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• Critic's Notebook: How the Television Academy Can Save Itself By Nominating 'The Americans'

  11-05-2016 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  The FX series is the best drama on television — not one of the best, the best — and the Golden Globes have given the Emmys a golden opportunity.read more
  
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• Victims of deadly Martin Street fire thank community, first responders

  11-05-2016 22:02
  
  Colleen and Kevin Anderton praise their neighbors, employers and others.
  
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• Family of Martin Street fire victims thanks community, first responders

  11-05-2016 22:02
  
  Colleen and Kevin Anderton praise their neighbors, employers and others.
  
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• Uber abandons Austin: What that means for ride-sharing in Upstate New York

  11-05-2016 22:00
  
  New York lawmakers may soon consider allowing ride-sharing in Upstate
  
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• Syracuse police investigate non-fatal W. Onondaga Street stabbing

  11-05-2016 21:42
  
  The woman was stabbed in the neck.
  
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• Is 'Tickled' Poised to Be the Next 'Catfish'?

  11-05-2016 21:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  The cyber-detective story is all too insane to believe as the Sundance breakout about an international "tickling ring" prepares to roll into theaters ahead of an HBO debut.read more
  
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• Women charged in Chicago after $3M in opium, heroin found concealed in tea bags

  11-05-2016 21:07
  
  The women were returning from Laos.
  
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• Rochester-area woman allegedly bites, head-butts sheriff's deputies

  11-05-2016 20:39
  
  The woman is facing multiple charges.
  
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• Bullet fired from I-81 strikes SU off-campus housing, embeds in cereal box

  11-05-2016 19:58
  
  A 23-year-old in a car on I-81 was hit, hospitalized, police said. The bullet, shot from a car on I-81, did not injure anyone at the Campus West housing.
  
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• Cannes: Woody Allen Endures Roman Polanski Rape Joke at Opening Ceremony

  11-05-2016 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ill-timed gag draws gasps from the shocked opening-night crowd.read more
  
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• Schumer: Upstate New York may lose $170 million to expand broadband

  11-05-2016 19:32
  
  After Verizon turns down money for Upstate, federal government plans to ship aid to other states.
  
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• Feds give Upstate Medical $200,000 to study Zika virus

  11-05-2016 18:56
  
  Study will look at ways to control spread of virus.
  
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• NYC lawyer admits bogus court order on behalf of Syracuse slumlord-turned-fugitive

  11-05-2016 18:49
  
  Jon Lefkowitz pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor in exchange for cooperation.
  
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• Cannes: Woody Allen Gets Modest Standing Ovation at 'Cafe Society' Premiere

  11-05-2016 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  The out-of-competition title, which opened the festival Wednesday night, stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg.read more
  
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• Ricky Gervais' Message to America About Donald Trump: "You Get What You Deserve"

  11-05-2016 17:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The sharp-tongued Brit made his fortune playing "delusional, middle-aged men" who run their mouths, but this comic acknowledges the GOP frontrunner has surpassed even his bloviating characters: "Comedians tell a joke and they get in trouble; Donald Trump says a terrible thing … and he gets elected."read more
  
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• My Message to America About Donald Trump: "You Get What You Deserve"

  11-05-2016 17:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The sharp-tongued Brit made his fortune playing "delusional, middle-aged men" who run their mouths, but this comic acknowledges the GOP frontrunner has surpassed even his bloviating characters: "Comedians tell a joke and they get in trouble; Donald Trump says a terrible thing … and he gets elected."read more
  
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• 80 degrees tomorrow? Frost this weekend? It's spring in Central NY

  11-05-2016 17:37
  
  Don't plant those tomatoes yet
  
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• New Syracuse treatment program takes aim at heroin, painkiller epidemic

  11-05-2016 17:28
  
  Belvedere offering mediation-assisted treatment.
  
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• Wegmans launches Shoppers Club digital coupon program: Here's how it works

  11-05-2016 17:25
  
  Customers don't need to print out the coupons or bring a smartphone to use them.
  
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• Former CNY dog control officer who was charged again: Please don't kill my dogs

  11-05-2016 17:18
  
  Susan Snavlin said her only concern is the well-being of her animals.
  
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• Box-Office Preview: 'Money Monster' Eyes Bearish U.S. Debut

  11-05-2016 16:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jodie Foster's film — reuniting stars Julia Roberts and George Clooney — makes its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday hours before it starts rolling out in the U.S.; 'Captain America: Civil War' crosses $200 million domestically for a global total of $737.8 million.
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• Syracuse University 'urban acupuncture' students pinpoint safe space on Near West Side

  11-05-2016 16:44
  
  Three groups of two dozen Syracuse University students were sent out into the city with $600 per group to perform "urban acupuncture" on Syracuse's neighborhoods.
  
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• Long-lost Rembrandt found in N.J. basement

  11-05-2016 16:40
  
  "Unconscious Patient" will be displayed at the Getty in Los Angeles alongside two other Rembrandts through Aug. 28.
  
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• Syracuse landmark seeks recognition on National Register of Historic Places (video)

  11-05-2016 16:30
  
  Greater Syracuse Land Bank seeks to have South Presbyterian Church listed on National Register of Historic Places.
  
