One person wounded, suspect killed at AT&T store in New York Mills
Update: Authorities say a gunman was shot dead by an off-duty police officer after the assailant wounded a person at a central New York AT&T store. Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara...
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Attempt to plug oil leak proceeding, seems to be working
COVINGTON, La. (AP) -- An untested procedure to plug the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico seemed to be working, officials said Thursday, but new estimates showed the spill has already...
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What's going on: North Korea scraps sea accords, South Korea stages Navy...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Military tension on the Korean peninsula rose Thursday after North Korea threatened to attack any South Korean ships entering its waters and Seoul held anti-submarine drills...
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Gifford Foundation director retiring
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The Gifford Foundation announced that Kathy Goldfarb-Findling, its executive director, will retire at the end of this year. Goldfarb-Findling has been with the foundation since 1999,...
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Fixing oil disaster my responsibility, Obama says
He blasts a "scandalously close relationship" between Big Oil and government regulators. View full sizeAP Photo/Alex BrandonPresident Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the...
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Former doctor imprisoned 16 years for phony organ transplant scam
A former psychiatrist was sent to prison for 16 years today for duping seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines. U.S. District Judge David Hurd...
View ArticleGov. Paterson says deal worked out to keep state parks open for Memorial Day...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday that an agreement has been reached to have all 178 state parks open for the Memorial Day weekend. "The Legislature has made the tough...
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State police: Tipsters say teens drinking before fatal crash
But police await test results, no charges. About 25 Liverpool High School students and graduates were at Sylvan Beach Mike Greenlar / The Post StandardState police investigate a two-car crash on Route...
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The hole story: How they're making a screen for a Near West Side 'green' home...
Syracuse, NY -- The defining exterior feature of a “green” home being built on Syracuse’s Near West Side is taking shape in a Syracuse University workshop. A computer-controlled router at The...
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Syracuse area road report: Night work continues on I-81 in Syracuse
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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Twittering from operating room takes place this morning during surgery at St....
St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center will be the first hospital in Central New York to "tweet" from an operating room starting about 7 a.m. today, during a knee replacement surgery. Follow along in...
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Will the top-kill work? Gulf Coast awaits word that oil flow has stopped
President Obama will attend a briefing in Louisiana today. View full sizeAP Photo/BP PLCThis image made from video released by British Petroleum (BP PLC) early Friday shows drilling mud escaping from...
View ArticleThree injured in Albion crash
Albion, NY -- State police in Pulaski are investigating a head-on collision on state Route 104 in Albion that injured three people Thursday night. The crash occurred at 11:30 p.m. on Route 104 near...
View ArticleAP Video: Grim marker -- 1,000 U.S. lives lost in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan has now claimed the lives of 1,000 American troops, some 8-and-a-half years in. The AP's Sagar Meghani reports on the political and personal implications of this grim marker....
View ArticleVideo: Honoring those who served
Volunteers placed American flags next to the grave markers for veterans buried in the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery as part of the Memorial Day observance. The cemetery is located just...
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Granby stabbing victim in fair condition this morning
Granby, NY--A Granby man is in fair condition in Upstate University Hospital this morning after he was stabbed by another man during an argument over a woman. Oswego County Sheriff's deputies were...
View ArticleClinton Square fountain resumes its dance after dark
Syracuse, NY -- City officials put the Clinton Square fountain on the night shift Thursday, shutting it down during the heat of the day in an effort to discourage people from bathing in the downtown...
View ArticleMore than 3,000 customers in Syracuse without power this morning
Update: Power was restored at 8: 22 a.m. National Grid said the outage was caused by equipment failure. Syracuse, NY-- National Grid's website is reporting that 3,752 customers on Syracuse's North...
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What's going on: Sarah Palin makes good on fence threat
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has erected a 14-foot-high fence at her Wasilla home, making good on a promise to prevent her new neighbor - a writer working on a book about her...
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House, Senate panel approve conditional "don't ask, don't tell" repeal amendment
The repeal would only happen after a military review and a presidential OK. A Senate committee and the U.S. House have approved amendments on Thursday to the bill that would repeal the “don’t ask,...
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