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• Syracuse's Catholic bishop to celebrate Christmas Mass downtown

  21-12-2015 23:58
  
  Bishop Robert Cunningham to preside over midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and morning Mass on Christmas at downtown cathedral.
  
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• 55% of Americans Prefer Their Music through Computer Speakers

  21-12-2015 23:55
  
  If you care about sound quality, the following will be a depressing read.
  According to a survey conducted by Strategy Analytics, built-in computer speakers are now the most common way to listen to music, by a sizable margin.  In the study, laptop and desktop speakers overwhelmingly topped the list of frequently-used listening methods, with 55% picking the category.
  Headphones connected to a portable device followed with 41% of respondents, alongside stand-alone radio, also with 41%. 
  
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• Got some time? CNY groups looking for volunteers

  21-12-2015 23:26
  
  Have a little extra time for a good cause? Many Central New York non-profit agencies and groups are looking for some volunteers to help them out this holiday season. The United of Central New York, through VolunteerCNY.org, works to connect...
  
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• NFL Drama 'Concussion' Has Already Been Screened for "a Few Hundred" Players

  21-12-2015 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "This was something our union was definitely going to recommend," says top NFL Players Association executive George Atallah.read more
  
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• Ithaca man charged with possessing heroin, coke, marijuana in his apartment

  21-12-2015 23:19
  
  William Prescott, 55, is arrested after Ithaca police execute a search warrant and find the drugs.
  
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• Viacom Chief Ordered to Testify About Sumner Redstone's Mental Capacity

  21-12-2015 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  At least for now, a judge won't grant a request that a doctor examine Sumner Redstone.read more
  
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• The most popular baby names of 2015, according to Nameberry

  21-12-2015 22:57
  
  Find out what the hottest baby names for boys and girls were in 2015.
  
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• Reese Witherspoon Sells Divorce Drama to ABC

  21-12-2015 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  'Fear the Walking Dead' writer Meaghan Oppenheimer will pen the script for 'Please Don't Go.'read more
  
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• Passengers stuck on Sky Tower at SeaWorld Orlando; rescuers working to remove guests

  21-12-2015 21:45
  
  The park announced Monday that they're working closely with Orange County Fire Rescue.
  
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• Fayetteville Dunkin' Donuts opens tomorrow

  21-12-2015 21:39
  
  The former Friendly's restaurant has been converted into the coffee shop.
  
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• 'Star Wars': Why the Climactic Moment of 'The Force Awakens' Works (Spoilers)

  21-12-2015 21:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sorry, fans: the movie needed that ending to be the best 'Star Wars' it could be.read more
  
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• Search for 'affluenza' teen Ethan Couch heats up as authorities receive several leads

  21-12-2015 21:14
  
  Authorities say they've received hundreds of leads in their search for Ethan Couch and his mother.
  
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• Family says OnStar refused to help Upstate NY man, 89, with emergency call

  21-12-2015 21:08
  
  At one point the elderly man ended up in Syracuse while driving around.
  
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• Missing woman found safely in Syracuse

  21-12-2015 20:56
  
  Sandra Breckenridge was found two days after she went missing.
  
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• Oscars: 'Star Wars,' 'Mad Max' and 8 Other Titles Advance in VFX Race

  21-12-2015 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Five nominees will be chosen from the shortlist of 10 films.read more
  
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• DeWitt vows to fight proposed inland port's location near Jamesville

  21-12-2015 20:50
  
  The town has hired legal counsel, plans to fight proposed hub.
  
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• Police: Car crossed median in DeWitt, struck SUV

  21-12-2015 20:39
  
  Two people were transported to a hospital as a precaution, police said.
  
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• Wilmot wins NY casino license, capping 25-year quest

  21-12-2015 20:36
  
  From Puerto Rico to Connecticut to, finally, the Finger Lakes: A look at Thomas Wilmot's effort to get a casino.
  
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• Pastor: Teen stabbed after basketball game at Syracuse church recovering after surgery

  21-12-2015 19:35
  
  The 18 year old was stabbed in the back in Most Holy Rosary Church's gym.
  
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• Universal Settles Profit Dispute Over 'Knight Rider,' 'Battlestar Galactica'

  21-12-2015 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Glen Larson alleged fraud and was due to take his case to trial in January.read more
  
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• DA Fitzpatrick broadly supports Cuomo's goal of pardoning former teen offenders

  21-12-2015 19:25
  
  The plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo would apply to those people who committed non-violent crimes as teenagers but went on to law-abiding lives.
  
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• SoundCloud Reaches Licensing Deal With PRS

  21-12-2015 18:19
  
  Under the threat of massive litigation, SoundCloud has now inked a multi-month agreement with PRS for Music.  PRS is a UK-based licensing agency, whose membership spans songwriters, composers and music publishers.  The multi-territorial deal will last for a few months, according to details confirmed by PRS representatives this morning.
  It will also put legal proceedings on ice, though there’s always that dangling threat.  “On behalf of our members, I am pleased that w
  
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• 2 people injured in DeWitt crash

  21-12-2015 18:08
  
  Route 5 east, also known as East Genesee Street, has been closed.
  
