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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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Intolerable Cruelty is the first Coen Brothers movie that doesnt really feel like a Coen Brothers movie. Most of their signature elements are thereexaggerated characters, witty dialogue, a strangely twisty plotbut it all feels dialed down. That does not, however, mean that Intolerable Cruelty is somehow a bad movie for its lack of Coen authorial presence. In fact, it is a frequently ... ...

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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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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 ...
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 | ...
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 ...
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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Billy Joel and Elton John end dispute at Songwriters Hall of Fame gala

Billy Joel and Elton John have finally ended their two-year long feud at the 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City.

The tension started after an interview in 2011, when John, 66, told Rolling Stone magazine that Joel wasn't getting the necessary help he needed for his alcoholism, Us magazine reported.

The duo, who have toured together seven times over the years, continued to throw small jabs at one another in subsequent interviews.

However, both musicians addressed each other during their time onstage at the Thursday event.

When John accepted the ceremony's top award, the Johnny Mercer Award, he extended an olive branch, saying, "Mr. Joel, I haven't seen you tonight, but I love you dearly."

Later during the ceremony, Joel took the stage and sent a message back to John, assuring him that things were good between them. (ANI)