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• County development agency refuses audit of Inner Harbor tax deal

  07-01-2016 23:56
  
  OCIDA has refused to let County Comptroller Bob Antonacci review its practices
  
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• Rubio, Christie square off; Clinton gets key endorsement: 2016 Presidential Race Buzz

  07-01-2016 23:36
  
  Donald Trump may abandon economic projects in Scotland over a petition asking the UK to ban him from entering the country.
  
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• Technics’ New SL-1200G Turntable Will Reportedly Cost $4,000

  07-01-2016 23:35
  
  Earlier this week at the CES convention in Las Vegas, Panasonic-owned Technics announced the return of the SL-1200 class of turntable.  That was first reported on DMN last year, and now, it’s a reality.  According to reports, a high-class, limited-edition version will cost $4,000, a massive increase from the previous model pricing of roughly $1,750.
  The newly upgraded SL-1200G Grand Class edition coincides with Technics’ 50-year anniversary, and is a sh
  
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• How much have New Yorkers spent to boost $700 million Powerball jackpot? Search each county

  07-01-2016 23:08
  
  Search sales in each county for each drawing since Nov. 7
  
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• Longtime Syracuse judge: Chief judge who died today was way ahead of her time

  07-01-2016 22:41
  
  New York's former top judge, Judith Kaye, was remembered as being a legal pioneer.
  
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• Ithaca teacher, firefighter accused of showing boy, 11, how to perform sex acts

  07-01-2016 22:32
  
  Ryan Harrington had multiple encounters with the boy, and often asked for him to sleep over at his house.
  
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• Oswego-based group urges Cuomo to protect Upstate energy jobs

  07-01-2016 22:03
  
  The pending shutdown of FitzPatrick nuclear plant has created "terrifying uncertainty,'' the coalition says.
  
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• The Music Industry Is Complicated. Here Are Some Pictures of Dogs Wearing Headphones…

  07-01-2016 21:57
  
  ‘Dogs wearing headphones’ image credits (from top to bottom): baldr90, evan p. cordes, David Hale Smith, Chad Francis, Franco Dal Molin, Graham C99, FromSandToGlass, Achim Hepp.  All images sourced from flickr and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
  The post The Music Industry Is Complicated. Here Are Some Pictures of Dogs Wearing Headphones… appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Sex offender danger level: How NY ratings are like an AP or Regents exam

  07-01-2016 21:55
  
  The state uses a point system to determine the danger level for sex offenders.
  
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• $9.99 Is ‘Way Too Expensive’ for Streaming Music, Study Finds

  07-01-2016 21:15
  
  Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Google, and Rhapsody charge $9.99 a month (or more) for unlimited music streaming.  But is that way too expensive?  That’s become a pressing question for the music industry, especially with free, ‘low rent’ music streaming absolutely surging.Now, there’s more data showing that consumers thing $9.99 is simply too much.  According to a US-based survey on the matter conducted by Nielsen Music at the end of 2015, a vast majority of
  
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• Finger Lakes salt mine: Elevator failure reported 5 days before 17 miners were trapped

  07-01-2016 21:12
  
  Cayuga Salt Mine operator Cargill had also been cited for negligence in 2010 fatal accident in Lansing, N.Y.
  
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• Finger Lakes salt mine: Elevator failure reported 5 days before 17 miners trapped

  07-01-2016 21:12
  
  Cayuga Salt Mine operator Cargill had also been cited for negligence in 2010 fatal accident in Lansing, N.Y.
  
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• Man accused of swindling prominent CNY investors admits to crimes in NYC

  07-01-2016 21:00
  
  Gregory Gray, facing a lawsuit from prominent Central New Yorkers, pleads guilty to federal crimes in New York City.
  
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• How Auburn crane crew got call, a police escort, to help rescue miners

  07-01-2016 20:42
  
  Auburn Crane and Rigging played a major role in the rescue of 17 miners from a Cargill salt mine in Lansing.
  
