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Officer who mistakenly shot Hofstra student faced harrowing choice expert says
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a ...
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Syracuse weather warmth humidity and thunderstorms
Dave Eichorn/Plymouth State Universit Mid summer-like warmth and humidity is widespread across the central and eastern United States. Around 5 p.m. today, while it was 68 degrees in Syracuse, it was near 80 in Buffalo. That's how close the warm air is to us. The advancing or leading edge of that tropical air mass is a warm front which will slowly migrate northward across Central New York ...
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Small changes coming for New York Knicks
Photo credit: Don't count on J.R. Smith giving the Knicks a discount. (Getty) While the Knicks' 2012-13 season was easily the team's most successful campaign in more than a decade, the fact remains that it fell well short of a championship or even a conference finals berth against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Surely, they'll be in the thick of things again next season, ...
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Marcum seeking elusive first win with Mets
After more than a month on the disabled list, Reds ace Johnny Cueto will make his return to the mound on Monday against the Mets at Citi Field. It will be the right-hander's first Major League start since April 13, when he left the game in the fifth inning and hit the DL with a strained right lat two days later. "I'm happy," Cueto said through translator Tomas Vera. ...
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Hot-hitting Murphy does it again in Mets win
NYM@CHC: Lagares hits first MLB homer, ties game at 3 CHICAGO -- Daniel Murphy hit a go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning, capping a late rally for a 4-3 victory and series win over the Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field. It was just the third time in their last 13 games that the Mets scored more than three runs. Two of those games have been wins. It's the Mets' ...
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Commuters warned of traffic mess for up to 1 week
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is warning commuters that a traffic mess awaits them in southwest Connecticut for as long as a week until service is restored to Metro-North following a derailment that injured scores of ...
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Marquee miracle Man tumbles out of theater window but sign breaks fall
A man miraculously survived a plunge out a window above Broadway’s Lyceum Theater on West 45th St. this afternoon - landing on the theater’s marquee, which broke his fall, fire officials said.Witnesses told The Post that the older man was standing against the window when it somehow opened around 2:50 p.m. and he tumbled about 2 or 3 feet down, onto the marquee, fire officials ...
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CC opens Yankees three-game series in Baltimore
The Orioles were supposed to miss CC Sabathia during their three-game series against the Yankees, which starts on Monday night at Camden Yards. The weather had other plans. Sunday's rainout at Yankee Stadium pushed back Sabathia's start and thrust him right into Baltimore's path. The big lefty will get the ball against former teammate Freddy Garcia in the series opener. The ...
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Suspect in cold-blooded murder of gay man laughed and boasted Yeah I shot him in the head prosecutors say
The bigoted ex-con accused with a hate crime for shooting dead a gay man in Greenwich Village laughed and boasted about the murder shortly after he was arrested, prosecutors said yesterday."Yeah, I shot him in the head," sneered Elliot Morales, 33, while "laughing on the ground" when cops were handcuffing him for shooting Mark Carson, 32, early Saturday morning.Morales today ...
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Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor addresses Le Moyne graduates
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor addressed Le Moyne College graduates Sunday at the school's 63rd commencement ceremony. The school also gave honorary degrees to Cantor, former Syracuse Mayor Tom Young and Peter Major. The student speaker was Caitlin McGuire, a communications major from Newport News, Va. There were 603 students eligible for graduation. The event ...
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Suspect in NY bias shooting is charged with murder
Armando Morales can be a dangerous man, whichever side he’s on. Once Morales handled illicit business for the Fresno, Calif., Bulldogs street gang. Then his compelling testimony against a former cellmate secured the conviction of the man accused of killing Chandra Levy. Now the former gang-enforcer-turned-prison-snitch is back in the hot seat. What happens next might turn the Levy murder ...
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NY teacher delves into mystery of Indian Ovens
That trek eventually led to confirmation that Native Americans indeed used the site as its name suggests, but it left unsolved another mystery: For what did they use the six soccer ball-sized ...
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SUNY Upstate Medical University graduation Sunday
Syracuse, NY - SUNY Upstate Medical University held graduation ceremonies Sunday at the Crouse-Hinds Theater at the John Mulroy Civic Center. There were three ceremonies for the College of Graduate Studies, the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Joyce P. Griffin-Sobel, dean of the college of nursing, wrote in the program, "Share your knowledge. Involve ...
