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Talk of lies pride as Trump case goes to jury

As a jury deliberates whether Jodi Arias should live or die for killing her one-time boyfriend, the convicted murderer says she deserves a chance at freedom ...
Finale against Reds slips past Mets in ninth

CIN@NYM: Ankiel's RBI triple draws Mets even late NEW YORK -- On a day when Ike Davis did not come up empty at the plate, his struggles found a new way to surface in Wednesday's 7-4 loss to the Reds. With closer Bobby Parnell attempting to preserve a tie game in the ninth, Davis watched Brandon Phillips' ground ball to first base bounce on the foul line, hop over the bag and ...
CNY Regional Economic Development Council to hold public meeting Thursday in Cortland

The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council and representatives from state agencies will discuss development projects, current initiatives and recent successes at the ...
North Syracuse school board to meet June 3 to make decision on failed budget

Provided graphic North Syracuse, NY -- The North Syracuse Central School District Board of Education will meet on June 3 to deliberate on the next step for the 2013-14 budget. The $144,716,279 budget proposal failed to obtain 60 percent voter approval Tuesday. More than 3,600 votes were cast with 1,989 yes votes and 1,680 no votes. The 54 percent approval received was not enough to pass the ...
Auburn police charge 2 in sexual incident with 14-year-old girl

Kyle J. Phillips, 22, of 11 Orchard Ave., Apartment #2, Auburn, was charged Wednesday with second-degree criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a ...

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The Savages

Like Tamara Jenkins' first feature, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Savages is a pitch-black comedy about the pitfalls of growing up. Slums was a more conventional maturation comedy in that the protagonist was a 14-year-old girl, but Jenkins brings many of the same in ... ...

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Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...
Cuomo Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- High-tech businesses from other states and abroad that move onto or next to college campuses in New York would operate free of all business, property and personal income taxes for 10 years under a proposal released Wednesday by Gov. Andrew ...
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner others ready to hear details of Gov. Andrew Cuomos tax free zones

Syracuse, NY - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is about to arrive at SUNY Upstate University in Syracuse to announce his idea for tax-free zones in and around SUNY campuses. The crowd filing in to the auditorium is eager to hear how a business can be free of all income, sales, property and businesses taxes. The crowd includes Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner. She declined comment until after she has time to ...
Claudio Reyna is 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 ...
Senators bill to block TSA bigs plan to allow small knives on planes

Transportation Security Administration Commissioner John Pistole is poised to lose a knife fight.A new bill introduced today on Capitol Hill by Sen. Chuck Schumer and three other senators would permanently block Pistole’s plan to permit passengers to carry small knives aboard commercial air flights from going into effect.Schumer, joined by New York Sen. Kristen Gillibrand and New Jersey ...

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Moscow safer than New York: Russian minister

Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US.

Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

"We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in the number of residents and police personnel responsible for ensuring security," Kolokoltsev explained.

He claimed that, in some respects, parts of Moscow are even safer than New York, although he did not cite concrete statistics.

Kolokoltsev is in the US for a series of meetings with law enforcement officials on a range of issues from day-to-day crime, to drug trafficking and terrorism, a press release posted on the interior ministry web site Tuesday says.

Kolokoltsev also praised the recent reforms of Russia's police service, highlighting that they built on the New York police's experience, particularly in "the direct responsibility of a commanding officer for his subordinates' actions, including suspension or even dismissal".

In 2011, Russia launched sweeping reforms of the 1.2-million-strong police force, which has long been notorious for corruption and abuse of authority. ...