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New York City seeks to ban purchase of sugary drinks with food stamps
New York — New Yorkers on food stamps would not be allowed to spend them on sugar-sweetened drinks under an obesity-fighting proposal being floated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. David Paterson....
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Four charged in two fires at old Marsellus Casket building
A 16-year-old is charged in the fire last week that destroyed the 121-year-old building. Nick Lisi / The Post-StandardSyracuse firefighters fight a fire at Marsellus Casket Co. in this Sept. 29 photo....
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Your comments: The entire Jordan-Elbridge school board should resign
'The lawyer was not running the school board, but rather the other way around.' Mike Greenlar / The Post StandardJordan Elbridge school board member Diana Foote asks a question during the school board...
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Former NY Comptroller Alan Hevesi expected to admit corruption today
Albany, NY — A law enforcement official close to the case says former New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi is expected to plead guilty to felony corruption charges for taking gifts while running the...
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Court orders Cayuga County to return cigarettes to Cayuga Nation
Cayuga County Court Judge Mark H. Fandrich this morning ordered District Attorney Jon Budelmann to dismiss tax-evasion indictments against the Cayuga Indian Nation and to return more than 7,600...
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Lunchtime Links: Cops call in a helicopter to search for cell-phone thief
Also: Life-sized gingerbread playhouse for only $15,000. APPalo Alto police scoured backyards and used a helicopter to search for a suspect who stole a Droid smartphone. They didn't find him. Police...
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MVP moves jobs into downtown Syracuse, hopes move will spur revitalization
55 workers will move from Erie Boulevard to AXA Towers. Gloria Wright/The Post-Standard, file photo, 2009MVP Health Care announced Thursday it has moved 55 jobs into the Axa Tower 2 building in...
View ArticleOne dead in Eastman Avenue shooting; police looking for information
Syracuse, NY -- A 17-year-old boy died early this morning as a result of a shooting in the 100 block of Eastman Avenue in Syracuse, Police Chief Frank Fowler said this morning in a news conference....
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Former state comptroller Alan Hevesi admits part in 'pay-to-play' scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has admitted taking part in a “pay-to-play” scandal at the state pension fund. Hevesi pleaded guilty Thursday in Manhattan to a felony...
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Police say suspect told them he was despondent when he set Marsellus Casket...
Four who skateboarded and partied in empty factory are arraigned on arson charges. Dennis Nett/The Post-StandardSyracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler and First Deputy Fire Chief Charlie Duffy announce...
View ArticleTwo indicted in Syracuse parking meter theft case
Two men have been indicted in connection with the theft of more than $300,000 from Syracuse parking meters from 2000 to 2005. Ronald Mancuso, of Utica, was indicted by an Oneida County grand jury on...
View ArticleFamily describes trauma from one-punch assault at court sentencing
DeWitt, NY - Sue Prall told a DeWitt judge Wednesday she missed her father’s funeral last year because she was at a local hospital waiting to hear if her husband was going to die from severe head...
View ArticleFDNY to honor members who died with World Trade Center illnesses
NEW YORK — A memorial plaque at the Fire Department’s headquarters will honor firefighters and EMS workers who’ve died of illnesses after working at ground zero. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and FDNY...
View ArticleSyracuse man receives minor stab wound after answering his door
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man received a minor stab wound Wednesday evening after after he answered a knock on the door to his North Alvord Street apartment, police said. The man who police said...
View ArticlePolice are releasing few details about Syracuse's latest homicide
Syracuse, NY -- Police are saying little about the shooting death of a 17-year-old Syracuse boy on the city’s Southside this morning. Kiwan Rush was found unconscious and not breathing at 12:18 a.m....
View ArticleCayuga County judge sides with Cayuga Indians; orders DA to dismiss...
For the second time this week Cayuga County lost a major court decision in its cigarette tax dispute with the Cayuga Indian Nation. In county court today, Judge Mark H. Fandrich dismissed indictments...
View ArticleTwo Syracuse men indicted in robbery, police standoff
Syracuse, NY - Two Syracuse men were indicted today in connection with an armed holdup at a South Side restaurant that led to shots being fired at a police officer and an hours-long stand-off. Aaron...
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What's going on: Toxic red sludge in Hungarian spill reaches Danube River
Also, Onondaga County lawmakers looks for places to cut budget, and someone burns U.S., Army flags on Syracuse Universtiy student's porch. From Reuters: Toxic red sludge from a Hungarian alumina plant...
View ArticleNew York comptroller notes problems with new voting machines
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported Thursday that there were problems with new voting machines in most counties during last month’s primary elections. Issues in 44 of the 57...
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Jordan-Elbridge superintendent's buyout calls for $82,444 payment
Marilyn Dominick said she was acting on the advice of the district's former lawyer when she refused to make the agreement public. View full sizeMike Greenlar / The Post-StandardJordan Elbridge School...
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