Valley's black bear may be heading south
Syracuse, NY – The black bear spotted Thursday in Syracuse’s Valley section may be making its way south out of town. State Department of Environmental Conservation police received a call Thursday...
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Operation Safe Surrender's call to clear warrants draws about 100 in first hour
Officials are "pleasantly surprised." Dick Blume / The Post-StandardWithin the first hour, about 100 people showed up this afternoon to turn themselves in to clear outstanding warrants under a...
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Spelling bee favorite from Seneca Falls knocked out in semifinals
View full sizeAP Photo/Jacquelyn MartinNeetu Chandak, 14, of Seneca Falls, smiles after spelling her word "sederunt" correctly, in the semifinals of the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee in...
View ArticlePick-up truck hits car, then strikes Oswego building
Oswego, NY -- A tavern and a Verizon Wireless store in Oswego were damaged this morning after a pick-up truck struck a parked car, then sped through an intersection and into a building on one of the...
View ArticleNew grass seed added to Honeywell mounds along I-690 in Syracuse
Honeywell spokeswoman Victoria Streitfeld said the reseeding was carried out Tuesday morning as a follow-up to a mixture of fertilizer and native grass, flower and shrub seed applied at in March....
View ArticleThree CNY school teams place high in state Envirothon
Keuka College, NY -- It was oh so close for three of the five local high school teams competing Wednesday and Thursday at the state Envirothon Competition at Keuka College. The teams from Onondaga...
View ArticleGas spews for hours from out-of-control Pennsylvania well
Incident was caused when a blowout preventer on the hydrofracking failed. HARRISBURG, Pa. — Natural gas and polluted drilling water from an out-of-control well shot 75 feet into the air in a remote...
View ArticleWhat's going on: Poor job figures sends stock index downward
Also, Lake Erie fish kill linked to natural causes, and eight changed in last month's break-in at Holland Patent High School. » Duration of Unemployment in U.S. Rises to Record 34.4 Weeks [Bloomberg...
View ArticleNew York man who got new liver pleads guilty to DWI
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York man has pleaded guilty to driving drunk when he hit a pedestrian in March, less than three months after receiving a liver transplant. Authorities say Gurninderjit Thandi’s...
View ArticleNY Gov. David Paterson includes budget cuts in latest temporary funding bill
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson has submitted short-term funding legislation that cuts $775 million from state health care programs for the year, forcing lawmakers next week to either...
View ArticleWith 300 children drowning in pools each year, safeguards and supervision are...
Over Memorial Day weekend, 21 people across the nation drowned — and at least 16 of them were children 5 or younger, said Kathleen Reilly, who tracks such statistics for the Consumer Products Safety...
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Update: Ohio teen wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
Bee organizers suspended the sixth semifinal round to ensure there would be enough spellers in tonight's finals. View full sizeJacquelyn Martin / AP2009 Spelling Bee winner Kavya Shivashankar (left)...
View ArticleTwo-year-old struck by lawnmower helicoptered to hospital
Richland, NY -- A toddler struck by a lawnmower in Oswego County was taken to Upstate University Hospital by helicopter Friday evening, police said. The two-year old was struck shortly before 7 p.m....
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Rescue Mission wings into Taste of Syracuse event to raise funds, awareness...
Syracuse, NY -- There’s a taste of the Rescue Mission at Taste of Syracuse this year, a first for the Mission and a first for the event. It’s a matter of need for the caregivers and a sudden hole...
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Central New York Regional Market outlines new rules covering behavior
Among the new rules: No quarreling, giving away or selling live animals, nor handing out handbills. View full sizeJohn Berry / The Post-Standard, 2009The crowd of shoppers is constantly on the move...
View ArticlePower outages affect 3,900 on Syracuse east side
There are reports that traffic signals are not functioning on Erie Boulevard Syracuse -- National Grid is reporting two power outages affecting 3,935 customers on Syracuse's east side. There are...
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Cap collecting less than 10 percent of oil leaking from Gulf gusher
Oil slick spreads to beaches of Florida Panhandle PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama promised Saturday to fight the massive oil spill alongside the people of the Gulf Coast, as a cap...
View ArticlePolice say grandfather drove drunk with unrestrained three-year-old
New Hartford, NY--New Hartford police Thursday accused a grandfather of driving while intoxicated with his three-year-old grandson in the vehicle and not having the child in a safety seat or seat...
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Israeli naval commandos seize Gaza-bound aid ship
No resistance from crew or activists aboard the Irish ship Rachel Corrie APIn this May 12, 2010 file photo, Derek Graham uses a bottle of Palestinian olive oil to officially name the cargo ship the MV...
View ArticleOneida police say they catch arsonist after stakeout
Oneida, NY -- Oneida City police say they caught a man setting a fire Friday night after staking out a neighborhood plagued by recent arsons. Police had been watching the Seneca Street and Bates...
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