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Feds shut down 26 intercity bus companies for safety violations
The unprecedented motorcoach safety crackdown primarily targeted bus companies operating along the East Coast's I-95, where crashes last spring left several people dead and dozens injured.
Polls on gay marriage not yet reflected in votes
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Held Promoted from Interim Director to Permanent Director at USC
USC The Business College, with locations in Utica, Canastota and Oneonta, recently announced that Jeff Held was appointed Director for the Oneonta Campus branch of the college.A Held, who had served in the capacity of Interim Director, is eminently qualified for the position said President Philip Williams.A "He has been an integral part of our ... (more)
Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
Syracuse vs. Florida, Womens Lacrosse Final Four: Who's Going?
The Syracuse Orange lacrosse team will play in their third Final Four in five years Friday when they take on the No.
Spelling's widow sues Md. auction house over dolls
The widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling is suing a Maryland auction house that sold part of her extensive collection of antique dolls, claiming it owes her money and failed to return unsold items.
Right from the start of his administration, he's used the wrong tactics, the wrong strategies and the wrong sequences if he had any intention of actually elevating New York's public education system and giving especially stressed urban and rural school districts a much-needed boost.
Is it the End of Subsidies for Green Buildings?
Early in the green revolution, states, cities, and the federal government enacted tax incentives to promote sustainable construction.
50 Foods that CNN Thinks Are More American than Chicken Riggies and Half Moons
If there's one thing Central New Yorkers are proud of, it's our food. A Chicken Riggies, Utica Greens and Half Moons are regional fare that we boast about to anyone who will listen.
Union College hosts a milestone for 'Taps'
It is the solemn 24-note military bugle call that launched a thousand handkerchiefs and became an American musical icon.
Police Bust 14 In Queens, Brooklyn Auto Theft Ring
The New York City Police Department and the Attorney General's office announced the arrest of 14 individuals in a luxury SUV car theft ring, where Toyotas, Lexuses and Acuras were shipped as far as Africa.
NY authorities: Ring 'stalked' luxury car owners
Authorities say a car theft ring "stalked" New York City residents who drove Lexus SUVs and other mint-condition luxury vehicles so it could steal the cars and fill orders from clients in northwest Africa.
Mario Batali a hungry chef on food stamp challenge
In this Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010 file photo, celebrity chef Mario Batali and wife Susi Cahn attend 'The Gentleman's Ball' hosted by GQ Magazine at the Edison Ballroom, in New York.
Cornell's High-Stakes Commission
In fact, it is a quiet high-rise village of 12,000 people in the middle of the East River, known mostly as the resting place of beer cans tossed from the Queensboro Bridge.
Cornell Thinks Big as Well as Bold for Roosevelt Island Campus
In case Cornell's plan to build a high-tech research center on Roosevelt Island left any doubt about the rural university's urban ambitions, the selection of Thom Mayne and his Los Angelesbased firm Morphosis to design the campus' anchor building makes it clear that the school's thinking is bold as well as big.
Morning Briefing: May 10, 2012
President Obama said he is not upset at Vice President Biden for saying, a bit prematurely, that he was "comfortable" with same-sex marriages because Obama had already decided to back marriage equality.
Which States Have the Most Economic Mobility?
Americans love economic mobility. It's kind of a founding myth for us: We see ourselves as having broken free from rigid, aristocratic Europe to form a meritocracy that guaranteed a chance to move up in the world.
Pet Food Realled for Salmonella Contamination
A recall has been issued for several brands of Diamond Pet Foods for fears of salmonella contamination.
9/11 victims' families watch terror hearing
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Relatives of 9/11 victims arriving at Fort Hamilton to watch plotters' arraignment
Nearly 11 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, family members of some of the victims will watch via closed-circuit TV on Saturday as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks and four co-defendants are arraigned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
School Bake Sales Draw Fire In Obesity Battle
Moms and their kids protest a proposed ban on homemade food at bake sales in New York City schools at a rally near City Hall in 2010.