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Your comments: Form a grand jury to help provide companies relief from people...
Should the motive behind people suing companies be investigated? The Associated Press After news broke that a Utah woman is suing Google over directions that she claims sent her walking down the...
View ArticleOnondaga County Republicans convene tonight to pick candidates for 119th,...
Syracuse, NY – Republican committee members from the 119th and 120th Assembly districts are expected to designate candidates tonight to run for those seats in November. Two Republicans have emerged to...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: An unusual tribute to Sarah Palin
Also: See a baby hear mom's voice for the first time; 50 worst inventions. » Marine gets tattoo of Sarah Palin on his butt [Military Times] » The 50 worst inventions [Time] » What your e-mail address...
View ArticleNY Minute: Times Union tracks down a highly paid SUNY lawyer who doesn't show...
From reporter James Odato of TimesUnion.com: State University of New York Chief Counsel C. Nicholas Rostow either has a top secret assignment keeping him out of the office much of this year, or he has...
View ArticleLate addition: OTB gets another look from Onondaga County legislators
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Onondaga County legislators have added a last-minute item to their meeting agenda today, calling for a vote to join the state's off-track betting system. A similar resolution was...
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Clinton Square's Civil War monument defaced by spray-painting vandal (video)
Soldiers and Sailors Monument was still decorated for Memorial Day. Syracuse, NY -- A memorial in the center of Syracuse honoring Onondaga County residents who gave their lives during the Civil War...
View ArticleSyracuse jury awards nurse nearly $1.7 million for nerve damage after baby's...
Syracuse, NY - A home-care nurse was awarded nearly $1.7 million in damages by a Syracuse jury Friday to compensate her for permanent nerve damage caused when she was given an injection following the...
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Al and Tipper Gore to separate after 40 years of marriage
Nashville, Tenn. -- Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage. According to an e-mail circulated among the couple's friends and obtained by The...
View ArticleCatholic Charities and The Determination Center ransacked (video)
Syracuse, NY-- Staffers crowded into Bettie Graham's little office Tuesday as she wiped away tears after discovering someone vandalized The Determination Center of CNY, the agency that provides an...
View ArticleDeWitt attorney to run for 119th Assembly seat as Green candidate
Syracuse, NY – A DeWitt attorney is entering the race for the open 119th Assembly District seat as the Green Party candidate. Michael F. Donnelly, 36, of Downing Road, said people are used to Greens...
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What next for the Gulf oil spill? BP moving on to relief wells
PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) -- BP lost billions more in market value Tuesday when shares fell steeply in the first trading day since the company failed yet again to plug the worst oil spill in U.S....
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Cicero High School graduate now commands aircraft carrier
Norfolk, Va. -- A former Onondaga County resident recently assumed command of the nation’s largest and oldest active warship. Capt. O.P. Honors Jr. took command of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise...
View ArticleAP Video: Former Ambassador Edward Peck describes Gaza ordeal
A former U.S. Ambassador Edward Peck, 81, was aboard a Gaza aid ship seized by Israeli commandos. He was among activists in the flotilla trying to get humanitarian aid to Gaza. A former U.S....
View ArticleJudge orders student reinstated pending hearing on "gang-related" clothing...
Update: A federal judge this afternoon ordered a 13-year-old seventh-grade student reinstated to school in Schenectady pending a hearing into whether authorities had a legal right to suspend him for...
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FBI: 'Grandpa Bandit' now tied to 21 bank robberies, including one in Syracuse
Not much is known about the robber; his nickname stems from his apparent age. Syracuse policeThis surveillance photo from Solvay Bank in Syracuse shows a man the FBI believes is the "Grandpa Bandit"...
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Onondaga County Legislature rejects OTB betting
Syracuse, NY - The Onondaga County Legislature rejected by a 13-5 vote this afternoon a new proposal to bring off-track betting to the county. Legislator Kathy Rapp, R-Salina, planned to introduce a...
View ArticleWhat's going on: BP starts new attempt to plug oil leak while US launches...
Also, state tightens Onondaga Lake fish regulations, and today's hot Twitter trend is Al Gore pickup lines. » BP makes first cut in latest attempt to contain oil spill [USA Today] » Holder: Government...
View ArticleFulton's New York Chocolate plant to sell assets
Fulton, NY - New York Chocolate and Confections Co., which filed for bankruptcy protection in April, will sell its assets later this month. The deadline to submit bids to buy the Fulton-based New York...
View ArticleCanastota Central School District officials opt for re-vote on June 15
Little League baseball, Pop Warner football and an exercise program that invites residents to walk the halls of district buildings during the winter could be cut if voters in Canastota reject the...
View ArticleFeds: Syracuse man will get life for running drug operation while living at...
Syracuse, NY -- An enterprising drug dealer faces life in prison after operating a narcotics superstore at a Syracuse apartment when he was supposed to be at work. Jody Edelman, 40, whose criminal...
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