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  • Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC

    A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...

  • Cuomos tax-free zone proposal stirring interest

    Business at a glance: Governor's plan to create tax-free zones at SUNY campuses has already got business and political leaders dreaming up ways to take advantage of ...

  • Veterans Watchfire to be kindled Sunday in Geddes

    File photo Mike Greenlar|mgreenlar@syracuse.com Geddes, NY - Wooden pallets lie ready in a State Fairgrounds parking lot to fuel the annual Veteran's Memorial Watchfire on Sunday ...

  • Company news Amy Szczesniak appointed director of the office of patient experience

    . Most recently a clinical nurse specialist, Szczesniak has worked at St. Joseph's for nearly 15 years. She has a bachelor's of science degree in nursing from Russell Sage, and a master of science in nursing from Keuka College. ...

  • Local credit unions raise money for Oklahoma tornado victims

    A bank vault turned out to be a good place to take shelter for 22 employees and members of a credit union in Moore, Okla. on Tuesday when a tornado devastated the city. During the storm 14 employees and eight members took cover in the vault at Tinker Federal Credit Union. The vault was the only part of the credit union still standing after the storm. The credit union posted photos of the ...


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Movie Review

Fritz the Cat [DVD]

Fritz the Cat [DVD]

For his first film, writer/director Ralph Bakshi decided to do what no one else had ever tried before: Create a feature-length adult cartoon. Bakshi, an animation wunderkind who was already a 10-year veteran of the Terrytoons animation studio when he was in his early 30s, teamed up with producer Steve Krantz and raised almost $1 million for the production. The result was Fritz the Cat, a f ... ...

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  • Driver abducted bound during LI carjacking

    FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island are looking for five gunmen who robbed a driver, then bound him and drove around with him in the trunk before releasing ...

  • Search of Hudson River to resume for missing man

    RENSSELAER, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say police divers will be back in the Hudson River to resume the search for a man who went into the water while fishing from an Albany-area ...

  • QA NY education commissioner on new curriculum standards

    John King Jr., New York education commissioner, says the Common Core curriculum is an important nationwide effort to prepare students for college and career ...

  • McCormick faces investors at TrustCo annual meeting

    Robert McCormick, CEO of TrustCo Bank Corp NY had compensation totalling $2 million in 2012. TrustCo Bank Corp NY CEO Robert McCormick told shareholders at the Glenville, NY companys annual meeting that the answer to a sagging stock price is to buy more. McCormick, 50, said he understands that the stock (Nasdaq: TRST) is not where shareholders would like it to be. It closed May 23 at $5.60 a ...

  • Frontier Communications moves 27 jobs from NY to Texas

    Frontier Communications is pulling 27 union jobs out of its Gloversville, NY operations center and moving them to Allen, Texas. The telecommunications company, which employs 2,300 people in New York state, is searching for ways to operate more efficiently, according to ...

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