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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.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Camillus Clean Air Coalition filed for the temporary restraining order to stop the dumping of contaminated dredged materials at Wastebed 13

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  Dredging at Onondaga Lake is scheduled to begin this week, despite a new independent report released Monday by two scientsits which quantifys past and future exposure to residents in the Camillus area.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Larry Flynt, free speech activist, and publisher of Hustler magazine (a monthly pornographic magazine), addressed hundreds at Syracuse University's Goldstein Auditorium on Tuesday evening, trying to spread education on the First Amendment.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Flynt is an outspoken defender of First Amendment rights. Throughout his career, he has been involved in numerous legal battles regarding the regulation of free speech in the U.S., including the Supreme Court case HUSTLER Magazine vs. Falwell back in 1988.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A Lafayette man is accused of sealing 5 gold coins and selling them to a shop in Syracuse.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Education issues are on the agenda in Albany as state Assembly lawmakers hold another in a series of public hearings on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposals.

Friday, February 08, 2013  It was a complication during her birth and Mullin is hoping to turn it into something positive for her patients.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  It's being called the first-of-its-kind cancer study on dogs. It's a study that will track golden retrievers over their entire lives and use the findings to try and determine why some get cancer.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Meet  Zarina, the youngest Patas Monkey, and "golden" addition to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. After a week of voting, the community selected the name submitted by Marishka Biela, 7, from Bernhard's Bay.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  The Golden Globe nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, CA., by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Thursday morning.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Federal agriculture statistics show the number of apple trees in New York grew by 22 percent from 2006 to 2011 but cultivation dropped by two percent.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Olympian Ryan Lochte barely missed breaking his own American record in the 200-yard individual medley Thursday on opening night of the Winter National Championships

Sunday, October 14, 2012  The New York Farm Bureau presented Cazenovia's Beezie Madden with the Equine Ambassador Award in front of a big crowd at the Cazenovia College Equine Education Center Sunday afternoon.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  The One World Concert drew an estimated 24,000 to Syracuse University's Carrier Dome on Tuesday Night.