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• PETA sues photographer to give monkey copyright of selfie photos

  23-09-2015 23:49
  
  PETA filed a lawsuit on Tuesday that says a macaque monkey who took a selfie that appears in a photographer's book should have ownership of photo.
  
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• Syracuse native works on meal for the homeless that Pope Francis will bless

  23-09-2015 23:38
  
  Scott Lewis, a Catholic Charities official in Washington, D.C., is coordinating a lunch for homeless people that Pope Francis will bless.
  
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• Police: Brothers steal bag of meat after using hedge trimmers to break into Syracuse home

  23-09-2015 23:06
  
  Police say Jobany Colon-Ortiz broke into a Syracuse home while his brother, Waldemar Colon-Ortiz, waited with a getaway car.
  
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• Pennsylvania reporter working story finds 2 missing boys hiding under blueberry bush

  23-09-2015 22:33
  
  Centre Daily Times reporter Shawn Annarelli says the brothers, age 7 and 9, were supposed to board a bus to their charter school Tuesday morning but didn't.
  
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• DA slams 3 acquitted deputies: They billed taxpayers to relax, eat and watch TV

  23-09-2015 21:45
  
  District Attorney William Fitzpatrick defends office's prosecution of three deputies who were acquitted of billing Centro for hours they didn't ride aboard buses.
  
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• Burned Chittenango studio owners vow to 'just dance'

  23-09-2015 21:29
  
  After a blaze ripped through a family-owned dance studio Tuesday night, family looks to the future
  
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• Canadian teens send cops Facebook invite to party; officers arrive with snacks

  23-09-2015 21:24
  
  The college students didn't think the cops would actually show -- until they actually did.
  
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• iPhone 6S sold out online; Destiny USA leaving doors open for Apple fans lining up

  23-09-2015 21:22
  
  Apple expects to break last year's record of 10 million new iPhones sold in a weekend.
  
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• Vintage photos of festivals, huge pumpkins, princesses and pie eating contest to welcome autumn

  23-09-2015 21:03
  
  Autumn welcomes many cool weather activities for families in Central New York. This vintage photo gallery, featuring photos from the 1980s, is a reminder of festivals, pumpkins picking, playing in the leaves, pie eating contest and much more. Autumn begins...
  
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• Will Planned Parenthood vote cost Rep. John Katko women's support?

  23-09-2015 20:32
  
  Katko's approval rating with women reached an all-time high last week before vote to defund Planned Parenthood.
  
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• At new CNY film hub, Tom Berenger fears technology will replace actors with holograms

  23-09-2015 20:29
  
  'American Dresser' wraps up filming this week in the Syracuse area
  
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• At new CNY film hub, Berenger fears new technology will replace actors with unpaid holograms

  23-09-2015 20:29
  
  'American Dresser' wraps up filming this week in the Syracuse area
  
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• North West Fire District seeks to build new fire station; vote too close to call

  23-09-2015 20:25
  
  The North West Fire District put up two propositions to residents on Tuesday.
  
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• 17 Outrageously Fun Facts About the Song ‘Happy Birthday’!

  23-09-2015 20:14
  
  1. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, “Happy Birthday to You” is the most-recognized and popular song in the English language, followed by “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow”.
  2. “Happy Birthday to You” is often categorized as a secular folk song, passed down through oral rendition between generations.  But unlike most folk songs, “Happy Birthday to You” has a known origin and is sung into adulthood.
  3. Many scholars
  
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• Buyers may turn Stella Maris Retreat in Skaneateles into library, education center

  23-09-2015 19:45
  
  Peter and Elsa Soderberg say they want to turn part of the sprawling retreat into the new home of Skaneateles Library.
  
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• NTSB: Colgate student in plane crash knew plane, had right license, made no distress call

  23-09-2015 19:40
  
  Freshman had flown 2.9 hours in the plane and had logged a total of 130 hours piloting.
  
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• Police trashed Syracuse shop and falsely linked it to 'Spike' arrest, owner says

  23-09-2015 18:44
  
  A Syracuse shop owner alleges police misled the public and caused huge damages when officers failed to find synthetic marijuana in his store.
  
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• Dad: My son was killed by his boyfriend during 'stupidest fight over $10'

  23-09-2015 18:44
  
  David Davis was sentenced to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison.
  