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• Showrunner Roundtable: 12 A-List Writers Dish About Lesbian Weddings, Race and Why "Black People Don't Get to Write for White People"

  11-05-2016 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  THR gathered six comedy bosses and six drama bosses — including Marta Kauffman, Kenya Barris and Sam Esmail — over two days to talk condoms, why it's a smoother road for "white dudes" behind the camera and the challenges faced by women: "In general, men can and frequently do fail up, and women can and frequently do succeed down — and you're just aware of the fact that as a girl, you can't screw up," says Nina Jacobson.read more
  
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• 1 person dies in Mattydale blaze

  11-05-2016 15:14
  
  The person's identity, age and gender are currently unknown.
  
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• Police: Man hit by gunfire from other vehicle while traveling on I-81 in Syracuse

  11-05-2016 15:09
  
  The unidentified 23-year-old victim was shot twice in the chest.
  
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• Police: WNY man falls while cutting tree with chain saw, dies

  11-05-2016 14:56
  
  It happened Tuesday afternoon in suburban Rochester in the backyard of the 59-year-old man's home in the town of Gates.
  
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• Public forum will focus on I-81 project's impact on Syracuse's south side

  11-05-2016 14:33
  
  A public meeting is being held by a community group that's been monitoring the state's plans to replace the Interstate 81 viaduct going through Syracuse.
  
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• TV Is Dead? Hardly, as Upfronts Defy Gravity in Unexpected $9B Cash Grab

  11-05-2016 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Never mind those sagging ratings. Broadcast networks likely will see ad revenue on the upswing for the first time in three years: "Digital has not turned out to be the shining hope that was forecast." read more
  
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• As the Redstones Turn: Hollywood Soap Opera Drags Down Stock Prices (Not to Mention Morale) at Viacom and CBS

  11-05-2016 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the latest twists, Sumner Redstone's former companion Manuel Herzer files a new $100 million lawsuit and recordings surface of phone calls allegedly made by the 92-year-old mogul soliciting threesomes.read more
  
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• Fighting obesity in schools: Serve more water, but don't call kids fat, SU prof says

  11-05-2016 14:10
  
  How school food policy effects obesity.
  
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• 'Cafe Society': Cannes Review

  11-05-2016 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Woody Allen's new film, which opens the Cannes Film Festival, is a bittersweet 1930s-set romance starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart.read more
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze in Mattydale

  11-05-2016 13:47
  
  The fire was reported around 7:10 a.m.
  
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• Cannes: Sony Pictures Classics Nabs Paul Verhoeven’s 'Elle'

  11-05-2016 13:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  Written by David Birke and based on Philippe Djian’s novel 'Oh ...,' the film will screen in competition at the festival.read more
  
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• Cannes: Watch Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick Sing Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" From 'Trolls'

  11-05-2016 13:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jeffrey Katzenberg — captain of the Croisette — never fails to use the Cannes Film Festival to promote his movies, even if they aren't playing in the official festival.read more
  
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• Who Should Replace Michael Strahan as Kelly Ripa's 'Live' Co-Host? (Poll)

  11-05-2016 12:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Anderson Cooper, Mario Lopez and Ryan Seacrest have all been mentioned as possibilities.read more
  
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• My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked (Guest Column)

  11-05-2016 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite Dylan Farrow's damning allegations of sexual abuse, the director of Cannes' opening film today remains beloved by stars, paid by Amazon and rarely interrogated by media as his son, Ronan Farrow, writes about the culture of acquiescence surrounding his father.read more
  
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• White House dreams fading for Bernie Sanders despite West Virginia primary win

  11-05-2016 06:39
  
  White House dreams fading, Bernie Sanders added another state to his tally against Hillary Clinton with a win in West Virginia on Tuesday -- a victory that will do little to slow the former secretary of state's steady march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.
  
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• Insurance won't pay for addiction treatment? Call NY Attorney General

  11-05-2016 04:00
  
  Insurers must handle addiction treatment claims same as medical claims.
  
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• Key Republicans swing behind Trump as he takes 2 primaries; Sanders wins West Virginia

  11-05-2016 03:57
  
  Trump added two more primaries to his column, taking West Virginia and Nebraska. Clinton lost West Virginia to Sen. Bernie Sanders, who refuses to bow out as Trump's GOP foes have, but that hardly dented her huge Democratic delegate lead. Clinton won in Nebraska, but those delegates had already been allocated in an earlier caucus won by Sanders.
  
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• West Point won't punish 16 cadets who posed for photo with raised fists

  11-05-2016 03:09
  
  An internal inquiry "found that the cadets did not pre-plan or set out to make a political statement,"
  
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• Syracuse woman whose daughter died in Pond St. fire charged with smoking drugs near child

  11-05-2016 02:09
  
  Allissa G. Johnson, 37, of Syracuse, was charged Tuesday with endangering the welfare of a child.
  
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• Syracuse woman whose daughter died in fire charged with smoking drugs near child

  11-05-2016 02:09
  
  Allissa G. Johnson (also known as Allissa G. Dill), 37, of Syracuse, was charged Tuesday with endangering the welfare of a child.
  
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• House passes John Katko's bill making it easier to sanction drug kingpins

  11-05-2016 01:58
  
  Federal authorities will be able to keep classified information secret when challenged by international drug traffickers.
  
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• After 4 trips to White House, NCAA champ Breanna Stewart ready to return (video)

  11-05-2016 00:38
  
  North Syracuse native honored by President Obama at the White House for NCAA women's basketball championship.
  
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• Man robbed at gunpoint on Syracuse street, police say

  11-05-2016 00:21
  
  Officers responded at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday to the 1700 block of West Genesee Street for a report of an armed robbery.
  
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