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Thursday, April 25, 2013  Sales for Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" are up by 597 percent a week after the tune became a source of comfort following the explosions at the Boston Marathon.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  A New Berlin man is accused of making threats against staff at the Unadilla Valley Central School.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Syracuse Police say  that it happened near the intersection of South Avenue near Eastman Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Monday.

Friday, February 08, 2013  When Mexico High School English teacher Shannon Bigelow saw girls under pressure to live up to an unrealistic ideal of beauty, she decided to do something about it - that's how  "True Beauty" day started. It's a day where students and staff come to school without makeup to make a statement about the real source of beauty.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  Another upstate New York municipality is considering a proposal to require bars to close earlier in an effort to stem rowdy behavior.

Thursday, August 09, 2012  Investigators want your help figuring out who busted into the Diamond Market on Court Street and made off with cash and cigarettes.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011  Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million - including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton - at an auction of gems and other memorabilia amassed by the late actress.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  Jeffrey Coker, 34, told police he pulled over to use his cellphone. Moments later, he was attacked by four black males, according to a press release from Syracuse Police.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011  Police in northern New York say an engagement ring given by acclaimed American artist Frederic Remington to his fiancee more than a century ago has gone missing from a museum.

Thursday, April 07, 2011  38-year-old Valerie Henry is accused of filing a fraudulent insurance claim after purportedly losing two diamond rings.

Monday, November 08, 2010  It happened at Johnny Diamond's restaurant and the second floor apartment above the restaurant.

Monday, September 27, 2010  Talk@10: Animal supporters plan a demonstration to protest the level of punishment handed down to a Seneca County kennel owner who illegally gassed 93 dogs and puppies.

Saturday, September 25, 2010  An Amish kennel owner was fined $300 after pleading guilty to 74 counts of inhumane destruction of dogs for using a makeshift gas chamber to euthanize animals with carbon monoxide.

Saturday, September 25, 2010  $5.43 is the per dog fine and surcharge for illegally destroying 93 dogs and puppies at a Seneca County kennel.  Do you think the punishment is appropriate?

Monday, February 22, 2010  Police say they've arrested a teenager who caused thousands of dollars in damage to a western New York home's hardwood floor by break dancing on it while wearing a large diamond belt buckle.