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Friday, May 03, 2013  Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The book is entitled "Where's Heidi?" It was released today by it's author, Lisa Buske, the sister of Heidi Allen who disappeared on this day 19 years ago.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The man who's considered America's first novelist and the author of "Where the Wild Things Are" will be inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  All 200 stores at Destiny USA will be required to open at midnight on Black Friday.

Friday, October 12, 2012  A 22-year-old Ithaca man has been arrested for shooting an Ithaca Police officer in the line of duty Thursday night.

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

Monday, July 09, 2012  On Monday, the Syracuse Common Council approved a 30-year tax exemption for Cameron Group LLC. The final vote was 5-4.

Thursday, May 24, 2012  No matter where you go, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is hard to ignore. It has several explicit sexual scenes and libraries in Florida and Wisconsin have refused to carry the book.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  The Harry Potter books are finally on sale in electronic form.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  Screaming fans are one predictor. Book sales in the tens of millions are another. Tonight's launch of The Hunger Games is expected to be big.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012  Victor Fregoe has never stepped foot in Manhattan. But according to the phone book, the northern New York resident is living in the Big Apple.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  After police were called to a Massachusetts home for an overdue library book, we're looking into what local libraries do to collect those fees.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  Joan Green has plenty of room in her basement now that she has donated her collection of 2,000 cook books to Syracuse University.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  Thinking of trading in the clunker in your garage for something that gets better gas mileage? Wait a little longer.

Friday, February 25, 2011  The amount of people downloading library books onto iPads and e-readers doubled in the week after Christmas.