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Residents meet at public session on Cicero police force
Cicero, NY - It's been two years since Clay residents overwhelmingly voted to fold its police department into the Onondaga County Sheriffs Office. That move cut town tax rates nearly 20 percent. So...
View ArticleSecond stabbing in Syracuse sends another girl to hospital
Update: Syracuse, NY -- Police have identified the victim of a stabbing Tuesday night as Jamesha Brown, 16, of Syracuse. Earlier: Syracuse, NY -- A second stabbing in Syracuse sent a second teenage...
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Cicero, North Syracuse, East Syracuse have met with sheriff to discuss...
Cicero, NY - Cicero is not the only municipality in Onondaga County considered a police merger, according to Sheriff Kevin Walsh. North Syracuse’s former mayor John Heindorf met with the sheriff last...
View ArticleOprah's magazine features Manlius killing
Manlius, NY -- A Central New York murder case that split a family is featured in an article in the current issue of “O, The Oprah Magazine.” The article profiles the case of Timothy Ginocchetti, who...
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Syracuse area road report: Your guide to CNY construction news
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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State budget talks heat up as Gov. David Paterson implements cuts
Lawmakers and lobbyists expect Paterson to include a cigarette tax increase of $1 per pack. Mike Groll / AP PhotoGov. David Paterson talks to reporters outside his office at the Capitol in Albany,...
View ArticleWhat's going on: Women were winners in Tuesday's primaries
Also: Border Patrol kills teen; children of lesbians show fewer behavioral problems. » Blanche Lincoln avoids anti-incumbent rage, wins Arkansas Democratic Senate runoff [CNN] » California Republicans...
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State police accuse Homer man of assaulting woman
Homer, NY--State police accused a Homer man of felony assault after they were dispatched Sunday to a 911 call of a woman screaming. Troopers were sent to a 911 call of a woman screaming on State Route...
View ArticleDowntown Syracuse blocks to close for Polish Festival
Syracuse, NY – Portions of three downtown streets will close this weekend to accommodate the 56th annual Polish Festival at Clinton Square, city officials said. West Water Street between South Salina...
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Federal judge rejects request to force early election for congressional seat
Syracuse, NY - A federal judge in Rochester has rejected a Syracuse lawyer's request to force Gov. David Paterson to hold a prompt special election to fill the seat of former U.S. Rep. Eric Massa....
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Cayuga, Seneca counties to ask U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Cayuga Indian...
Counties wants nation's highest court to decide whether LakeSide Trading stores are on reservation land. Dick Blume / The Post-Standard, 2009The Lakeside Trading Store on Route 89 in the town of...
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Syracuse woman gets six months in jail in boyfriend's hammer-attack death
Prosecution says it could not prove Marjorie S. Swan intended to kill her boyfriend. Dick Blume / The Post-StandardMarjorie Swan was sentenced today to six months in jail in the fatal hammer attack of...
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NY Minute: Little action in domestic violence case against former aide to...
Also: Andrew Cuomo trying to influence who will succeed him as attorney general; Will NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg run for President? AP Photo / Mike GrollGov. David Paterson, left, and aide David...
View ArticleLunchtime Links: Watch a plane crash, from inside the plane
Also: Dog glues mouth shut with mail; crazy lady in pink. » A reporter with a head-cam was in a vintage plane when it crashed at Reagan National Airport Tuesday morning. No one was seriously hurt, but...
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Syracuse man admits murdering grandmother
Syracuse, NY - A Syracuse man is facing 15 years to life in state prison after admitting in Onondaga County Court this morning to intentionally killing his grandmother last year. Paris D. Hart IV, 20,...
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Study: Children's quality of life declining in U.S.
About 21 percent of U.S. children live below poverty line in 2010. Throughout 2010, about 21 percent of children in the United States will be living below the poverty line, the highest rate in over 20...
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Fed Chairman Bernanke: Recovery on track despite headwinds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The European debt crisis is likely to have only a "modest" impact on the U.S. economic recovery as long as Wall Street stabilizes, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told...
View ArticleStudy: Short people have 50 percent higher risk of heart problems
London -- Short people have a 50 percent higher risk of having a heart problem or dying from one than tall people, a new study says, though weight, blood pressure and smoking habits remain more...
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What's going on: Woman charged with adultery after sex in Batavia public park
Adultery charge is rare in New York. Suzanne CoronaA Batavia, N.Y. woman has been charged with adultery after she was caught having sex in a public park with a man who is not her husband. Since 1972,...
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Upstate Medical University will open new cancer research institute
Work underway to discover new drugs to fight the disease. Dennis Nett / Post-Standard file photoDr. Ziwei Huang. a cancer researcher and chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Upstate Medical...
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