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Wednesday, April 03, 2013  NBC has officially announced that Jimmy Fallon will take over as host of “The Tonight Show” in the spring of 2014.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts.

Monday, February 04, 2013  Turning Stone is looking to hire 150 new employees for its expansion project -- named Exit 33 after the Thruway exit to the casino. Full and part time jobs are available for many positions, including servers, bartenders, hosts, security and more. The complex is expected to open this July.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  Police say a former Cornell University graduate student has died in a fall at one of Ithaca's gorges.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Council members say the plan to help reduce intake of saturated fats.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  Authorities say a 100-year-old man drove onto a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, across from an elementary school in South Los Angeles.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Former major league outfielder Chad Curtis plans to fight an additional charge stemming from complaints about his behavior with female high school students in Michigan.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  The Primetime Emmy nominations have been announced in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Sunday, June 17, 2012  Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers led to some of the nation's most destructive race riots, has died at age 47.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  A former Syracuse man will spend more than 17 years in prison in a drug and money laundering scheme.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  A financial adviser and her lover face wire fraud charges in Los Angeles for allegedly swindling $2.2 million from Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney, former Syracuse University player.

Thursday, December 08, 2011  Troopers say a hoax e-mail is going around that appears to be from New York State Police or the Los Angeles Department of Motor Vehicles.

Friday, December 02, 2011  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking a lucrative, one-day victory lap to California where he is being celebrated as a hero for legalizing gay marriage in New York.

Tuesday, November 01, 2011  Sophomore Fab Melo looked a lot thinner and athletic, finishing with a game-high 12 points and eight rebounds. Melo also contributed two blocks and a steal in 17 minutes of playing time.

Friday, June 18, 2010  The Los Angeles Lakers have won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 Thursday night in Game 7 of the NBA finals.