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Cool in Syracuse today a lot of change for the end of the week
Cool air is overtaking the northeastern United States but not for long. By mid week, as Central New York is warming through the 70s, to our west, 80 and 90 degree weather will be spreading east out of the Plains through the Mississippi Valley. The heat won't be far from us by Saturday morning when our winds turn into the south. There still seems to be some question as to how much we will ...
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Family friends and community members will gather tonight to honor Lori Bresnahan
Liverpool, NY -- A public candlelight vigil will be held tonight at the Griffin Visitor Center at Onondaga Lake Park for Lori Bresnahan. Police said Bresnahan, 47, was leaving a gymnastics class at Great Northern Mall in Clay on March 14, when David J. Renz, 29, of Cicero, attacked her in the parking lot. Renz drove her to nearby Verplank Road where she was fatally ...
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Obama to call for U.S.-Russia nuclear arms cuts
Barack Obama 's foreign-policy speech in Berlin Wednesday will call for additional U.S.-Russia nuclear-arms cuts, administration officials said. He is expected to say Washington and Moscow can shrink their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third beyond cuts mandated under the 2010 New Start, or Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, without hurting deterrence or capabilities, the officials told The ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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Suit over Soho Citi Bike site
Opponents of a Citi Bike station that was dumped in a popular Soho park will file a lawsuit today asking a judge to remove it."Why did it have to come to this?" asked Sean Sweeney, of the Soho Alliance. "It’s the intransigence of an arrogant DOT commissioner who has put her and Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy over the interests of parks and art and the common good." ...
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Brawl-bar booze ban reversed
Drink up, A-listers!An appeals court yesterday overturned a Manhattan judge’s decision to revoke the liquor license at the Soho club that played host to the infamous brawl between Chris Brown and Drake over Rihanna last summer. The Appellate Division found that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Wright’s termination of a booze permit for W.i.P. in November 2012 because of ...
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I killed for love of the family
BOSTON - A former cohort of James "Whitey" Bulger who admitted killing 20 people is insisting he’s not a hit man or a serial killer.John Martorano says he is a "nice guy" who was only trying to help his family and friends when he pumped bullets into victims while working with Bulger and his gang.Martorano made the statements yesterday while being cross-examined by one ...
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NFL’er quizzed in death
Authorities searched the $1.3 million home of Hernandez, who was initially uncooperative, ABC said. The body was found at 5:30 p.m. Monday in an industrial park. It could have been there as long as a day, according to the Sun Chronicle of Attleboro.Authorities focused on Hernandez when they found a rented Chevrolet Suburban with Rhode Island plates - and which was tied to his name - near the ...
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Lohan accuser pill bust
Physician, heal thyself! A Gramercy Park psychiatrist who went on TV and accused Lindsay Lohan’s doctor of turning her into a pill-popping drug addict was busted yesterday for allegedly selling oxycodone prescriptions for cash. William Belfar, who was nabbed in an undercover FBI sting, discussed the perils of overusing prescription drugs while appearing as a talking head in a May segment ...
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Slay thug targeted gay cops
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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Jailbound Pedro kid blames pop
He says his daddy made him do it. The son of disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. blamed his father for pressuring him into participating in the looting of their Soundview Healthcare nonprofit as a judge yesterday sentenced him to prison time."Over the past year, we have been at odds, as he wanted to fight this," Pedro Gautier Espada, 39, whined as he was ...
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Thompson fits Bill for teachers union
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson is about to get the biggest boost of his campaign - he’ll be endorsed by the teachers union today.The Untied Federation of Teachers, one of the city’s largest and most politically powerful labor organizations, will hold its endorsement meeting this afternoon.Most insiders expect the union to endorse Thompson, particularly since its former president, ...
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Wright collects 1500th career hit in victory
Email ATLANTA -- Considering David Wright is already the Mets' all-time hits leader, every milestone from here is simply gravy. The latest occurred Tuesday evening, when Wright rapped out a ninth-inning single for his 1,500th career hit. That extended his franchise lead and moved him into a tie for 593rd place all time. "It's a lot of hits -- at least I think it is," Wright ...
