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Friday, May 17, 2013  A state senator and several local business owners are pushing for residents to take part in the debate over the future of Interstate 81 in Syracuse, and are warning the public that changing traffic patterns could have a negative impact on local businesses.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Camillus Clean Air Coalition asked a federal judge to stop Honeywell from dumping sediment dredged from Onondaga Lake at Wastebed 13 in Camillus. Arguments in the case were heard in federal court in Syracuse on Friday morning.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Attorney General Eric Holder is defending the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records, while at the same time declaring he had played no role in it.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of telephone records of journalists for The Associated Press in what AP's top executive says is an "unprecedented intrusion" into newsgathering.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Fire Crews and police were called to the Walid Market on East Division Street, on Syracuse’s north side, where a SUV smashed into the wall of the building.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Authorities have charged four adults after police found six children living in squalid conditions in a rural upstate New York home.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Investigators with the New York State Health Department are looking into allegations against Rural Metro Medical Services in Syracuse.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  We know more about what happened in the moments before Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies shot a man in the Town of Onondaga.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Data released by the government on Wednesday is shedding light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go - and whether it's cheaper to get that care across town. There are vast disparities in cost among hospitals in the same area, including Central New York.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Lawyers for an upstate New York water park where hundreds of visitors were sickened during a viral outbreak in 2008 have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to create a rapid response team to quickly strike at invasive species nationwide, including those found in the Great Lakes, the Finger Lakes and in the Adirondacks

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  A New Hartford man is recovering after he was reportedly bitten by a fox. It happened around 5 p.m. Monday on Pheasant Lane.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  A 32-foot long missing dock has been found just 200-yards west of Oneida Bay Marina in Cicero where it was reported missing from.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The Onondaga County Heath Department says it will start monitoring the mosquitoes buzzing around the county this month.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The chairman of a Senate committee says the sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense Department has to go in addressing the plague of sexual crimes in the military.