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• New York task force: Overhaul Common Core, uncouple from teacher evaluations, for now

  10-12-2015 23:38
  
  Until the standards are updated and the new system is fully phased in (circa 2019-2020), the state should stop using tests to evaluate teachers, the task force said.
  
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• North Syracuse police seize guns from open shed after answering shots fired call

  10-12-2015 23:24
  
  North Syracuse police said that around 9:30 a.m. officers were called to Chestnut Street near Heritage Park in the village of North Syracuse for a report of gunshots being fired.
  
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• School bus carrying 46 students crashes with car in Oswego County

  10-12-2015 22:14
  
  The crash occurred about 9:07 a.m. on Route 49 in from of A.A. Cole Elementary School.
  
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• State economic aid for Central New York will total $122 million in 2016

  10-12-2015 21:59
  
  The region will get $100 million as a winner of the Upstate Revitalization Initiative.
  
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• Syracuse firm that handles claims for Health Republic lays off another 27 workers

  10-12-2015 21:31
  
  POMCO says more job cuts expected.
  
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• The 10 Biggest YouTube Videos of 2015

  10-12-2015 21:20
  
  That is, for 2015 so far… according to YouTube:
  10. Silentó, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)”
  (uploaded to YouTube on June 25th)
  Total views: 466,185,6359. Sia, “Elastic Heart”
  (uploaded January 7th)
  Total views: 470,383,602 
  8. Fifth Harmony, “Worth It (ft. Kid Ink)”
  (uploaded on March 28th)
  Total views: 482,856,057
   
  7. David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Afrojack, “Hey Mama”
  (uploaded on May 19th)
  Total views: 507,819,139&nbs
  
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• NORAD Santa tracker 2015: How to follow Santa's trip around the world

  10-12-2015 21:00
  
  Santa's Christmas journey is being tracked by NORAD for the 60th year in a row.
  
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• Has anyone been charged in Cicero road rage shooting? Officials won't say

  10-12-2015 21:00
  
  The man who was shot suffered non life-threatening injuries, deputies previously said.
  
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• New Hartford files nuisance suit against Word of Life Church

  10-12-2015 20:37
  
  The town hopes to prohibit any activities and occupancy of the building by the church.
  
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• Judge lets Syracuse investors' lawsuit against accused swindler go forward

  10-12-2015 20:19
  
  U.S. District Judge David Hurd denies request from Gregory Gray and other defendants to throw out lawsuit.
  
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• Syracuse man charged with letting 3 dogs starve to death

  10-12-2015 20:10
  
  Aaron Jordan, 30, was charged with three counts of animal cruelty.
  
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• Lady Gaga’s Ex-Manager: ‘It Is Proven That Freemium Works’

  10-12-2015 19:56
  
  Troy Carter is the head of Atom Factory and a top technology investor and music manager.  He currently counts John Legend and Meghan Trainor among his clients, with Lady Gaga and Eve among his former clients.  His current investment portfolio includes Uber, Dropbox, Lyft, Slack, and Spotify.
  Emily Chang (Bloomberg Host): You were critical in getting the music industry to embrace Spotify.  How did you do that?Troy Carter: The difficult part is, the music industry has been through a
  
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• Preet Bharara drops ominous tweet in midst of Cuomo's $2 billion awards show

  10-12-2015 19:05
  
  The federal prosecutor has made it clear he's looking at state contracting, political contributions and other possible problems in Albany.
  
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• Obama signs No Child Left Behind rewrite shifting power to states

  10-12-2015 18:49
  
  Calling it a "Christmas miracle," President Barack Obama signed a sweeping overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law.
  
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• The girl who gave away a $70,000 car is filling the wish lists of homeless moms

  10-12-2015 18:20
  
  First, 13-year-old Erin Byrnes gave away a $70,000 car she won in an auction. Then she spent the next two months raising money so she could Christmas shop for the mothers and babies of Joseph's House in Syracuse.
  
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• SUNY Oswego manhunt: Ex-boyfriend charged with robbing, threatening student with box cutter

  10-12-2015 18:18
  
  Eric DeBrosse, 21, was charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and first-degree unlawful imprisonment, all felonies.
  
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• DA: Officer justified in shooting Syracuse burglary suspect

  10-12-2015 18:04
  
  A grand jury determined Officer David Craw was justified when he shot Jeremy Jackson, a burglary suspect.
  
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• What are the names of world's first test tube puppies?

  10-12-2015 18:01
  
  All seven were initially named after different colors.
  
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• Man admits killing girlfriend in Cazenovia Labor Day murder case

  10-12-2015 17:56
  
  Stephen Schumedja stabbed his girlfriend, Cazenovia native Amy Bradstreet, to death on Labor Day 2014.
  
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• Central New York a winner in Cuomo's $1.5 billion Upstate revival initiative

  10-12-2015 17:35
  
  Region will receive $500 million in state development aid over the next five years.
  
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• Syracuse schools staff feel helpless in face of threats, violence, union survey says

  10-12-2015 17:32
  
  Around two thirds of those surveyed said they were worried about their safety at work.
  
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• Today's obits: Nicholas Pallotta retired as a career counselor for Liverpool schools in 2010

  10-12-2015 17:11
  
  Pallotta, 62, had also worked at Key Bank, the Landmark Theatre and the Disney Store.
  
