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NY girl 12 kills herself cites cyber bullying
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott has spoken with the family and offered condolences. Education officials did not comment on reports of cyber bullying because of the ongoing ...
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NY sheriffs fault new gun law seek to join suit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce ...
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New York State museum adds Lincoln artifacts to war exhibit
ALBANY, N.Y. – The New York State Museum has added two artifacts to its exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Now in the exhibit, entitled "An Irrepressible Conflict: The Empire State in the Civil War," are the notes taken by two physicians who attended President Abraham Lincoln on his death bed. Also added to the collection is the only existing oil painting ...
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Delcath shareholders negative on CEO pay
Eamonn Hobbs and other top executives. Public companies are required by law to give shareholders a "say on pay" at least every three years, although many have shareholders cast their votes every year. The vote is non-binding, but board compensation committees do take them into consideration. Delcath, a medical device manufacturer in Queensbury, NY, has been struggling to get U.S. ...
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The Monroe apartments fill quickly in downtown Albany
Marc Paquin, president of Cass Hill Development Cos. outside The Monroe, a 44-unit apartment building that straddles Sheridan Avenue and Monroe Street downtown. Cass Hill converted the former Boyd printing plant into apartments. Paquin said he's pursuing other projects in the city, but has no imminent ...
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Turbine business snags new space
A company that services turbines, primarily those made by General Electric Co., has leased new space in the Glenville Business and Technology Park. PAL Turbine Services LLC has its headquarters in Clifton Park. That will remain. The 14-year-old business is now also taking 60,000 square feet in the Glenville park, where employees will upgrade and modernize gas and steam turbines, as well as ...
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Police Four teens arrested after stolen car chase through Syracuse and neighboring towns
The four teenagers led police on a stolen car chase that went for several miles through the city and to Lafayette N.Y. for more than a half hour, police ...
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Cuomo will make decision on hydrofracking before next years election
In an editorial board meeting at The Post-Standard/Syracuse.com, Gov. Andrew Cuomo also talked about enforcing the NY Safe Act, Indian gaming compacts and Interstate ...
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Albert Sales is Green Party candidate for 3rd District Syracuse Common Council
Syracuse, NY - The Green Party has designated Albert Sales to run for the 3rd District on the Syracuse Common Council against incumbent Bob Dougherty, a Democrat. Sales, 39, of 216 May Ave., said he left the area in 1992 and, when he returned in 2011, it seemed to lack the strong sense of community pride that he remembered. He said he does not know Dougherty, but believes he could be doing ...
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315 p.m. update on showers and thunderstorms in Central New York
At 3:00 p.m. a line of heavy showers and a few thunderstorms stretched from Brewerton southwest to Watkins Glen. To the southwest of that, showers and thunderstorms are beginning to mass over western New York. This new area of developing weather will need to be monitored during the ...
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New York Senate seeks 5 casinos video slots on Long Island
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Senate Republicans are proposing five Las Vegas-style casinos including up to three in the Catskills with two video slot machine sites on Long Island. The bill released Thursday also calls for a casino in the Southern Tier's Tioga County, one near Albany, and one in Westchester County or Queens. The bill sponsored by Sen. John Bonacic (BAH'-nah-chek) calls for ...
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Court rejects unions effort to block sale of Onondaga Countys Van Duyn nursing home
Syracuse, N.Y. - A judge has rejected a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer and eventual sale of Onondaga County's Van Duyn nursing home. The legal challenge ...
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Judge to Pat Bombard Pay victim in 90 days or go to prison
ADA Beth VanDoran (kneeled) explains to Erma Jerva and family members what happened in court in the Pat Bombard case. Bombard swindled Jerva out of thousands of ...
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Ononondaga County agrees to pay $15000 in jail deputys sexual harassment complaint
Syracuse, NY -- Onondaga County officials have agreed to pay $15,000 to a Justice Center jail deputy to settle her claim that she was sexually harassed on the job. The county legislature voted two weeks ago to pay that amount to Deputy Susan Drew, who filed a sexual harassment complaint with the state Division of Human Rights. The legislative motion proposing the settlement says only that Drew ...
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230 PM Strong thunderstorms approaching Onondaga County
National Weather Service/weatherTap As of 2:30 PM, showers and thunderstorms were lining up from Fulton in Oswego County southwestward across western Onondaga County to around Penn Yan in the Finger Lakes. The storms are moving northeast at about 35 mph. They will be accompanied by frequent lightning and gusty winds. If you get some storm photos, pass them ...
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School did not respond fast enough Father of cyberbullied Queens 12-year-old girl
Gabrielle Molina The tragic Queens girl who hanged herself in her bedroom yesterday afternoon was mercilessly teased by classmates who called her a slut, a whore and mocked her failures with boyfriends and choices in music, friends and family said.Gabrielle Molina, 12, was found by her screaming sister at 2:30 p.m. yesterday in the small Queens Village home she shared with her parents and two ...
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Edward Hopper painting of NY island sells for $19M
"Blackwell's Island," a large-scale oil painting from 1928, sold at Christie's on Thursday. Christie's identified the seller as a private American collector. The buyer wasn't ...
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NYPD questions 1 in shooting death of 14-year-old
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says detectives are questioning a person of interest in the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl on a ...
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Schools can learn from CEOs who launch first and learn later
Robert Corcoran, president and chairman, GE Foundation thinks educators should push ahead with the Common Core initiative, even if all the kinks haven't been worked out. Educators should push ahead with the new nationwide standardized Common Core initiative, regardless of if all of the details are ironed out or not. Thats how private companies operate, Robert Corcoran, president and chairman ...
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Fitch Affirms State University of New York Lease Revs at AA- Outlook Stable
Fitch: Sub-Saharan Africa Has Gradual Upgrade Potential Fitch Ratings says in a newly-published report that targeted reforms and policy initiatives could see Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) sub-investment grade ratings gradually upgraded, despite per capita income falling well short of peers. The challenge for Africa from a rating perspective is the low level of GDP per capita - most SSA ...
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Business gives mixed audit of Cuomos tax-free pledge
Mark Eagan . Eagan, president of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber, is not alone. Other business leaders, and economists spanning the political spectrum, also say Cuomo's plan to waive taxes for 10 years ...
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Albany mayoral front runners Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan have message for business community
May 23, 2013 -- Albany, NY mayor candidates Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan share their message for the local business community. Ellis and Sheehan, both Democrats, are the only announced candidates so far in the race to succeed Jerry Jennings, who is not seeking a sixth term. (Michael ...
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Sen. DeFrancisco on NY tax-free I think there are better ideas.
"I think the state of New York would be better served with across-the-state tax cuts, not just for new companies," Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, ...
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Cayuga Nation Oneida Indian-New York deal violates federal law and treaties
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Oneida Indian Nation leader Ray Halbritter announce an agreement in Albany last week to resolve land, tax and casino issues. The Cayuga Nation says it may sue to stop the ...
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Central New York churches to help Oklahoma tornado victims
Six Central New York churches are joining forces to provide relief for victims of the May 20 tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma, and surrounding towns. Abundant Life Christian Center, of East Syracuse, Church on The Rock, of Oneida, People's AME Zion Church, River of Life Church, Syracuse Salt of the Earth Ministries, all of Syracuse, and Southern Tier Family Life Church, of Binghamton ...
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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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