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Oil spill update: Cap is slowly cutting off oil flow, but damage from spill...
Cap is keeping up to 462,000 gallons a day out of the Gulf. Even if the flow of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico was stopped in the next couple of months, it could take well into fall to deal with...
View ArticleConstruction worker struck by falling concrete at Syracuse University dorm
Syracuse, NY -- A construction worker was struck in the head with a piece of concrete this morning during renovations at Flint Hall on Syracuse University’s campus, authorities said. The worker was...
View ArticleBank of America to pay nearly $108 million to settle Countrywide mortgage...
Washington — Bank of America will pay $108 million to settle federal charges that Countrywide Financial Corp., which it acquired nearly two years ago, collected outsized fees from about 200,000...
View ArticleSyracuse police chief thanks participants in Operation Safe Surrender (video)
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler thanked law enforcement, judges, community leaders and pastors Monday morning for the successful completion of Operation Safe Surrender over the...
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Update: White House correspondent Helen Thomas retires amid controversy over...
On videotape, veteran journalist says Jews should 'get the hell out of Palestine.' APHelen Thomas. CNN is reporting that longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas, 89, has retired. The Hearst...
View ArticleMagazine: Oswego tops for the outdoors men and women
Oswego, NY -- Oswego has been put on the list of "America's Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen" by Outdoor Life magazine. The magazine has cited Oswego for its fishing and hunting opportunities. The...
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Owasco man charged with felony DWI, leaving the scene after crash
Owasco, NY -- An Owasco man who crashed his pickup into a guidewire was charged with felony driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident, state police said. Stefan Babiak, 59, of 59...
View ArticlePaterson proposes reforming NY juvenile detention
Albany, NY — The Paterson administration has proposed reforming New York’s system for housing juvenile offenders with a new oversight office and tighter restrictions on who can be incarcerated. The...
View ArticleRichland toddler struck by lawn mower Friday remains in hospital
Richland, NY -- A toddler struck by a lawn mower Friday evening in Richland remains at Upstate University Hospital with serious leg injuries, according to Oswego County Sheriff's deputies. The boy,...
View ArticleAetna contract cancellation may leave some Upstate patients with bigger...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Upstate University Hospital has terminated its contract with Aetna in a move that means the health insurer’s 47,000 members in the region may have to pay more out of their own...
View ArticleAuburn police: Elderly man conned out of $3,000; scams rampant
Auburn, NY -- Auburn residents are being bombarded by dozens of scams, many aimed at the elderly, authorities said. It's a trend repeated across all of Central New York, from Oswego to Syracuse. Last...
View ArticleOnondaga Community College evacuates classroom building after suitcase found...
Town of Onondaga, NY – A suitcase that a student locked inside a locked ladies room stall for safekeeping forced the evacuation of between 80 and 90 Onondaga Community College students and instructors...
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Apple reveals new iPhone 4; any AT&T contract up in 2010 eligible for upgrade
The new phone will have a front-facing camera and live video chatting capabilities. (AP Photo/Apple Inc.)This product image provided by Apple Inc., shows the new Apple iPhone 4. Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs...
View ArticleVeterans share lessons about war with Syracuse middle schoolers
Syracuse, NY -- Some students learn about war from textbooks or the media. The eighth graders at Expeditionary Learning Middle School learned about war this year from men and women who fought and...
View ArticleWhat's going on: Fort Drum soldier charged in delivery of secret video,...
Also, Chittenango church damaged in storm is condemned, and natural gas well explosion in West Virginia injures seven people. » U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe [Wired...
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Cicero residents asked to voice opinions about town's police force
Cicero, NY - The Cicero Police Study Committee will hold the first of three public listening sessions Tuesday so that residents can voice their opinions about police services in the town. "What we’re...
View ArticleUnion Springs firefighter helicoptered to Upstate with burns
Union Springs, NY -- A Union Springs firefighter was burned Monday afternoon at the department's fire station, Cayuga County emergency dispatchers said. The firefighter, whose name was not available,...
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NY Senate is more open, but also more divided a year after coup attempt
One lasting effect of the coup attempt: Lack of a state budget, which is more than two months late. View full sizeMike Groll / APJason Morales, a member of Service Employees International Union 1199...
View ArticlePennsylvania halts drilling by company after natural gas accident
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania regulators halted work Monday at dozens of unfinished natural gas wells being drilled by the company whose out-of-control well spewed out explosive gas and polluted...
View ArticleMen charged in Salmon River assault plead not guilty in Albion court
Altmar, NY -- The two men charged in the assault of an elderly Ithaca man in the Salmon River in April pleaded not guilty Monday night in Albion town court. Patrick A. Mahoney, 42, of State Route 13,...
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