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Police respond to overturned sailboat on Owasco Lake
Owasco Lake, NY -- Authorities are responding to an overturned sailboat on Owasco Lake, near Emerson Park, according to emergency dispatchers. The four people on the boat were all wearing life vests, dispatchers said. No injuries have been reported. A fire rescue boat is on the way, dispatchers said. Emergency calls came in at about 1:30 p.m. ...
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DeWitt police arrest multiple suspects in large counterfeit check cashing scheme
Syracuse, NY -- Multiple suspects from Georgia were arrested Tuesday in connection with a counterfeit check cashing scheme connected to tens of thousands of dollars in thefts across Central New York, DeWitt police said. Around 11 a.m., police were called to the M&T Bank on Erie Boulevard. A man was trying to cash a counterfeit check in the name of a local commercial business, police said. ...
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Destiny tenants gain recognition for sustainable building practices
New tenants in the mall's expansion section are required by lease to obtain LEED certification. More than 60 tenants at Destiny are going through the certification process ...
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Video Car crash in New York City injures eight
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight ...
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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...
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Hanson Celebrate 21st Birthday as a Band in New York
Hanson turned 21 this year, and the brotherly trio celebrated with a birthday party last night in New York at Irving Plaza as fans swarmed to see the band perform. The brothers started the group as pre-teens, and released their sixth studio ...
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Perv teacher convicted after turning 8 and 9-year-olds into personal sex toys
A Queens jury convicted a teacher for using five elementary students as his "personal sex toys" inside their third and fourth-grade classrooms. Simon Watts, a former teacher at the Jackie Robinson Elementary school, appeared shocked when the foreperson read "guilty" on all eleven counts for forcing four little girls to inappropriately touch his crotch and molested a ...
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Alleged drunk driver going 75 mph jumps curb and injures 5 in street race witnesses
An allegedly wasted driver racing another car in the East Village jumped a curb and injured five people when his car smashed into a deli and caused a fire hydrant to torpedo through the air and strike a Citi Bike rider, cops and witnesses said.Shaun Martin, 32, of Queens, was charged with DWI when his white Nissan Altima lost control on Second Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets and smashed ...
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Nine more things to know about Start-Up NY the new NY Tax-Free program
Albany, N.Y. -- First things first: before Gov. Andrew Cuomo even got approval from the New York State Legislature for creating tax-free zones around colleges, he's renamed one of his top agenda items from this session. ...
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Albany-area men planned to use radiation device to commit terrorism FBI says
Albany, NY -- Two Albany-area men, including an employee of General Electric, were charged today with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists through the use of a lethal radiation device. The FBI and U.S. Attorney's office announced the arrests today in Albany and they were reported today by ...
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Syracuse community group to protest store before it opens
Syracuse United Neighbors will protest a planned corner store at Oxford Street and Midland Avenue in the former Midgley Printing building. Across the street is the Oxford Inn, a men's shelter of last resort run by Catholic ...
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Admitted father-son pimps with family of happy hookers cleared of sex trafficking - could still spend 15 years behind bars for prostitution raps
My son Maddox gets shot in head during 'World War Z,' says Brad Pitt Adults were left terrified at the end of Brad Pitt’s zombie thriller ...
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NY Gov. Cuomos Abortion Plank Back in Play in New York Senate
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives at a meeting with Appropriations Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman Senator Daniel Inouye and Senator Thad Cochran on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, ...
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Fremont-based Mens Wearhouse ousts founder pitchman George Zimmer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.In terse release issued Wednesday, Fremont-based Men's Wearhouse said it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."The ...
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Todays obituaries Eleanor L. Potter Lurcock was Cicero Town Clerk from 1972 to 1977
Eleanor L. Potter Lurcock, 87, a life resident of Cicero, died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at her home. Born in Syracuse, she was a life resident of Cicero. She worked for New York Telephone Co., North Syracuse High School, Potter Insurance Agency and served as Cicero Town Clerk from 1972 to 1977, retiring from the Town of Cicero in ...
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Missing Salina teen found Onondaga County sheriffs deputies say
Salina, NY -- A teenager who went missing for days was relocated and is unharmed, Onondaga County sheriff's deputies said. Nahkeem Davis, 15, from the town of Salina, was last seen Saturday June 1 at the corner of Geddes and Fayette streets, deputies said. On June 12, deputies asked the public for their help in finding the teen. Davis was found Saturday sleeping on the property of 800 ...
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NY Assembly wont vote on legalizing MMA
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Efforts to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York have foundered again with the state Assembly's Democratic leaders refusing to allow a vote on the measure. The bill, passed by the Senate earlier this year, had 63 sponsors in the 150-member Assembly. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's not opposed. Michael Whyland, spokesman for the Assembly Democratic ...
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Syracuse weather Cool and dry soon to be much warmer
Blue skies, and lots of sun through Thursday, maybe Friday too. The humidity returns for the weekend. A sprawling continental polar air mass covers most of the northeastern third of the nation. The center of that air mass is a fair weather high pressure system which is over us now. Over the next 36 hours, the high pressure will move off the Atlantic coast. The clockwise flow of air around that ...
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Today in Washington Statue of Frederick Douglass moves to U.S. Capitol
Former Rochester resident Frederick Douglass, shown with his second wife Helen Pitts (at right) and her sister Eva, standing, will be honored today when the abolitionist leader's statue is moved into the U.S. ...
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Knicks Acquire Four-Time All-Star Carmelo Anthony
from Minnesota. At 26 years old, Carmelo is in the prime of his NBA career having already established himself as a one of the games elite players and the opportunity to add him to our roster was one we could not pass up, Walsh said. I feel we now have a great frontcourt tandem in Amare and Carmelo and this is an exciting day for the New York Knicks and all our fans. It is extremely difficult ...
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NY Knicks vs. Miami Heat Sweepstakes Official Rules
NY KNICKS VS. MIAMI HEAT SWEEPSTAKES (The Sweepstakes) OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. 1. PERIOD: Sweepstakes begins at 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, January 24, 2011 and ends at 8:00pm ET on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 (the Sweepstakes Period). 2. ELIGIBILITY: Sweepstakes is open to ...
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Knicks Roster Coming Together
The New York Knicks roster is starting to fill out nicely. A day after the Knicks officially obtained five-time All-Star Amare Stoudemire, the team announced the acquisition of Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf and Kelenna Azubuike from Golden State in a sign-and-trade deal for David Lee on Friday. The Knicks roster, including the three drafted rookies, now stands at 12. This trade gives us an ...
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Knicks Complete Sign Trade for Stoudemire
has been officially acquired from the Phoenix Suns, via sign-and trade, in exchange for a protected future second-round draft selection. Stoudemire, 6-10, 249-pounds, has career averages of 21.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.40 blocks and 34.3 minutes in 516 career games (499 starts) in eight NBA seasons with the Phoenix Suns. The Lake Wales, FL-native has been named an NBA All-Star five times and ...
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Tech Tales From New York
Mayoral NYC Tech Forum where four of NYC's mayoral candidates attempted to show off their technology chops -- no Quinn, Thompson or Catsimi-whatsits -- I was able to snag a seat at the (always) ...
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New York Muslims Mount Legal Challenge To Ubiquitous NYPD Surveillance
filing a lawsuit on behalf of Muslim New Yorkers to challenge the surveillance they say amounts to racial profiling and violates their religious liberties. Under the aggressive program, undercover informants infiltrate Mosques, restaurants, bookstores, and Muslim student associations without any particular suspicion of the places being monitored or the people being surveilled. Officers also ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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