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Lawyer NY man at center of HIV scare not positive
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The attorney for a New York man imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s says his client doesn't have the ...
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Health care costs now exceed grocery bill for typical U.S. family report shows
Syracuse, N.Y. -- The cost of medical care now exceeds the cost of groceries for the typical American family with employer-sponsored health insurance ...
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4Q profits rise at Columbus McKinnon
Columbus McKinnon Corp. closed its 2012 fiscal year with a significant jump in profits, citing a tax change as well as improved productivity. Net income for the 2012 fourth quarter rose to $52.0 million, or $2.67 per share, up from $8.9 million, or 47 cents per share, a jump of 478.3 percent. Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ: CMCO) said the results include an income tax benefit of $40.2 million. Sales ...
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Cicadageddon escalates as insects emerge on Staten Island New York – video
Millions of cicadas are emerging across the US east coast for the first time in 17 years. The Guardian traveled to the New York City borough of Staten Island where Adam Gabbatt found cicadas and their exoskeletons littering the area as the insects prepare to mate -and then ...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomos SUNY tax-free zones blasted by Empire Center CSEA
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced his plan to establish tax-free zones on and around college campuses. A pro-business think tank and a labor union don't like the ...
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Company news Scott L. Harris named vice presidentrelationship manager for KeyBank
has been named vice president/relationship manager for KeyBank's Central New York district. Prior to joining Key, Harris was a wealth planning advisor for Sagemark Consulting/Lincoln Financial Advisors and was a select member of Sagemark Private Wealth Services. Harris earned a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College. He is FINRA Series 6 and 63 securities registered and holds life, ...
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Hofstra home invader won praise from state parole panel before 2011 release
UNIONDALE - The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison.Newsday, citing a transcript of the hearing, says Dalton Smith of Hempstead was released after completing nine years of his 10-year sentence for armed robbery. The panel praised him for completing a program to curb ...
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Cicadas spotted in NJ
TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey's invasion of cicadas has started in the wake of two days of warm weather.The insects have started to emerge from the soil in droves for the first time in 17 years and that could make for a noisy and buggy Memorial Day holiday weekend cookout.They've been spotted in Tenafly, Wayne, Colonia, Fanwood, Mendham and Montclair.Rutgers University entomologist George ...
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Upstate NY man pleads guilty in wifes suicide
QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (AP) -- An upstate New York man who bought the shotgun his wife used to commit suicide has pleaded guilty to a manslaughter ...
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LIs North Fork angry over helicopter noise
The Southold Town Board this week passed a resolution calling the airport's flight management plan "unacceptable discrimination" against the North Fork. It called for curfews at East Hampton Airport on evenings and ...
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Paper Battery Co. of Troy wins Silicon Valley hot 50 tech startup honor
The Paper Battery Co., a Troy, NY startup developing a paper-thin energy technology, has been named to a Silicon Valley list for the 50 hottest early-stage tech companies. ...
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Former chef and owner of Siros is opening new Saratoga restaurant
Tom Dillon , the former owner of Siro's trackside restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY will open a new restaurant in the city. Dillon is leasing the former Big Apple Restaurant on Route 9, which has sat ...
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India might be Americas next big trade problem
India is America's 11th-largest trading partner, but U.S. manufacturers are concerned that India is now favoring its own companies over foreign ...
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NY Minute Cuomos tax-free zones to headline talks around the state today
A hundred people show up at meeting critical of Cuomo's deal with the Oneida Indian Nation; state Democrats tell Vito Lopez to step down from party post; and Syracuse Mayor Miner and Cuomo meet ...
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Syracuse police investigate early morning stabbing
Durrill Young, 36, told officers he was approached by three men from behind who stabbed him. Police didn't find a crime scene and said Young gave detectives conflicting ...
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Syracuse police investigate double shooting
Daquan Dowdell and Nakim Whorely were taken to Upstate University Hospital after they were shot in a drive by shooting on the 900 block of South Avenue, police ...
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Fired family member to show at Servo company meeting
Things could be tense Friday afternoon at the downtown offices of Jaeckle, Fleischmann and Mugel LLP, where the Servotronics Inc. annual shareholders meeting will be held. That's because Nicholas Trbovich Jr., the company's former president and chief operating office, will be present. That gathering will also likely including Trbovich Jr.'s father the company's founder, board ...
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A sneak peek into Tribeca peeping photographer’s apartment
The Post yesterday turned the tables on a sneaky photographer who snapped pictures of his unwitting neighbors in Tribeca - by pointing a camera at his own windows."It would be funny if we ...
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Report Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony Has Partial Tear In Shoulder
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony has a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder that may require surgery if it doesn’t heal on its own, according to the New York Daily News. An MRI revealed the tear, the Daily News reported. The team previously announced ...
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Union blasts FDNY for underreporting response time
Union head Steve Cassidy on Wednesday blasted the agency for not releasing to the public information that tracks emergency response calls from the moment a 911 call is answered by an ...
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Cuomo cabinet pushing his tax-free NY proposal
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet are hitting the road to push his proposal to create tax-free zones for businesses that set up shop on or near public college campuses in New ...
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Small band of Sound Garden supporters sits mutely through Syracuse council session
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - They did not "flood city council chambers'' as planned, but roughly a dozen fans of The Sound Garden attended Wednesday's session of the Syracuse Common Council to support the popular record store's quest for relief from the city's secondhand dealer law. Led by David Andrew Gay, a candidate for city council, the group sat quietly ...
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Todays obituaries Jack A. Barwind worked at Syracuse University from 1985 to 2001
Jack A. Barwind, 70, died May 16, 2013. He was a well known educator, administrator, scholar, and consultant. Jack began his career in 1969 as an assistant professor and director of graduate studies at Cornell University's School of Communication Arts. He also worked at Montana State University and in 1985 joined Syracuse University as area director of the speech communication department in ...
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Claudio Reyna named director of football at New York City Football Club
Manchester City and United States international midfielder Claudio Reyna was named as the first director of football for new Major League Soccer (MLS) team New York City Football Club, the team confirmed yesterday. The new club, which will start playing in 2015, was announced on ...
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Anthony Weiner hides from the tough questions and serves up pizza for reporters
Andrea Peyser Shame-faced, prickly and evasive, Anthony Weiner stayed in hiding yesterday, the day he announced he’s running for mayor. But the disgraced ex-congressman materialized on the telephone - so terrified of talking to me, a known pussycat, that he refused to speak unless another reporter was on the line to deflect hard questions. Nice try. Weiner camped out inside his Park Avenue ...
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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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