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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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TWA Flight 800 investigators Missle may have downed jet
The seats, foreground, and the wreckage of TWA Flight 800 sit in a hangar in Calverton, Long Island, on July 16, 2001. Former investigators now say new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet and are calling on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the case. The plane crashed off the coast of Long Island on July 17, ...
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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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Father son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
NEW YORK (AP) -- A father and son who admitted they were pimps have been acquitted in New York of sex trafficking after several prostitutes testified they were treated ...
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Development agency approves tax breaks for container factory at former New Venture Gear plant
DeWitt, NY -- The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency on Wednesday approved $3.3 million in tax breaks and agreed to issue up to $95 million in bonds for a planned container factory that will employ up to 189 people. The agency's directors voted 5-0 at a special meeting to grant property tax exemptions worth an estimated $2 million over 10 years to the American Intermodal ...
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Second retail tenant lined up for Pike Block
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Pike Block development in downtown Syracuse picked up another retail tenant. Jimmy John's will open a restaurant on West Fayette Street, next door to Pike Block's planned Tim Hortons Cafe & Bake Shop. Jimmy John's is a national sandwich franchise based in Illinois. ...
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Scarsdale mom Andrea Sanderlin accused in Queens pot-growing operation is indicted in...
This May 20 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Strike Force photo shows some of the marijuana plants the DEA said were grown by Andrea Sanderlin in a warehouse in Queens. Sanderlin was indicted ...
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U.S. banks fall short on 29 rules in $25 billion settlement
Only one of five U.S. banks involved in a $25 billion mortgage-abuse settlement had reached every goal in the agreement, an independent monitor said. The deal with the national mortgage lenders included the billions in financial obligations, which a report by the settlement's appointed ...
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Drug companies in Europe fined for pay-to-delay scheme
Antitrust regulators in Europe said they had fined several drug companies $195 million for conspiring to delay bringing a generic drug to market. The New York Times reported Wednesday the companies fined included Danish drugmaker Lundbeck and German pharmaceutical firm Merck. The European Commission's antitrust division said the companies formed an agreement in 2002 to delay producing a ...
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Cops kill armed thug in shootout after responding to Brooklyn robbery NYPD
Brooklyn cops gunned down a thief who fired at them while responding to a robbery in progress, the NYPD said.The officers were on patrol in East New York when a livery cab driver approached the cops at around 1:08 a.m. near Hinsdale Street and Dumont Avenue and alerted them to the incident.The responding officers heard gunshots before pulling up and seeing two men struggling over a gun.The ...
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Man fighting for life 3 others hurt after car jumps curb in East Village and plows into deli
A man is fighting for his life after a car jumped a curb and smashed into a deli in the East Village, authorities said.The driver lost control of his white Nissan Altima on Second Avenue near Fourth Street about 7 a.m., and drove into the East Village Grocery, hitting four people, according to witnesses and police.Three of those injured worked at the deli, which had recently reopened after a ...
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Man charged in West Village slay allegedly said he targeted gay man
An accused killer told cops he shot a man dead in the West Village because the victim was gay, authorities said yesterday. "Guy thought he was tough in front of his bitch so I shot him. Diagnosis is dead, doctor," Elliot Morales heartlessly told cops after the May 18 shooting of Mark Carson, 32, according to court papers released at the accused killer’s arraignment yesterday. ...
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Redford to promote energy industry environmental performance in New York
Premier Alison Redford says she's prepared for "frank" talk in New York on Wednesday as she promotes Alberta's energy sector in the face of environmental black eyes for the province and uncertainty over the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline.Redford is slated to be the keynote speaker at the Foreign Policy Association's North American Energy Independence Conference.The ...
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SUNY Oswego Onondaga Community College to host visiting Fulbright scholar
SYRACUSE, N.Y., -- SUNY Oswego and Onondaga Community College have been selected to host a Fulbright scholar-in-residence from India who will teach courses and engage with the Central New York community during the 2013-14 academic year. Paula Banerjee, an associate professor of South and Southeast Asian studies at the University of Calcutta, was awarded the Fulbright grant by the J. William ...
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North Syracuse voters approve revised school budget
North Syracuse, NY -- North Syracuse Central School District voters approve the district's revised 2013-14 school year budget proposal with a 58 percent approval. More than 5,600 votes were cast, with 3,329 "yes" votes and 2,365 "no" votes on the $143,525,985 proposal. The approved budget proposal includes a tax levy increase of 3.45 percent. The tax increase would ...
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Bill bars payments to tax-delinquent landlords
The state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation sponsored by Sen. John DeFrancisco to prevent public welfare agencies from paying rent to tax-delinquent landlords. The Assembly is not expected to act on the legislation this ...
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Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed ...
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FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffas remains enters 3rd day
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ...
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Ex-Marine to be reunited with bomb dog in RI
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island state police will hold a ceremony this week that will reunite a retired Marine injured in an explosion in Afghanistan with the bomb-detecting dog he used to ...
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West at a glance Auburn opts out of ice at rink and Moravias budget passes
Syracuse, NY -- Auburn's rink going without ice and Moravia voters passing the school budget are stories impacting the Western suburbs this morning. Auburn's manager proposed not putting ice in the Casey Park rink this winter as the city struggles to put together a budget for next year. City Manager Doug Selby has also proposed more cuts to fire and police, as well as cuts in planning ...
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NY Minute Gov. Andrew Cuomo breaks up Womens Act into 10 bills
Gov. Andrew Cuomo discusses his proposed Women's Equality Act at a news conference in Albany in this file photo. Late Tuesday night, Cuomo broke up his 10-point bill into separate legislation to try and force both houses to vote separately on a range of pay equity, child care, domestic violence and other issues -- including ...
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Todays obituaries Lorraine Anita Coleman was a librarian for Syracuse city schools for 30 years
Lorraine Anita Coleman died Friday, June 7, 2013. Born in Talladega, Ala., she graduated from Talladega College in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in English. After completing her undergraduate studies, she moved to Brooklyn and was employed by the Brooklyn Library. She later enrolled at Syracuse University earning a master's degree in library science and completing 30 years of service ...
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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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