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• 3 Syracuse men tried to discard stolen handgun during police chase, records show

  10-12-2015 17:04
  
  The three men threw a loaded, stolen handgun out of a SUV window while being chased by police.
  
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• Quentin Tarantino: "I'm Probably Only Going to Make 10 Movies"

  10-12-2015 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "The next thing I'd like to do is I actually want to do a theatrical adaptation of 'Hateful Eight' because I actually like the idea of other actors having a chance to play my characters and see what happens from that."read more
  
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• Katko wants national park at Fort Ontario, Safe Haven in Oswego

  10-12-2015 16:52
  
  Legislation in Congress would make Oswego historic site part of National Park Service, boost tourism.
  
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• Mohawk flute player to perform at Onondaga Nation craft show

  10-12-2015 16:14
  
  The Onondaga Nation School's annual From the Earth Arts & Crafts Festival will be held Saturday.
  
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• Syracuse hospital's losses hurt parent company's bottom line

  10-12-2015 15:54
  
  Operating income drops more than 50 percent at Trinity Health.
  
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• Restaurant inspections by the Onondaga County Health Department from Nov. 22 to 28

  10-12-2015 15:15
  
  Restaurant inspections from November 22 to 28
  
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• Today's obits: John M. Whalen graduated from Mexico high school in 2012

  10-12-2015 15:11
  
  Whalen, 21, was a resident of Palermo.
  
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• Syracuse traffic alert: McBride Street ramp to I-690 east closed for construction

  10-12-2015 13:37
  
  The McBride Street ramp is closed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
  
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• Mexico home badly burned in fire; 1 forced from home

  10-12-2015 13:09
  
  A home at 287 George Road in Mexico was damaged in a fire Wednesday night.
  
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• Today's obits: P. Timothy Hughes graduated from Cazenovia High School in 1995

  10-12-2015 13:07
  
  Hughes, 39, was a talented woodworker who founded Cazenovia Cut Block.
  
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• Record warmth possible in Central NY this weekend

  10-12-2015 13:06
  
  High temperatures will push towards 60 degrees on Sunday in the wake of a warm front.
  
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• Texas woman arrested for having sex 'hundreds of times' with teen nephew, police say

  10-12-2015 09:00
  
  Peggy Phillips, 43, of Deer Park and formerly of Pasadena, Texas, was charged with sexual assault of a child, the Houston Chronicle reported.
  
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• NY ex-police chief charged in beating of man who stole cop's porn, sex toys from SUV

  10-12-2015 07:20
  
  Former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke also threatened to kill the suspect with a heroin overdose and "went out of control," prosecutors say.
  
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• Two Syracuse men charged with January armed robbery of Camillus gas station

  10-12-2015 05:57
  
  Police said that on Jan. 11 Thomas J. Devine Jr. and Michael T. Winslow robbed the Sunoco gas station at 3771 Milton Ave. in Camillus.
  
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• Winning New York Lottery numbers for Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015

  10-12-2015 05:50
  
  These numbers were drawn Wednesday.
  
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• Oswego County man killed after vehicle crashes with tractor-trailer

  10-12-2015 05:19
  
  The crash occurred about 5:07 p.m. on state Route 104 between Interstate 81 and U.S. Route 11 in the town of Parish.
  
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• Cops arrest man accused of holding SUNY Oswego student at knife point for hours

  10-12-2015 04:36
  
  University Police officers found and arrested Eric DeBrose in the city of Oswego after receiving a tip from a citizen. Charges against DeBrose are pending.
  
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• Scott Weiland’s Lethal Cocktail: Cocaine, Weed, Ziprasidone, Ambien, Xanax, Viagra…

  10-12-2015 04:33
  
  Scott Weiland was a talented and charismatic performer, and a major figure in 90s grunge.  But he was also a junkie to the bitter end: according to details from a police search warrant now released, Weiland’s dead body was surrounded by a medley of cocaine, weed, Ziprasidone, sleeping pills, Xanax, Buprenorphine, and Viagra, any or all of which formed the chemistry of a lethal death cocktail.
  The large variety of drugs were found in plastic bags and bottles, strewn about th
  
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• Busing, superintendent's contract draw dozens to Syracuse school board meeting

  10-12-2015 04:31
  
  Dozens spoke in support of the superintendent. A dozen more came to say 1.5 miles is still too far for students to walk to school.
  
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• Pro-gun groups move 'mock mass shooting' off of University of Texas campus

  10-12-2015 03:51
  
  Two pro-gun groups planned to show why gun-free zones need to be lifted in America.
  
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• The Popularity of Music Magazines, 2004-Present

  10-12-2015 03:16
  
   
  From Google’s beta-stage measurement analysis of topics, designed to accurately measure overall interest in broader topic areas, not just one specific search term.  In this case, music magazines represent a definable category bucket.
  Results are relative to previous interest, but Google doesn’t offer absolute search volumes.
  (Pictured on the cover of this story is the Rolling Stone edition featuring Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev).
   
  Join the DMN info-brigade! &nbs
  
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• Update: Missing Salina girl has been found safe, alert canceled

  10-12-2015 03:00
  
  The missing child alert for Cathlyne Osorio was canceled Wednesday evening.
  
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• Cops: Drug-smuggling woman headed for Oswego had cocaine in trunk, glove box

  10-12-2015 01:15
  
  Kayla N. Dagostino was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.
  
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