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Thursday, April 11, 2013  Rick Hoyt has run, biked and swum with his father in 1,092 races — including 252 triathlons, 70 marathons and 95 half-marathons — over the past 34 years, including a wartime race in El Salvador in which they had to be escorted by armed men.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  Melissa Dager was living a double life. To her family and friends, she appeared to be a normal middle-aged working wife and mother of two children. But at night, Dager says she would leave her home and feed her habit with other meth addicts.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Raw Video -- Baby Easton Friedel is headed to the Epidermolysis Bullosa Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital on Wednesday for a round of doctor appointments.The special medical flight is the only way Easton could possibly travel to Ohio. The trip is courtesy of Patient Airlift Services (PALS), which is a chairty network of pilots who donate their time and aircraft.

Friday, February 01, 2013  Despite the snowy, slushy start to Friday morning, a ribbon of red moved through downtown Syracuse as part of National Wear Red Day.

Friday, November 02, 2012  8-month old conjoined twin girls from Adams are scheduled for separation surgery next week.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  Author and mother Kasey Mathews connects with Central New York mothers and fathers of children born prematurely.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Whooping cough is making a comeback in New York State reflecting a national trend.

Monday, September 10, 2012  Tenants at an apartment building in Syracuse claim their apartments are infested with mice and are worried about the threat of disease, especially in light of a nationwide alert for hantavirus and a case of bubonic plague.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Tuesday, July 17, 2012  There has been a lot of "chatter" about Syracuse possibly hitting the elusive century mark today.

Monday, June 25, 2012  A synthetic drug known as "bath salts" is being blamed for three incidents of bizarre behavior over the weekend in Utica.