake Parkway....
View ArticleSyracuse police receive awards, applause for work
Nearly two months after Mayor Miner's refusal to sign commendation led to boycott, officers honored Mike Greenlar / The Post-StandardAward winning Syracuse Police Officers share a light moment during...
View ArticleSyracuse area road report: Your guide to CNY construction news
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...
View ArticleDeputy who Tasered Salina mom is back on patrol
County wanted to fire Sean Andrews, but settled his case instead. Onondaga County Sheriffs OfficeAudra Harmon was tasered by an Onondaga County sheriff's deputy near her home in Salina on Jan. 31. The...
View ArticleState told of more layoffs at New Process Gear
DeWitt, NY--New Process Gear Inc. Tuesday notified the New York State Department of Labor that it plans to lay off 107 workers in November. The layoff date was listed as Nov. 15, according to a notice...
View ArticleBurglaries in Elbridge and Brutus may be connected
Brutus, NY - Sheriff's officials in Cayuga and Onondaga counties are investigating an apparent link between a couple of daytime residential burglary incidents that occurred earlier this week....
View ArticleWhat's going on: 1 in 5 Americans wrongly think President Obama is a Muslim
Also: Last U.S. combat brigade in Iraq heads home; 40 hurt when bull jumps into stands in Spain (video). Carolyn Kaster / The Associated PressPresident Barack Obama speaks Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio....
View ArticleLast of U.S. combat troops exit Iraq two weeks early
As of Aug. 31, Operation Iraqi Freedom will become Operation New Dawn. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division race...
View ArticleInterstate 81 reopens in LaFayette; distracted truck driver caused crash,...
View Tractor trailer overturns in a larger map Update: Interstate 81 is reported open as of 9:45 a.m. LaFayette, NY -- A tractor-trailer driver using a GPS on his cell phone caused a crash this...
View ArticleA week after Alaska plane crash, hospital releases Syracuse University...
Syracuse University student Kevin O’Keefe was released from a hospital in good condition Tuesday, a week after surviving a plane crash that killed former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and four others....
View ArticleYour comments: 'I can't believe this guy didn't know what was going on behind...
'It really doesn't take much to do the right thing.' Dick Blume / The Post-StandardA silver sedan came to rest off Onondaga Lake Parkway Monday after a four-vehicle crash. On Wednesday, Onondaga...
View Article40 hurt after bull leaps into bullfight stands in Spain (video)
Madrid -- A bull leapt into the packed grandstands of a Spanish bullring and ran amok, charging and trampling spectators and leaving 40 people injured, regional officials said Thursday. Video showed...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Gun-toting white supremacist flasher in a banana costume...
Also: Justin Bieber's haircut is popular among criminals. Thinkstock From Peninsula Daily News: PORT ANGELES -- A man in a child's banana costume and a friend were arrested after a string of events...
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