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Syracuse lottery winner plans to donate to scholarship fund
Former Syracuse schoolteacher Etta Beard won $1 million on scratch-off ticket (video). Syracuse, NY--The good luck appears to be rubbing off at the Price Chopper on Erie Boulevard in Syracuse. The...
View ArticleMore than 800 drivers ticketed in Syracuse for cell phone, texting use
Syracuse, NY -- More than 800 people have been ticketed so far in the latest crackdown on drivers using cell phones or texting. On Thursday, Syracuse launched the second wave of a campaign against...
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Charles Rangel makes last-minute bid to settle ethics case
Charges said to include use of 4 rent-subsidized apartment units, failure to report income and pay taxes. The Associated PressRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., is making a last-minute effort to settle his...
View ArticleEmergency crews responding to fire at Carrier Corp.
DeWitt, NY--Emergency crews from several departments are responding to the report of a fire in a building at Carrier Corp. The Onondaga County 911 center radio calls report a working structure fire in...
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Sensis Corp. laying off 84 workers
Company employed about 730 people. Li-Hua Lan / The Post-Standard, 2009Sensis Corp. says it plans to lay off 84 people. DeWitt, NY -- Sensis Corp., for years one of the fastest-growing companies in...
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Fulton woman charged with manslaughter in the death of her child
Fulton, NY -- A Fulton woman is charged with manslaughter in the death of her nine-month-old daughter, the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office announced. Sara E. Landers, 22, of 216 Rochester St., was...
View ArticleFire forces evacuation of office building on Carrier Corp.'s DeWitt campus
DeWitt, NY -- A fire forced the evacuation during the lunch hour of a building on the Carrier Corp. campus near Carrier Circle. A fire on the roof of building TR4 was called into Onondaga County 911...
View ArticleNew York named finalist for federal 'Race to Top' school grants
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York was named a finalist Tuesday for a federal “Race to the Top” education grant that could bring $500 million to the cash-strapped state. The money would be critical for schools...
View ArticleHSBC Bank branch moving out of HSBC Tower
HSBC Bank plans to move out of the 14-story downtown Syracuse office tower named after it — and into new quarters a few blocks west in Armory Square. Neil Brazil, vice president of public affairs for...
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Seneca County hands over seized smokes, business records to Cayuga Indian Nation
More than 12,500 cartons of cigarettes seized in 2008 are returned. View full sizeDick Blume / The Post-Standard, 2009Cigarettes seized from LakeSide Trading in Seneca Falls over a tax dispute with...
View ArticleMan faces multiple charges after car chase in Syracuse
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man is in jail and a Syracuse police cruiser is in the shop after a chase Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:25 p.m. police spotted a 2005 silver Hyundai Elantra in the 300 block...
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What's going on: Lawyer for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich thunders...
Also, Louisiana hit by another oil spill, and Syracuse officials consider a landlord registry to reward good ones. View full sizeCharles Rex Arbogast / APFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks...
View ArticleNew York Senate may lack the votes to pass late budget
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s Legislature may end up responsible for the latest budget in state history after all. Senate leader John Sampson won’t say if all 32 members of his Democratic majority will...
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Your Comments: Problem in Albany is Dems, GOP can't get along
Some in Albany are speculating Tuesday that the state Senate doesn't have enough votes to pass a budget because Senate majority leader John Sampson won’t say if all 32 Democrats will attend a...
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State police check tractor-trailer trucks on Route 90 in southern Cayuga County
The checks are part of a stepped-up effort to keep oversized, overweight trucks off small roads. View full sizeDavid Lassman / The Post-Standard State police pull over a truck on state Route 90 just...
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Urban Outfitters ready to move in at Armory Square location, exec tells...
Syracuse, NY -- An executive with funky retailer Urban Outfitters said Tuesday Syracuse was a logical choice for one of only a handful of stores the company builds each year. Todd Swanson, senior...
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Syracuse area road report: Your guide to CNY construction
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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Onondaga County law would ban illegal hook-ups to sanitary sewers
Regulation would require property owners to have sewer connections inspected if they sell. View full sizeJim Commentucci / The Post-StandardJohn Williams, of the Onondaga County Department of Water...
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Pakistan: Plane crash claims 152, cause unclear
Two Americans among those who died. ISLAMABAD (AP) -- A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and blazing a...
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Temperatures could reach 90 today
Syracuse, NY -- If the temperature stretches, as expected, to 90 today, it will be the eighth time this month that temperatures in Central New York have reached 90 or above. Last year it went to 90 or...
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