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• I Didn’t Want My Music on Spotify. So I Sued to Get It Off.

  23-09-2015 18:27
  
  What if your music is on Spotify, and you don’t want it to be there?  Even worse, what if your label refuses to take it down?
  That was the situation in front of Swedish punk drummer Johan Johansson, who decided to litigate against his label for distributing his music to Spotify without his permission.  According to the civil action, Johansson’s label, MNW, owned the rights to masters from his previous bands KSMB and John Lenin, but lacked the contractual rights to distribu
  
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• Lasting friendships, favors helped bring Al Gore, Jim Brown to WILC 2015

  23-09-2015 18:12
  
  Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper Oren Lyons invited former Vice President Al Gore and Jim Brown, a NFL legend, to be part of 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship and both graciously accepted.
  
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• Judge blasts Centro for 'misunderstanding' in cleared deputies' timesheets debacle

  23-09-2015 18:05
  
  Judge Thomas J. Miller took Centro to task for botching the response to deputies who were paid to provide security for the bus company.
  
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• Owner rejects cash offer for Skaneateles drug castle

  23-09-2015 17:58
  
  The offer arrived in August, just days before a planned auction.
  
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• Three Onondaga County sheriff's deputies found not guilty in timesheets case

  23-09-2015 17:12
  
  Deputies Withro "Herb" Wiggins Jr., George Buckton and Sgt. Crayg Dykes were charged with submitting pay vouchers for work they didn't do.
  
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• Canastota man charged after claiming he put bombs in police cars

  23-09-2015 16:48
  
  No bombs were found after the police cars were searched, according to police.
  
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• Rep. John Katko asks fellow Republicans to avoid a government shutdown

  23-09-2015 16:20
  
  Katko among 11 GOP House freshmen imploring colleagues to approve short-term funding bill.
  
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• Cousin of 1994 kidnapping victim Heidi Allen explains silence over mysteriously returned bracelet

  23-09-2015 16:15
  
  Melissa Adams says she was worried about her family's reaction to the news becauseGary Thibodeau had already been convicted.
  
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• Pope Francis: 300 CNY Catholics abandon bus trip to Philly due to security rules

  23-09-2015 15:43
  
  Bus riders will to walk four miles each way
  
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• Syracuse gets $300,000 federal grant to combat gun and gang violence

  23-09-2015 15:34
  
  It's the second grant in two years to fund Syracuse Truce, in which police and community service work to reduce gang violence.
  
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• Syracuse councilors prepare for more litigation in computer tiff with mayor

  23-09-2015 15:02
  
  Their first lawsuit failed because they did not vote to authorize it.
  
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• Onondaga County's No. 3 most wanted fugitive arrested after police chase in Puerto Rico

  23-09-2015 14:40
  
  Onondaga County's No. 3 most wanted fugitive, 52-year-old Edgardo Alvarado, arrested after a police chase in Puerto Rico.
  
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• Colgate University student piloting in fatal crash should not have had passenger

  23-09-2015 14:12
  
  Cathryn "Carey" Depuy, who along with another Colgate University freshman, was killed Sunday in a plane crash, wasn't allowed to carry passengers under FAA rules.
  
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• Colgate University student in fatal small plane crash had gotten pilot license

  23-09-2015 14:12
  
  The upstate New York college student who was piloting a small plane that crashed, killing her and a classmate, was flying with a pilot license and qualified to carry a passenger, according to federal aviation authorities.
  
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• Syracuse decision to pull Kiss Cam over sex assault concerns sparks national debate

  23-09-2015 13:21
  
  Fox News asked: "Good idea or political correctness run amuck?"
  
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• Today's obits: Ke'Ara A. Rowser attended Nottingham High School, worked at Burger King

  23-09-2015 12:30
  
  Rowser, 17, died Friday at Golisano Children's Hospital.
  
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• Syracuse councilor: Force city contractors to hire city residents

  23-09-2015 11:49
  
  Councilor Khalid Bey is working with the Urban Jobs Task Force on a local hiring law.
  