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• Take a look inside elevator at Finger Lakes mine where 17 miners were trapped (video)

  07-01-2016 20:39
  
  Watch a video of Cargill Mine Manager Shawn Wilczynski riding on the salt mine's elevator.
  
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• Syracuse Stage names a new artistic director: Robert Hupp of Arkansas

  07-01-2016 20:30
  
  Syracuse Stage's new artistic director believes in creating "communal experiences" for the audience. He also improved the finances of his current home theater significantly.
  
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• WNY woman, 81, just misses $675 million Powerball jackpot, takes home $1 million

  07-01-2016 19:58
  
  Amy McGavis, of Dunkirk, told WKBW-TV she plans to buy a new roof for her house.
  
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• Finger Lakes mine rescue: Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing has a tragic history

  07-01-2016 19:58
  At least 8 miners have died in the history of the Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing, near Ithaca.
  
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• Amazon’s Top-Selling Home Audio Product Is a $50 Turntable

  07-01-2016 19:36
  
  It’s simple.  It’s cheap.  And it’s selling like mad.  According to Amazon, the Jensen JTA-230 3 Speed Stereo Turntable with Built-in Speakers was the best-selling home audio product over the holidays, easily trumping more expensive stereo systems.
  That includes the Yamaha RX-V677 7.2-channel Wi-Fi Network AV Receiver, which placed second in the holiday ranking.  The RX-V677 is a strong-selling, sophisticated receiver that includes support for Apple AirPlay
  
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• Lysander serial child porn collector avoids being rated most dangerous sex offender

  07-01-2016 19:32
  
  Lewis McGuinness was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 10 years on probation for his collection of child pornography. He was rated a mid-level offender and will be on the public registry.
  
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• Watch crowd cheer as crews rescue miners from Finger Lakes salt mine (video)

  07-01-2016 19:26
  
  More than 15 organizations worked together this morning to rescue 17 trapped miners stuck 900 feet below ground in an elevator shaft at the Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing.
  
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• TNT Passes on DC Comics Superhero Drama 'Titans'

  07-01-2016 19:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) was attached to the project.read more
  
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• Cicero man ticketed in Onondaga Lake Parkway truck/bridge accident

  07-01-2016 19:15
  
  The truck driver was ticketed following the accident, police said.
  
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• 'Hateful Eight' Producer on Piracy: "Aspirin Ain't Curing the Plague" (Guest Column)

  07-01-2016 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Google and YouTube have the ability to create a vaccine that could eradicate the disease of content theft, says Richard Gladstein.read more
  
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• When 'The X-Files' Became A-List: An Oral History of Fox's Out-There Success Story

  07-01-2016 18:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the eve of a six-episode reunion series, creator Chris Carter, stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, and the executives who put the risky show on the air in 1993 recall how the pop sensation all but minted money for a fledgling network.read more
  
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• How to play Powerball (and figure out if you won)

  07-01-2016 18:53
  
  Guide to playing and figuring out wins in Powerball game.
  
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• Daughter-killer Glenn Collins plays amateur lawyer; judge talks directly to his mom

  07-01-2016 18:36
  
  Glenn Collins is already facing a 7 1/2 to 15-year prison sentence for killing his daughter with carbon monoxide.
  
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• J.C. Penney store in ShoppingTown Mall is closing

  07-01-2016 18:06
  
  The store is one of two anchor stores still remaining.
  
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• Powerball jackpot has reached $700 million

  07-01-2016 17:51
  
  There was no winner in Wednesday's $500 million drawing
  
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• NYS Senate won't pass $15 minimum wage, Sen. DeFrancisco predicts

  07-01-2016 17:49
  
  The New York State Senate's deputy majority leader says the $15 an hour minimum wage proposed by Gov. Cuomo would hurt Upstate's small businesses.
  
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• 'Billy on the Street' Renewed for Fifth Season on TruTV

  07-01-2016 17:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Turner-owned cable network has also picked up additional episodes of 'Adam Ruins Everything,' and ordered pilot 'No Dumb Questions.'
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• NY's launch of medical marijuana falls flat in Syracuse

  07-01-2016 17:43
  
  Pot shops not ready to open
  
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• Update: No injuries reported in Onondaga Lake Parkway truck/bridge accident

  07-01-2016 17:36
  
  The accident occurred this morning.
  
