Complaint: FedEx ignored rape allegation leveled against supervisor at Cicero...
Syracuse, NY -- A former FedEx employee who says she was raped by a supervisor at work has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against FedEx Corp. and her accused rapist...
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Family, neighbor recall fire rescue in Bayberry
Clay, NY -- Lying in bed with a book Friday night Catherine Poon had read only five pages before her children pounded on her bedroom wall at 37 Bayberry Circle. “Mommy, Mommy, the house is on fire.”...
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Two Syracuse men arrested after vacuum cleaner demonstration damages mattress
Syracuse, NY -- Two vacuum cleaner salesmen from Syracuse are facing a misdemeanor charge after a vacuum demonstration went bad in Richfield Springs, state police said. Taylor J. Newton, 25, and...
View Article13-year-old babysitter charged in Yorkville toddler's death
Yorkville, NY -- A 13-year-old babysitter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of a 2½-year-old child in the village of Yorkville, according to state police. WSYR Channel 9...
View ArticleMeasure would close loophole in sex offender law
Albany, NY — State laws nationwide prohibit sex offenders from working as school teachers and coaches, but most laws don’t cover karate instructors, youth coaches, carnival workers, clowns, magicians,...
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What's going on: Car bombs kill more than 2 dozen in Baghdad
Also: Gunman targets stepdaughter's family in restaurant attack; Kevin Costner signs cleanup contract with BP. Hadi Mizban / The Associated PressA man stands today at the site of a car bomb attack in...
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Proposed zoning change in Clay has some residents steamed
They oppose plan for Buckley Road office buildings. Stephen D. Cannerelli/The Post-StandardTown of Clay residents Linda Caiella and Denise Murray pose in front of sign they erected at the corner of...
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Happy Father's Day from your pink friends
Lyncourt, NY - Steve Sabella knows how to make his father smile. Sabella, a Liverpool resident, put dozens of pink flamingos in the Lyncourt yard of his dad, Bob Sabella, on Father’s Day. He also...
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Father's Day vigil held for slain Syracuse father of five children
Syracuse, NY - On Father’s Day Sunday, a small prayer group paid last respects to a father of five who was murdered in his home one week ago. Pleamon Fletcher Sr., of Maplewood Avenue, was found...
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A family party ends with a golf cart crash that kills a 14-year-old Geddes girl
Elaina Rose Canestrare died after losing control of cart. Courtesy of Madison GoboldElaina Rose Canestrare, 14, of Geddes, a ninth-grader at Solvay High School, died Sunday morning from injuries she...
View ArticleThirteen-year-old babysitter charged in Oneida County toddler's death
Yorkville, NY - A 13-year-old babysitter was charged with manslaughter in the death of a 2½-year-old girl Saturday in the Oneida County village of Yorkville, authorities said. The toddler, Melissa...
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Syracuse area road report: Onondaga Lake Parkway ramp to I-81 south closed today
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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SUNY ESF alum running volunteer effort to save Gulf Coast birds
Syracuse, NY - Melanie Driscoll, a 2001 graduate of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, went to work for the National Audubon Society in Louisiana just a few months after Hurricane...
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New York excludes from monument firefighters who died on job more than 5...
Madison County man appeals to state Department of State to pay tribute to his father, a firefighter who died in 1950. David Lassman/The Post-StandardJake Miller, of Hamilton, NY, is appealing to have...
View ArticlePolice find two bodies in Steuben County home
Bath, NY – Police in this Steuben County village are investigating what authorities believe is a double homicide. Officers dispatched about 10:49 p.m. Sunday to 9 Mount View Road West to investigate a...
View ArticleCanadian family injured in I-81 rollover
Town of Orleans, NY – A minivan carrying a Canadian family rolled over on Interstate 81 Sunday night, injuring one of the nine occupants seriously enough for authorities to airlift him to a Syracuse...
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What's going on: Hundreds forced from homes by Arizona wildfire
Also: Oil spill tab for BP reaches $2 billion; Van der Sloot reportedly takes back murder confession. Felicia Fonseca / The Associated PressA member of a fire crew north of Flagstaff, Ariz., adjust...
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Onondaga Nation School closes out of respect to Clan Mother Webster
Onondaga Nation, NY – Onondaga Nation School is closed today so members of the school community can attend funeral services for Dorothy Webster, LaFayette School Superintendent Peter Tigh said....
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NY Minute: Paterson legislation would give governors more budget power
Also: This week's budget extender will include tobacco taxes. Mike Groll / The Associated PressNew York Gov. David Paterson speaks during a legislative leaders budget meeting June 9. Paterson has...
View ArticleTwo charged with burglarizing Fulton deli
Fulton, NY – City police have charged two males with felony burglary after they allegedly caught them burglarizing a delicatessen late Sunday. A Fulton police statement gave the following account:...
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