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• 'The Revenant' and 'Hateful Eight' Screeners Leaked Online

  21-12-2015 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The two Oscar contenders have already become some of the most-pirated films of the week, according to TorrentFreak.read more
  
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• Rdio Is Shutting Down In Less Than 24 Hours…

  21-12-2015 17:42
  
  It’s been a roller-coaster year for Rdio, the streaming service lauded by some as superior to Spotify and Apple Music.  But streaming is all about scale, and Rdio simply didn’t have enough subscribers, despite a very elegant and clean interface.    Amidst paltry subscriber totals, Rdio succumbed to bankruptcy, only to be plucked by Pandora for $75 million.
  That introduced tricky questions around life-support: immediately after the acquisition, Pandora was forced t
  
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• Cuomo issuing conditional pardons to 10,000 ex-juvenile offenders

  21-12-2015 17:32
  
  The former juvenile offenders won't have to disclose convictions on employment, credit or other applications.
  
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• Rome 18 year old charged with rape of 13-year-old girl

  21-12-2015 17:28
  
  The charge is a Class D felony, police said.
  
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• TV Ratings: Miss Universe Dips a Little in Fox Move — But Goes Viral

  21-12-2015 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  Thanks to host Steve Harvey's faux pas when announcing the wrong winner, the move from NBC at least gets a boost of buzz.read more
  
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• TV Ratings: Bill O'Reilly to Finish Year With Top-Rated Cable News Show

  21-12-2015 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Megyn Kelly's 'The Kelly File' is up the most in the critical 25-54 demographic, while Fox News has its best primetime since 2012.read more
  
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• 'Bad Santa 2' Gets Prime 2016 Fall Release Date

  21-12-2015 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Billy Bob Thornton returns as Willie Soke, the most poorly behaved man to don a Santa suit.read more
  
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• High, drunk driver forgiven for killing Cicero runner 'lit up like a Xmas tree'

  21-12-2015 16:54
  
  Vincent Carello will spend 7 to 14 years in state prison for the Oct. 30, 2014 death of Summer Rupert-Wozniczka.
  
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• FitzPatrick nuclear worker tells well-paid Entergy CEO: Show us 'fairness'

  21-12-2015 16:50
  
  "I would have to work 121 years to make what you earn in one,'' worker tells CEO Leo Denault.
  
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• AMC Theaters Blamed for Depriving Spanish-Only Moviegoers of 'Star Wars'

  21-12-2015 16:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Theatrical giants face antitrust lawsuits — and litigants attempt to use the power of the Force.read more
  
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• LaFayette students sent home after schools lose power

  21-12-2015 16:19
  
  Phone lines at the district office and the district's elementary school are also down.
  
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• LaFayette school shooter 'joke' no laughing matter for jailed teen

  21-12-2015 16:07
  
  Dakota Lukasik, a 17-year-old who said his Facebook post was a joke, has been in jailed for a week now on a violent felony charge.
  
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• Hollywood's 10 Make-or-Break Moments of 2016

  21-12-2015 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Will Adele’s tour top Taylor Swift's? Can 'Batman v. Superman' launch a Warner Bros. franchise? And can Netflix expand to China? Mark your calendar now for these major moves.
  
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• 27 years ago today, terrorists bombed Pan Am Flight 103, killing 270

  21-12-2015 15:40
  
  Victims included 35 Syracuse University students returning from a semester abroad and 5 others with ties to Central New York.
  
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• Nurse accused of illegally prescribing drugs to Bernie Fine's daughter fined $500

  21-12-2015 15:32
  
  Manlius nurse practitioner was addicted to painkillers.
  
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• Police arrest 2 people after finding cocaine, heroin in Rome home

  21-12-2015 14:55
  
  The arrests were made after police searched the couple's Oneida County home.
  
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• Spin a wind turbine or run a power plant? Syracuse MOST's exhibit targets energy

  21-12-2015 14:37
  
  New exhibit, called National Grid Energy: Powering our Future, cost $775,000.
  
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• Syracuse family hopes to find bone marrow match for two-year-old

  21-12-2015 14:32
  
  King Nazir Leon, 2, has a hereditary disease that compromises his immune system. He needs a bone marrow donor to survive.
  
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• Today's obits: Martin A. Martans was a hairdresser, musician who owned Music by Martans

  21-12-2015 14:19
  
  Martans, 61, was a resident of Fayetteville.
  
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• Warm and wet in Central New York Christmas Week

  21-12-2015 13:05
  
  The weather leading up to Christmas will be increasingly warm with chances for rain each day.
  
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• 7 who may run for retiring Rep. Richard Hanna's seat in Congress

  21-12-2015 13:01
  
  NY Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney has already announced she's running for the 22nd Congressional District seat. Other candidates are likely to emerge.
  
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• Union: Mahoney, legislators showed poor leadership by giving themselves raises before staff

  21-12-2015 13:00
  
  CSEA members are working without a contract
  
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• December on track to be warmest, least snowy in Central NY history

  21-12-2015 12:46
  
  Temperatures are more like early April than late December
  
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• 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child': Meet The New Stage Versions of Harry, Ron and Hermione

  21-12-2015 08:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Casting for the upcoming play, featuring middle-aged versions of your favorite wizards, was announced, with opening night set for July 30 at London's Palace Theatre. read more
  
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• 1 dead in Las Vegas after woman with 3-year-old in vehicle plows into crowd

  21-12-2015 05:54
  
  At least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a car plowed into pedestrians Sunday night on the Las Vegas Strip.
  
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• Box Office: 'Star Wars' Beats 'Jurassic World' Record With $529M Global Bow

  21-12-2015 05:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  J.J. Abrams' movie — relaunching the marquee sci-fi franchise — comes in ahead of estimates after scoring the biggest Sunday of all time in North America, where its opening is now pegged at $248 million.read more
  
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