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Mets top Draft pick Smith set to sign contract
Email ATLANTA -- One day after Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler gave Mets fans a glimpse of their future, the team plans to cement another brick of that plan in place. First-round Draft pick Dominic Smith will officially sign with the Mets on Wednesday, the first baseman confirmed via his Twitter account late Tuesday night. The deal is for a reported $2.6 million, just below Major League ...
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Marcum seeks first win facing Medlen Braves
One day after sweeping the Braves in a doubleheader, the Mets are getting back to business as usual. Mets starter Shaun Marcum isn't just hoping for a good day at the ballpark, he needs one. The veteran struggled in his last outing, allowing six runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Cubs, and he's still winless on the season. Marcum's ERA keeps rising and his spot in ...
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Shel delay on sex-abuse bill
ALBANY - Advocates and lawmakers are questioning why Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is dragging his feet moving a bill requiring schools to teach sexual-abuse awareness and prevention.Seven states have enacted what’s known as Erin’s Law, named after Erin Merryn, an Illinois sexual-abuse victim and advocate. Merryn has been on a mission to pass the law, saying she could have ...
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Court OKs ‘rich’-food eatery in Union Square
Who knew that Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy would include an $18 omelet?A state appeals court yesterday ordered the completion of an upscale seasonal restaurant at Union Square, the centerpiece of Hizzoner’s $20 million renovation plan for the north end of the plaza.Construction of the tony Chef Driven Market, with brunch entree prices at about $20 a plate, was halted in January when a ...
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‘DWI’ gal’s grave turn
She drank herself into an early grave - and lived to tell about it.Kelly Catapano, 35, of Staten Island, was busted for drunken driving Sunday at the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp when she drove her Chrysler Sebring into a freshly dug grave.Catapano had a blood-alcohol count triple the legal limit, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Her car - which had dropped four feet below ground - had ...
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‘Ball buster’ wife is teste
A knockdown, drag-out brawl between WABC/Channel 7 weatherman Bill Evans and his estranged wife took a nasty turn when she scratched his testicles and bruised his backside with a coat hanger, the meteorologist claimed. Evans, 52, told police his wife, Dana, went below the belt during the nasty fight over a set of car keys last month at their home in Old Greenwich, Conn. But Dana claims he ...
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Reward now 65G for ’08 Times Sq. bomber
The feds and the NYPD yesterday offered a $65,000 reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of the bicycle bomber who attacked the Times Square military recruiting center in 2008.In addition to the reward offer, authorities released never-before-seen footage of the bomber taken from surveillance video.New images also show the remains of the homemade explosive device, which was ...
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Christie No no to Speedo
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has slimmed down after his belly-band surgery, but he’s not about to make a public splash in a swimsuit."We are not doing that on Fourth of July. There are some things I absolutely know at my core would be a bad thing. Me in a Speedo is one of them," Christie quipped on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe." Christie, a popular Republican considered ...
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AP PHOTOS Astrodome JFK terminal endangered
WASHINGTON -- Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of the nation's most endangered historic places.On Wednesday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing its listing of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It includes sites from Maine to ...
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Kuroda Hughes set for twin bill with Dodgers
The Yankees' first meeting with the Dodgers since 1981 will have to wait another day. The two historic clubs will meet for a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium after Tuesday's series opener was rained out. Rookie left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, 6-2 with a 2.85 ERA in 13 starts, will start Game 1 for the Dodgers. He is winless in two outings this month, and he said that ...
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Shouldnt happen to a dog Subway brawler kicks police K-9 in face breaking animals teeth
An NYPD police dog was kicked in the face during a brawl today in a midtown subway station, police said.The 6-year-old German Shepherd named Bear suffered four broken teeth and a cut to his tongue when he tried to help an officer break up the fight in the 59th Street and Lexington Avenue station at around 11:15 a.m.While breaking up the fight an officer was trying to handcuff Ravenia ...
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Wall Street opens higher boosted by New York manufacturing data
U.S. stocks opened broadly higher Monday, as investors awaited Wednesdays Fed policy meeting, with increasing confidence that the Fed wont start tapering in super-easy ...
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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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