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Wednesday, November 28, 2012  A northeast Ohio man accused of making fun of a young girl with cerebral palsy has been sentenced to a month in jail.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is announced the arrival of a male elephant, Doc, who came to the zoo from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation. The 15-year-old bull arrived in Syracuse on November 15.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  State police say the driver of a car was killed when he veered into an oncoming tractor-trailer in northern New York.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A coworker of the western New York school superintendent killed at his home last month says the Virginia man charged in the slaying had showed up at the district's office and asked to see the administrator.

Monday, July 16, 2012  The Syracuse Orange will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1, 2013.

Thursday, June 14, 2012  An alleged case of child endangerment in the city of Oswego is sure to fuel further criticism of Family Court Judge Kim Seager.

Monday, April 23, 2012  George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from a county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  Mark Carrigan was in court Tuesday morning on bail review.

Monday, April 02, 2012  Federal prosecutors are making some drastic claims about a Liverpool kidnapping victim.

Friday, March 23, 2012  New York's top court says state law requires judges to give defendants at least two bail options, reversing lower courts that concluded they can require cash.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 for the first time since May 2008.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012  A Geneva man was arrested in Ireland after he reportedly jumped bail and fled the US.

Thursday, December 29, 2011  Two Syracuse residents are facing charges after allegedly pointing a gun at a woman during a fight Tuesday night.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011  A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually abusing a teenage boy in an agreement that caps his sentence at just over three years in prison.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  The Maine man who has accused a former Syracuse University basketball coach of sexual assault and has himself been charged with child abuse offenses has been arrested for allegedly violating bail conditions.