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  • Ankiel making an impact early in Mets tenure

    Email NEW YORK -- This was a new beginning for Rick Ankiel. A chance to start over with a new team after getting off to a rough start to the season with the Houston Astros. In nine games with the Mets, Ankiel has brought some offensive stability to a lineup struggling to string hits together and put runs on the board. "It's a new opportunity, and it's exciting," Ankiel said. ...

  • Bidding for first win Hefner has Braves on docket

    Jeremy Hefner's next attempt at his first win of the season does not figure to be any easier than the previous eight starts. Hefner, 0-5 this year with a 5.00 ERA in nine games (eight starts), will give it another go on Friday against the Braves. It's his first time facing first-place Atlanta this year. The Mets are 0-8 in Hefner's starts this season, and 7-14 in his 21 career ...

  • Capital defender requested in NY rape murder

    Assistant Federal Public Defender Randi Bianco has asked Judge Norman Mordue to also appoint William Easton to defend 29-year-old David Renz. Authorities allege Renz, who already faced federal child-pornography charges, carjacked a woman and her daughter at a mall in a Syracuse suburb, raped the girl and killed her mother on March 14. He cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet ...

  • Tawdry tweet dogs Weiner’s campaign for New York City mayor

    NEW YORK -- In running for mayor, Anthony Weiner is seeking to get past the tawdry-tweeter punch line that has dogged him since his congressional career imploded two years ago. And while he's facing an uphill sprint, his campaign could help his long-term prospects even if he loses, some experts ...

  • Your Comments on the future of Interstate 81 Remove the eyesore Keep the highway

    Residents look at displays during the I-81 Challenge open house Tuesday at Oncenter. The two leading options for the highway's future in downtown Syracuse are to rebuild it as an elevated highway or replace it with a street-level ...


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Videodrome [DVD]

Videodrome [DVD]

Writer/director David Cronenberg may be many things, but above all he is ambitiouswildly, exhilarating, sometimes frustratingly ambitious. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he built his career on a series of horror and science fiction thrillers that many tried to dismiss as simple sleaze la ... ...

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  • Oswego County man dies in pickup truck crash

    Constantia, NY -- A Pennellville man was killed in a crash that occurred around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in the town of Constantia. Ronald W. Morgan, 41, was driving a 2000 Ford F-150 on county Route 23, New York State Police said. Morgan's pickup truck was found by the Constantia fire chief off the west shoulder of the road. The vehicle was overturned and partially submerged in Scriba Creek, ...

  • Your comments on C-NS school budget vote Tax increase was poor judgement

    Readers react to the failed budget proposal from North Syracuse Central School District. C-NS was the only district of 17 in Onondaga Country to not pass its proposed ...

  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect across all of Central New York

    Very isolated and strong thunderstorms continued over Central New York early this evening. Strong storms continue north of Syracuse through Oneida County. So far today, the worst weather in New York State has been in the eastern part of the state. Severe thunderstorms rattled the counties from near Binghamton northeast to Albany. Schenectady had flooding rain. The video to the right shows the ...

  • Onondaga Co. Health beware mosquitoes and ticks

    Syracuse, N.Y. -- The state Health Department is reminding people to take precautions to prevent diseases spread by mosquitoes and ticks. Central New York is traditionally a hot spot for eastern equine encephalitis -- EEE for short, a mosquito-borne virus. West Nile virus, also carried by mosquitoes, is found across the state. Both viruses can cause serious illness and death. Three people in ...

  • Fast and cheap for cops and nurses -- New York eats it up

    This is not the place if you are dieting, looking for romantic intimacy or elitist dining. It is, however, a place for inexpensive ribs. Foodies in New York City crave Per Se, Nobu and Daniel where dinner for two can set you back $250 to $300. But for working-class and middle-class New Yorkers, one popular and growing chain of restaurants is more affordable: Dallas BBQ. Dallas BBQ recently ...

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