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• Sick of All Male EDM Lineups? Try Decibel Festival

  23-09-2015 10:57
  
  Seattle’s Decibel Festival was my favorite musical event of 2014. The festival books an impressive range of electronic musicians and visual artists. Into deep house? Techno? Noise? There’s something for you at Decibel.
  The organizers go out of their way to avoid booking an entire lineup of white dudes, which is usually the norm at electronic festivals.
  Last year Decibel’s lineup was 18.1 percent female, one of the highest in the industry. This year’s festival lineup
  
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• Cops: Man robs East Syracuse candy store to buy heroin, uses drug around nephew

  23-09-2015 06:17
  
  Around 3:19 p.m. officers responded to the Hercules Candy Company at 209 Heman St. in the village of East Syracuse for a report of a robbery.
  
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• Winning New York Lottery numbers for Tuesday, September 22, 2015

  23-09-2015 05:50
  
  These numbers were drawn Tuesday.
  
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• Multiple fire departments respond to blaze in Madison County

  23-09-2015 05:25
  
  The fire was reported around 10:14 p.m. Tuesday at 279 Genesee St. in Chittenango, Madison County 911 said.
  
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• Pope Francis arrives in United States, denies he is a leftist

  23-09-2015 04:15
  
  During his six-day, three-city visit to the U.S., the pope will meet with the president andaddress Congress
  
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• 'Scream Queens' Co-Creator on the Premiere: "Everyone Is a Suspect"

  23-09-2015 04:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Brad Falchuk talks with THR about the Fox horror comedy anthology and previews what to expect going forward. read more
  
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• Federal Judge Rules that ‘Happy Birthday’ Is Now Public Domain

  23-09-2015 03:26
  
  The biggest song in the English-speaking world is now free from copyright, thanks to a judge’s ruling issued Tuesday evening.  In a summary judgment ruling, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California George H. King dismantled Warner/Chappell Music’s argument that it had legally acquired the copyright to the lyrics to ‘Happy Birthday’ through a long, byzantine series of transfers.
  The decision means that ‘Happy Birthday&rsquo
  
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• Breaking: Federal Judge Rules that ‘Happy Birthday’ Is Public Domain

  23-09-2015 03:26
  
  The biggest song in the English-speaking world is now free from copyright, thanks to a judge’s ruling issued Tuesday evening.  In a summary judgment ruling, U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California George H. King dismantled Warner/Chappell’s argument that it had legally acquired the copyright to the lyrics to ‘Happy Birthday’ through Summy Co.  The decision means that ‘Happy Birthday’ is now in the public d
  
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• Susan Sarandon Exits Epix Scripted Comedy 'Graves' (Exclusive)

  23-09-2015 03:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  The comedy was poised to be the Oscar winner's first TV series regular role.read more
  
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• "Happy Birthday" Copyright Ruled to Be Invalid

  23-09-2015 02:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  A judge grants summary judgment to a filmmaker challenging Warner/Chappell's copyright to a song more than a century old.read more
  
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• Sheriff: Lawyers can keep underwire bras on while entering Maine jail

  23-09-2015 02:12
  
  Jail workers went too far in telling female lawyers they'd have to remove their bras if they wanted to meet with clients.
  
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• 2 people injured in fatal Cicero crash remain in hospital

  23-09-2015 01:13
  
  Oan Yos and Sok Ung were injured when the van they were in was hit by a tractor-trailer. Vann Ny was killed.
  
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• Florida deputy shot, killed while issuing domestic violence injuction

  23-09-2015 00:46
  
  A gunman fatally shot a sheriff's deputy outside a lawyer's office Tuesday and then barricaded himself inside a motel, where he exchanged gunfire with other deputies and was killed, authorities said.
  
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• 'Goodfellas' Producer Sues Warner Bros. Over Lack of Any Profits

  23-09-2015 00:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  This was "studio accounting" on steroids, says a lawsuit from Irwin Winkler.read more
  
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• 14 Assholes You See At Every Concert

  23-09-2015 00:23
  
   
  1) The “Free Bird” dude.
  Funny! I bet you’re great in bed.
  2) The Beer Spiller
  Do the crowd a favor, don’t send the drunk guy to refill everyone. And if you’re buying drinks for more than the number of hands you possess, bring a friend. It’s not chivalrous to carry three beers for your ladies, it’s a sure fire way to get another lady to slap you when you spill one all over her back.
  3) The Crop Duster
  For everything that is holy, no beans, ch
  
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