Fiery crash claims central New York biker's life

Authorities say a 26-year-old man has been killed after his motorcycle collided with a sport utility vehicle on a Syracuse-area highway, causing both vehicles to burst into flames.

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Lee Lorenz, a former editor of the New Yorker magazine, will be speaking at the Westprot Historical Society on June 21. The Westport Historical Society will host Lee Lorenz, a former art editor of the New Yorker magazine, on Saturday, June 21. Lorenz will offer his perspective on the historical society's current exhibit "Cover Story: The New Yorker ... (more)

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Wendy Davis Going Beyond Texas for Campaign Bucks

Hollywood loves stars and loves an underdog, and Democrat Wendy Davis is both. At a recent rooftop fundraiser hosted by Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg at the Bad Robot film studios near Los Angeles, she socked away more money for what could be a financially record-shattering race for Texas governor.

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Siena: Cuomo leads Astorino by - well, a whole lot

... rating, while Astorino remains unknown to more than two-thirds of New Yorkers, according to a Siena College Poll of New York voters released today. The other independently elected statewide office holders - Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney ...

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Passenger forces New York-to-Las Vegas flight to divert

A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger's video.

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Poll: Cuomo Leads Astorino By 36 Points

A Siena College Poll shows Governor Cuomo's Republican opponent, Rob Astorino, still trailing badly and still struggling to get voters to know who he is.

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Lovett: Republicans take on Gov. Cuomo with attack ads

... by slamming the record of Cuomo's GOP rival, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, in his local area. ALBANY - New York Republicans will start taking on Gov. Cuomo on Monday with an ad attacking the incumbent for claiming New York is ...

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Staging Holocaust Stories Proves Therapeutic for Students and Survivors

... generations." So on Wednesday evenings she sat, holding a pen, recording furiously. Witness Theater was imported to New York in 2012. Ezra Dagan - an actor, director and professor at the University of Haifa - and his wife Irit, an actor, stage ...

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Today's obits: Glenn W. Clark served school districts in Fulton, ...

... Army in Europe during World War II and in the Korean conflict. In 1986, he received the Conspicuous Service Cross, New York State's highest military award. He had a long career as a teacher and school administrator in Upstate New York. He taught in ...

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Poll: Do you agree with Hillary Clinton that US Cuban embargo should end?

... the case last week for lifting the embargo on Cuba, describing it as "Castro's best friend." In an appearance in New York hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, the former secretary of state said, "I think we should advocate for the end of the ...

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Former New Yorker art editor to speak in Westport

Lee Lorenz, a former editor of the New Yorker magazine, will be speaking at the Westprot Historical Society on June 21. Photo: Contributed Photo The Westport Historical Society will host Lee Lorenz , a former art editor of the New Yorker magazine , on Saturday, June 21. Lorenz will offer his perspective on the historical society's current exhibit ... (more)

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50 years ago, 'Freedom Summer' changed South, US

In this April 4, 2014 photo, Aviva Futorian and Roy DeBerry sit in Futorian's Chicago apartment.

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NYC-to-Las Vegas flight diverted over unruly man

A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger's video.

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50 years ago, 'Freedom Summer' changed South, US

As a teenager growing up in a Jim Crow society, Roy DeBerry wasn't waiting for white folks to come down to Mississippi and "save" him.

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Port Chester's Capitol Theatre Offers Training Scholarship For Teachers

... o Capitol Community Fund scholarship recipients for the first time. Any teacher at an accredited institution in the New York metropolitan area can apply by visiting

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Doheny lacks economic development plan

... onomic pessimist, and I'll vote for an optimist in Elise Stefanik. Thousands of readers like you have made Northern New York Newspapers the number one ranked website* for local news and sports coverage in the north country.

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a Long serving policeman has been awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the birthday honours list.

... a great deal of his spare time raising funds for charities close to our officers hearts, recently completing the New York Marathon for one of his causes. During his time with Essex Police Mr Benson has been in charge of departments including major ...

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this Date in Baseball History

... innings alternating throwing arms before moving to shortstop in Chicago's 20-9 loss at Buffalo's Olympic Park. At New York's Polo Grounds - Southeast Diamond, the Gothams (who will eventually be known as the Giants) offer free admission to both ...

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Inside NYC's Squalid Adult Homes

Update: On March 1, 2010, a federal judge issued a decision ordering New York State to create 4,500 units of supportive housing for people currently living in adult homes.

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Africa's elephants, New York's problem

As wildlife conservationists know well, New York has become one of the main points of entry for illegal ivory into the United States.

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Rodents winning NY rat race, but humans fight back

In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, a rat comes briefly out of its hole at a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, before retreating at the arrival of the F train.

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Citizens of N.Y., but not U.S.

Advocates are set to introduce the measure that would allow immigrants who aren't U.S. citizens to become New York State citizens with driver's licenses, voting rights, Medicaid and other benefits controlled by the state.

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Book propels Steele's anti-casino campaign

... appearance - and the nearly 200 other appearances he's made the last 18 months or so throughout Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island - Steele delivers a cautionary tale. He tells an audience of fewer than 40 people that Congress opened a ...

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Senior officer recognised for distinguished service by Queen.

... a great deal of his spare time raising funds for charities close to our officers hearts, recently completing the New York Marathon for one of his causes. During his time with Essex Police Mr Benson has been in charge of departments including major ...

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PJL: June 2014

... is a mix of "midbar," Hebrew for desert, and the English word "burn" John Moore: Iran Offers a Window to the West (New York Times Lens blog) Given a chance - and a week - to visit Iran, John Moore took to the road in central Iran to see daily life ...

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N.Y. takes fight to rodent invaders

Starting next month, New York City's 45 inspectors will be bolstered by nine new employees of a pilot program to tackle the vermin in chronically infested neighborhoods where rats have resisted repeated efforts to eradicate them.

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NYC-to-Las Vegas flight diverted over unruly man

A hollering, agitated passenger who ignored pleas to calm down spurred a pilot to divert a New York-to-Las Vegas JetBlue plane to Detroit over the weekend, according to the airline and a passenger's video.

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Junk and Debris Removal Company in Yonkers Expands Reach

Trash removal company "TMI Industries of New York, Inc." partners with local SEO experts to better serve the residents of Yonkers, NY and beyond.

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Boris bullish about tech job hopes

... Philanthropies, claims London is a world leader in financial technology, employing more workers in the sector than New York and Silicon Valley. Mr Johnson will be joined by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg today as he attempts to woo the ...

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The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Week, 6/16/14

Sam Smith Apollo Theater 8:00 p.m., $35-$43 Sam Smith is the real deal. Something about the way he belts lyrics that sound like his deepest, darkest secrets makes his music simultaneously painful and cathartic.

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