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NY Minute: What does Carl Paladino's victory mean for state GOP?
Is Paladino 'extremely harmful' to the party, or does he speak for the people? Don Heupel / The Associated PressCarl Paladino on stage after winning the New York State Republican gubernatorial primary...
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Downstate, voters dump Espada, Monserrate
NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of New York Democrats who've grabbed headlines for legislative antics and legal woes have gone under the political steamroller. Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. of the...
View ArticleDeWitt, East Syracuse to consider new ambulance district
East Area Volunteer Emergency Services wants DeWitt to create a new ambulance district that can tax property owners in the northern section of the town, including the village of East Syracuse. The...
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Lunchtime Links: Website tracks the price of pot in Syracuse
Also: Jet-powered lawn tractor; beware women eating pigs' feet in bed. Priceofweed.com We may pay less for our houses than Downstate New Yorkers, but it looks like Syracusans pay more for our weed....
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Onondaga County's debut of voting scanner reveals bugs to be fixed for November
Problems included wrong-size ballots, dried-up pens and shortage of ballots. Results announcements were also delayed. Gloria Wright / The Post-StandardOnondaga County Republican Commissioner Helen...
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Study finds majority of Americans recognize same-sex couples with children as...
New York -- As much as Americans revere the family, they differ sharply on how to define it. New research being released Wednesday shows steadily increasing recognition of unmarried couples - gay and...
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Mattydale man gets 60-plus years in prison for planning home-invasion robbery
Victim: 'I never knew a person could be so evil and uncaring.' View full sizeDennis Nett / The Post-StandardAnthony Griffin, the accused mastermind of a violent Minoa home invasion and robbery, was...
View ArticleBody of boater missing from Jaws Beach is found in shark's belly
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A boater who disappeared off Jaws Beach — on an island where one of the "Jaws" movies was filmed — is probably the person whose remains were found in the belly of a shark,...
View ArticleParish man with five prior DWI convictions charged with DWI in Hastings
Hastings, NY -- A Parish man with five prior driving while intoxicated charges on his record made it six Monday afternoon. Donald S. Lefler, 49, of 353 White Road, was charged in the town of Hastings...
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What's going on: Iranian prosecutor says trials of three American hikers will...
Also, more misplaced remains found at Arlington National Cemetery, and second day of EPA hydrofracking hearing is sparsely attended. View full sizeSultan al-Hasani / APSarah Shourd (right) embraces...
View ArticleDistrict attorney dropping charges in Massachusetts Craigslist killing
BOSTON — Prosecutors will formally drop their case against a man who committed suicide while awaiting trial on charges of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist. On the same day, the slain woman...
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Last steel goes up on St. Joseph's Hospital's new emergency services building
Construction crews hoisted the final steel beam into place Wednesday on the emergency services building being constructed at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse. The building, expected to...
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Site preparation underway to ready Wastebed 13 in Camillus for Onondaga Lake...
Engineers anticipate that the wastebed surface will sink about 11 feet under the weight of the sediment. Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardWork is underway at Wastebed 13 in the town of...
View ArticleNYS transportation commissioner ends silence on Onondaga Lake Parkway bus crash
Syracuse, NY - The top state Department of Transportation official issued his first public response Wednesday to a bus crash four days ago at a railroad bridge on Onondaga Lake Parkway that killed...
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Lawsuit: Hydrofracking fluid ruined Pennsylvania water wells
The lawsuit is one of the first in the nation to link hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, to tainted groundwater. View full sizeMichael J. Mullen / Scranton Times & Tribune, 2009Cecile...
View ArticleOnondaga County legislators call for bigger cut in property tax rate
Syracuse, NY - Some Onondaga County legislators want property taxes slashed more than what County Executive Joanie Mahoney proposed Wednesday in her 2011 budget. Democratic Floor Leader Mark Stanczyk...
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Your Comments: We need clean water to live
Thirteen families in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna County say their water wells have been contaminated by poisonous fluids blasted deep underground by a company using hydrofracking to...
View ArticleSkaneateles man accused of trying to assault a Syracuse police officer
Syracuse, NY -- A Skaneateles man is in custody this morning accused of trying to flee from Syracuse police and attempted aggravated assault of an officer. Police accuse Gregory Giocondo, 41, of 5...
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Chuckie Holstein to be honored today with Syracuse flower garden
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse officials this morning will dedicate a flower garden in honor of FOCUS Greater Syracuse Executive Director Charlotte “Chuckie” Holstein. The dedication will be held at 8:45...
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Liverpool Warriors to play first home game at new stadium
Liverpool, NY -- For Liverpool High School football captain Dan Corlett tonight’s game against Baldwinsville will be surreal. “I’ve been waiting for this moment, it seems like, my whole life,” said...
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