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MLS New York 1 Los Angeles 0
Tim Cahill's header in stoppage time Sunday elevated the New York Red Bulls over Los Angeles 1-0. Juninho got control of the ball in the 91st minute and passed it to Cahill, who launched a close-range header on net that eluded Carlo Cudicini for the game's only goal. The Red Bulls (7-4-3) held onto first place in the Eastern Conference with 24 ...
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Internet Week sweeps through New York
Photo credit: 5th Annual Internet Week in New York, 2012. (Getty) New York's annual digital confab is set to kick off Monday, as Internet Week sweeps through the city, highlighting the the Big Apple's leading role in tech and online culture. The annual weeklong conference, launched in 2008, turns the city into a mecca for the digitally connected, with panels, speeches, demonstrations ...
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Romine learning from Girardi getting comfortable
Email NEW YORK -- Austin Romine couldn't be in a better position. Romine, the Yankees' young catcher, is playing for a team managed by a former backstop in Joe Girardi, which means he has both a built-in support system and somebody who understands the priorities of the position. Romine, batting just .182 this season, drew raves from Girardi for his defensive work on Sunday. Veteran ...
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Brignac excited to join Yanks his third team this year
Email NEW YORK -- Prior to this season, Reid Brignac had spent his entire career within the Tampa Bay organization. And now he's on his third team in three months. Brignac, acquired from the Rockies on Saturday, began life with the Yankees on Sunday and was immediately penciled into the lineup, but the game against the Blue Jays was postponed due to rain. Brignac, a former second-round ...
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Teixeira has yet to take live batting practice
Email NEW YORK -- Mark Teixeira is eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day disabled list at the beginning of June, but the Yankees still aren't sure of his trajectory. Teixeira has been able to take tee-and-toss batting practice, but he's still waiting to ramp up to a rehab assignment in the Minor Leagues. "There has to be probably a next step where he sees some live BP or some ...
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Names of injured Syracuse firefighters released no information on victim
Syracuse fire district chief Steve Evans leaves 356 Clairmonte, as fire investigator John Cussen enters to look at the damage and the cause of a blaze that left one dead and five firefighters ...
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Mets hope Ikes woes dont extend to defense
Email CHICAGO -- Part of the reason the Mets were able to persevere through Ike Davis' early-season struggles last year was his vitality at first base. And as he slumps again to start this season, the club hopes his defense won't also fall victim in the meantime. Davis, who made just eight errors last season and has a career fielding percentage of .994, has three miscues this season. ...
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Murphy gets a shot to be Mets leading man
Email CHICAGO -- The Mets are going with a new leadoff hitter in an attempt to spark their struggling offense. Daniel Murphy was at the top of the order for Sunday's series finale against the Cubs for the first time this year and the fifth time in his career. He has hit second, third, fifth and sixth this season. "Let's see how it goes," manager Terry Collins said. ...
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Small Fla. city wonders who won $590.5 million Powerball jackpot
View Photo Associated Press/Ben Margot - A woman prepares to choose her numbers on a lottery ticket Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Chinatown district in Oakland, Calif. A record Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 ...
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Blue Jays-Yankees finale postponed by rain
The Blue Jays will next visit Yankee Stadium for a three-game set on Aug. 20-22, and both teams have an off-day Aug. 19. (Getty) NEW YORK -- Persistent morning rain washed away the Yankees' finale against the Blue Jays before it even started on Sunday, and no makeup date has been announced. New York won the first two games of the series and will resume its season Monday against the Orioles ...
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Syracuse police investigate shooting of two victims
Syracuse, NY - Syracuse police are investigating a shooting that happened Saturday night on Steuben Street. Two people were shot at about 9:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Steuben St., police said. Their injuries are not life-threatening. The victims are Nestor Carrasquillo, 20, of Syracuse, who was shot in the buttocks; and Vizael Roman, 31, of Syracuse, who was shot in the lower back and left ...
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New York officer accidentally kills victim of home intrusion
People gather near a home that was invaded early Friday morning, in Uniondale, N.Y.. A Hofstra University student was fatally shot during the home invasion by a police officer. (ROBERT ...
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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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