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• Western NY factory worker dies in industrial elevator accident; feds investigate

  07-01-2016 17:30
  
  OSHA is investigating the death after a string of violations at Tonawanda Coke.
  
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• Today's obits: Norene E. Condon had worked at ESM, Jamesville-DeWitt, Baldwinsville schools

  07-01-2016 17:11
  
  Condon, 85, was a Syracuse University graduate who worked as a home economics teacher and guidance counselor.
  
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• Fire department shares behind-the-scenes look at Finger Lakes mine rescue (photos)

  07-01-2016 17:00
  
  The Ithaca Fire Department used its Facebook page to update the public during the 10-hour rescue.
  
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• Making of 'Hateful Eight': How Tarantino Braved Sub-Zero Weather and a Stolen Screener

  07-01-2016 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The writer-director and his cast recall the challenges of getting the three-hour, 70mm saga to the screen, from a script stolen in 2014 to an online leak of the film, as the notorious stickler for realism shot his stars outdoors in the Rocky Mountains ("It was freezing, man, freezing," recalls Walton Goggins) and chained Jennifer Jason Leigh to Kurt Russell for 14-hour days ("We were like a very disturbed version of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers," says the actress).read more
  
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• Finger Lakes mine manager: Miners cold but OK after hours underground

  07-01-2016 16:16
  
  Cargill Mine manager Shawn Wilczynski said the miners waited on the surface until all of their coworkers were rescued.
  
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• Syracuse had biggest snow drought in December for entire Northeast

  07-01-2016 15:58
  
  The lake effect machine couldn't get ramped up last month
  
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• TV Ratings: 'American Idol' Swan Song Starts Steady (and Low) for Fox

  07-01-2016 15:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  The reality show wins Wednesday, in line with its 2015 return, pulling 10.9 million viewers. read more
  
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• Cuomo praises rescue of 17 miners trapped in Finger Lakes salt mine, launches investigation

  07-01-2016 15:47
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the work of rescue workers who freed 17 trapped miners stuck 900 feet below ground in an elevator shaft at the Cargill Mine in Lansing.
  
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• Truck hits Onondaga Lake Parkway bridge

  07-01-2016 15:46
  
  The accident occurred this morning.
  
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• USC Scripter Awards Unveils Film Nominations, Expands Into TV

  07-01-2016 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The winners will be announced at a Feb. 20 gala, held at USC's Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.read more
  
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• Restaurant inspections by the Onondaga County Health Department from Dec. 20 to 26

  07-01-2016 15:20
  
  Restaurant inspections from December 20 to 26
  
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• Finger Lakes mine rescue: How they got the miners out

  07-01-2016 15:03
  
  The 17 miners were being lowered to start their overnight shift when the elevator stopped trapping them in the shaft.
  
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• Oscars: How Last-Minute Surges Are Upending the Race

  07-01-2016 14:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The field is shifting as once-guaranteed contenders ('Black Mass,' 'Steve Jobs') and upstarts ('Creed,' 'The Big Short') used late December for a down-to-the-wire awards-campaign spending spree: "This is sacred time, the holidays."read more
  
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• Finger Lakes salt mine: Safety expert explains delicate balance of rescue operation

  07-01-2016 14:43
  
  Rescuing miners takes a lot of math.
  
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• All trapped miners are free from Finger Lakes salt mine, officials say

  07-01-2016 14:34
  
  Seventeen workers were stuck 900 feet below ground in an elevator shaft at the Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing.
  
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• Netflix Unveils 'Daredevil' Season 2 Premiere Date, New Teaser

  07-01-2016 14:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The second season of the Netflix original series following the Marvel superhero will bow in March.read more
  
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• NY sanctions Syracuse nurse who took drugs from hospital ER

  07-01-2016 14:24
  
  Drugs stolen from Oswego Hospital.
  
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