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Jurors deadlock on death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias retrial set for July...

A new panel likely will be seated to try again to reach a decision on a sentence - unless the prosecutor takes death off the table and agrees to a life sentence. The judge scheduled a retrial for July ...
Fired teacher says meaning lost in translation after calling student Negro

A Bronx teacher says her language lesson was lost in translation when she was fired for calling a student "Negro" - though she claims she was simply using the Spanish word for the color "black" at the time, according to a new lawsuit. The non-tenured junior high instructor, Petrona Smith, 65, was booted from the bilingual PS 211 in March 2012 after a seventh-grader reported ...
Boy Scouts drops ban on openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout ...
Pineda goes five innings in extended spring game

Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda was acquired in a trade with the Mariners on Jan. 23, 2012. (AP) Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda tossed five innings on Thursday at the club's Minor League complex, the Star-Ledger reported. General Manager Brian Cashman told the Star-Ledger that Pineda's velocity was around 93 mph and that Pineda could begin a rehab assignment following his ...
Bloomberg adds 2 Hamptons properties info shows

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has added to his roster of high-end real estate, buying a house and a vacant parcel last year next to a 35-acre estate he already owns in tony Southampton, information released Thursday ...

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Ann Marie Buerkle will be nominated to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle was nominated tonight by Prexident Barack Obama to serve as a Republican commissioner on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Buerkle is shown here in November, conceding the 24th Congressional District election to Dan Maffei at a news conference outside the Federal Building in downtown ...
A change to much cooler weather in Syracuse and a look through Memorial Day Weekend

After 8:00 this evening, the greatest threat for strong thunderstorms will shift to areas well south and east of Syracuse and our weather will begin to cool ...
Stirpe Magnarelli still support Sheldon Silver as New York Assembly speaker

Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. -- Two Syracuse-area state lawmakers say they still support New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who ...
Oswego County firefighters battle apartment fire in Granby

Granby, NY -- Oswego County firefighters are battling a large apartment fire on county Route 8 west of Fulton. There were no reported injuries in the 5 p.m. fire near 1592 county Route 8, between Somers Road and Ceder Wood Drive, a 911 dispatcher said. No one was believed to be inside the three-apartment building. The fire was still raging at 5:20 ...
Portion of South Warren Street in Syracuse will close for most of Friday

Syracuse, NY - South Warren Street between East Fayette and East Washington streets will be closed from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday, according to a traffic advisory sent out by the city. The portion of street will be closed due to construction in the area. South Warren Street is expected to reopen at 6 ...

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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. ...