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Friday, June 03, 2011  More biotech jobs are expected to come to the region when the Central New York Biotechnology and Research Center opens in Syracuse next year.

Monday, April 18, 2011  Utica police say 29-year-old Michael Walawender got into a verbal argument with the mother of his child, then punched her on the side of face with a closed fist.

Friday, February 18, 2011  A fired employee who admitted stealing trade secrets from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a plot to launch a pharmaceutical business in his native India has been sentenced to a year he's already served in jail in upstate New York.

Friday, November 05, 2010  The U.S. Attorney General's Office announced a former Bristol-Myers Squibb worker has plead guilty to stealing trade secrets from the company.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  As property owners in towns throughout Onondaga County brace themselves for big tax hikes, homes and businesses in DeWitt could be especially hard hit.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010  No, the snowmaking guns are not going yet. But, as we head deeper into fall, ski resorts have many Fall-type activities taking place.

Thursday, September 23, 2010  The cut amounts to about 840 jobs out of 28,000 worldwide, and follows rounds of layoffs in 2008 and in 2007, when the company had about 41,000 employees globally.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another girl.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010  Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston say they're engaged - and they haven't told her parents yet.

Sunday, March 21, 2010  Last call for ski season! It is hard to believe winter is over and time is running out for to make your last tracks in the snow.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010  Federal authorities say a fired Bristol-Myers Squibb employee in upstate New York has been charged with stealing trade secrets.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010  This past Tuesday, February 2nd, was Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow at Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania.

Monday, July 06, 2009  More than two dozen jobs are being cut at Bristol-Myers Squibb in East Syracuse.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009  Bristol-Myers Squibb says it is consolidating its research and development efforts from three locations to two, eliminating the Syracuse location.