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Friday, May 17, 2013  Colgate University says it's sending 119 paintings and drawings by Aboriginal children to a university in Australia

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Onondaga County lawmakers approved spending more than $6 million on Tuesday in connection with a big cost overrun at a sewage treatment plant.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Onondaga County will pay $385,000 to the mother of a pregnant woman who died at the Justice Center.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A former CSEA union leader is accused of stealing more than $17,000 in union money.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Time Warner Cable customers in 10 upstate towns and villages will be refunded $2.2 million under a settlement with New York.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  In the Talk Tonight, we talked about the Price Chopper settlement with the state.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Price Chopper will change the way it advertises and promotes its coupons in New York and pay a $100,000 penalty following a settlement with the state.

Monday, February 04, 2013  According to the complaint filed in connection with the settlement, the doctor had ordered approximately 5,000 Hydrocodone pills, and 1,100 Zolpidem pills.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  A woman was pulled from a car by hydraulic cutting equipment after a crash in New Hartford.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  If you got an email saying you're part of a class action lawsuit against Facebook, it's not a scam. Forbes reports that millions of Facebook users are eligible for a small share of a class action settlement against the company.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  A group of Onondaga who were roughed up by state police during a '97 protest have rejected a settlement with the state.

Monday, October 29, 2012  A $205,000 settlement has been reached in the case of a former police officer who said she was a victim of race and gender discrimination in the Syracuse department.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  A lawyer for dozens of people beaten or arrested by state police during a protest on the Onondaga Indian Nation 15 years ago says New York has agreed to pay them nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit.

Friday, May 18, 2012  Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a $45 million nationwide settlement with Skechers.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012  A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit by a middle school student who was paralyzed when a bully punched him in the abdomen.