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MLB Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees ppd. rain
Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain in New York. The game will be made up Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT as part of a split doubleheader, with the second game scheduled for 7:05 ...
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Appeals court OKs E. 91st street garbage facility
A state appeals court approved the controversial plan to put a massive garbage facility on E. 91st Street, arguing that the Dept. of Sanitation took required steps to evaluate the environmental impact on the neighborhood. Assembly Member Michael Zellner sued the city in Manhattan Supreme Court last May to block the proposal, claiming the sanitation agency did not comply with the state rules. ...
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18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...
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Surveillance helped stop plots against NYSE and New York subway official says
FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce details how the NSA's phone surveillance program foiled a terror plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. Joyce made the remarks while testifying Tuesday at a House ...
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Harvey flirts with no-no fans career-high 13
NYM@ATL: Harvey sets new career-high in strikeouts ATLANTA -- Until Tuesday, Matt Harvey had always been the main event. The Man. In each of his first two-dozen games as a big leaguer, he was the overriding reason why people came to the ballpark, flipped on their televisions and watched, mesmerized, as he succeeded. Then Zack Wheeler came along, arriving at Turner Field for the second half ...
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Justices wont take abortion-doctor killers case
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition to review the case of an anti-abortion extremist who claims his constitutional rights were violated during the state and federal trials that sent him to prison for life for the sniper-style slaying of an abortion ...
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New leader for operator of NY thoroughbred tracks
NEW YORK (AP) -- The directors of the New York Racing Association have chosen a lawyer without a background in horse racing as the organization's new president and ...
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Mother in upscale New York suburb indicted as marijuana dealer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mother of three in an upscale New York suburb was indicted on Tuesday on charges she ran a sophisticated marijuana operation, federal law enforcement officials ...
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Syracuse Chargers one step closer to bigger boathouse on Onondaga Lake
The Chargers operate out of a boathouse in Onondaga Lake Park. The bill would allow the Chargers to lease space from the county in anticipation of a bigger ...
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Your Comments on Schumer and vacant gas stations Perfect example of government overreach
Sen. Charles Schumer's visit to urge the owners of two vacant gas stations to clean up and work with city hall fuels reaction from syracuse.com ...
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Cops bust man accused of stabbing cab driver in the eye with umbrella
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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Former New York City Councilman Pedro Gautier Espada Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment
Earlier today, Pedro Gautier Espada was sentenced before Judge Frederic Block in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, to six months’ imprisonment, to be followed by six months’ home confinement and one year of supervised release, for theft of federal funds from Bronx-based non-profit healthcare clinics, Soundview Healthcare Network ("Soundview") and for failing to ...
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Cuomo leaders seeking deals to end 2013 session
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have met behind closed-doors in attempts to conclude major deals in the final days of the 2013 ...
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Wilson Nobel winner for physics dies in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with his wife. He was ...
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NY Senate passes bill to make electronic monitor tampering a crime
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Legislation that would make tampering with an electronic monitoring bracelet a felony passed in the New York State Senate today. Under current law, tampering can be a violation of parole or pre-sentence release, but it is not a separate crime. The legislation is prompted by ...
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Protesters arrested blocking door at NY Capitol
Police arrested 21 protesters who demanded the state Legislature pass bills on campaign finance reform, transgender rights, farm worker wages, women's rights, decriminalizing marijuana and prohibiting ...
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3-year-old Syracuse boy fell from unscreened window while briefly unattended family says
The apartment complex located at 300 W. Ostrander Ave., where a 3-year-old fell from a second floor window and is now in critical condition. Mike Greenlar | ...
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Solvay cogeneration plant to close lay off 24
Syracuse Energy Corp., a coal-burning cogeneration plant in Solvay, will close in September. The plant is owned by GDF Suez Energy North America, of ...
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North Syracuse residents to vote today on revised budget
revised budget for the 2013-14 school year. Superintendent Kim Dyce Faucette has held a public hearing, a news conference and has answered numerous questions from community members regarding the revised budget. She ...
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Sao Paulo mayor meets with protest leaders says bus fare hike stays
The mayor of Sao Paulo Tuesday tried to defuse protests that started with a complaint a week ago against city bus fares and blossomed into a national movement. In an attempt to head off another round of anti-government protests in Brazil's largest city Tuesday night, Mayor Fernando Haddad met during the morning with representatives of the protest movement, but said revoking the 10-cent ...
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Transit cop busted in alleged drunken spat over broken remote control
Young at heart: Carmen Electra channels her 20s at '21 & Over' party Carmen Electra fit in with the 20-something crowd at Haze Nightclub at ...
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Police rescue woman who threatened to jump off LES high-rise
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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SoHo club where Chris Brown Drake brawled can keep liquor license
Terence Stamp doesn't think the new 'Man of Steel' stacks up Don’t expect to see Terence Stamp - who played baddie General Zod in ...
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New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
They accused the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees of equality.The surveillance by the NYPD's intelligence division has extended ...
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Rich New York City Couple Allowed Their Children To Beat Up Undocumented Nanny Lawsuit Alleges
Undocumented Chilean nanny Felicitas del Carmen Villanueva Garnica filed a lawsuit this week against a New York City socialite couple who she alleges forced her to work 12-hour days and allowed their children to beat her, according to ...
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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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