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Longest day marks summer's sunny arrival
Sunrise, sunset never get further apart than the first day of summer Michelle Gabel / The Post-StandardNaja Wright, 6, of Syracuse cools off while doing cartwheels at Washington Square Park Monday,...
View ArticleTribes renew opposition to paying New York state cigarette tax
Albany, NY -- Gov. David Paterson’s latest plan to force the state’s Indian nations to pay cigarette taxes rekindled opposition from two of three Central New York tribes. And a Western New York...
View ArticleState Department of Transportation uses herbicides to reduce need to mow...
Syracuse, NY -- Patches of what looks like burned grass and vegetation line Interstate 81 from as far north as Sandy Creek to Syracuse. This is the latest move by the state Department of...
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Syracuse University wins grant to develop computer tools for designing green...
Syracuse, NY -- Syracuse University will use a $560,296 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop computer tools architects and engineers can use to design green buildings. The project’s...
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New York's budget woes trigger bigger cigarette tax
Some lawmakers worry about violence if state officials try to collect cigarette taxes from the Indian nations. View full sizeMike Groll / APLobbyists stand outside the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in...
View ArticleClay residents voice concern about proposed office building zone change
Clay, NY - Denise Murray stood before the Clay Town Board Monday night holding two posters showing more than a dozen vacant buildings and lots within a few miles of her home. Murray, of Waxwood Circle...
View ArticleCritics accuse cigarette makers of skirting anti 'mild' law by using light...
Syracuse, NY -- Cigarette makers must stop making tobacco products today that use words like “light” and “mild” on packages to describe their smokes. But critics say the tobacco companies are skirting...
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Syracuse area road report: Night work closes lanes, exits on I-81 in Syracuse
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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NY State Sen. John DeFrancisco becomes GOP's 'pit bull'
Republicans hope his outspokenness will help them regain control of the state Senate. Stephen D. Cannerelli / The Post-StandardSTATE SEN. JOHN DEFRANCISCO, R-Syracuse, looks at Dennis Mullen May 11 in...
View ArticleFive teenagers injured in one-car accident in Moravia
Moravia, NY – Five teenagers were taken to hospitals, two by helicopter, following a one-car accident Monday night in Moravia, state police said. According to Trooper Jon Austin, a 2006 Chrysler Town...
View ArticleState troopers accuse Cicero man of driving drunk, resisting arrest and...
Eaton, NY—A call about a vehicle being driven erratically Saturday night led to state police accusing a Cicero man of multiple charges including resisting arrest and aggravated driving while...
View ArticleParenting magazine names Syracuse to top 10 healthiest cities
Syracuse, NY--A survey by Parenting magazine named Syracuse as one of the top 10 healthiest cities in the United States for raising children. The best overall city for raising children was Arlington,...
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What's going on: Top Afghan commander called on carpet for remarks
Also: Times Square bomb suspects warns of attacks; Obama's budget chief to resign. Gen. Stanley McChrystal From The Washington Post: KABUL -- The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was headed to...
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Man charged with repeated raping of young girl in Oswego County
Lacona, NY -- A Boonville man was charged with raping and abusing a girl under the age of 15 multiple times this month in a village of Lacona residence, according to Oswego County sheriff's deputies....
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Heavy rain this afternoon could cause flash flooding in Central New York
Syracuse, NY -- A low pressure system moving across Central New York this afternoon and evening is expected to carry showers and thunderstorms that may cause flash flooding, according to the National...
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Driver in school bus accident no longer can drive for Syracuse schools
Syracuse, NY – The school bus driver involved in a crash Monday with a car in Syracuse’s Salt Springs neighborhood will no longer drive for the Syracuse City School District, the district’s...
View ArticleFather and son accused of attacking stabbing victim in Cayuga Medical Center...
Ithaca, NY — A grand jury has indicted a 36-year-old man, his teenage son and a third man accused of attacking a stabbing victim inside an Upstate New York emergency room. Johnny F. Lucena, his...
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Steve Barnes lost 20 years to lying jailhouse snitch; proposed law would keep...
DNA testing exonerated Barnes in 1985 Whitesboro rape and murder. Dick Blume / The Post-Standard, 2008Steve Barnes, who was convicted of a rape and murder in Whitesboro in 1985, gets a hug from his...
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NY Minute: Cuomo-Silver kissyface shown in new Lazio ad
Also: Cuomo ahead in new poll; cigarette tax increased. The smooch. A new campaign ad released this morning by New York gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio looks to portray opponent Andrew Cuomo as an...
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Greenpeace takes over BP chief of staff's speech
Two Greenpeace activists jump on stage during BP Chief of Staff Steve Westwell's speech. CNN has released footage of Greenpeace taking over BP Chief of Staff Steve Westwell's speech at the World...
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