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Yesterday at 6:00 PM  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.

Yesterday at 1:09 PM  The ground where one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the country burst info flames three months ago will now see new life.

Yesterday at 12:53 PM  A wayward cow's dip in a central New York pond ends with the animal being lassoed by several volunteer "cowboys."

Yesterday at 10:45 AM  The authors of a report on the attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, are telling a House Republican that they will testify in public -- but they won't submit first to private interviews with investigators for a House oversight panel.

Yesterday at 9:25 AM  The West Genesee Central School District has launched a mobile app for Apple and Android devices.

Yesterday at 9:00 AM  Crews are working to demolish part of the former Nestle chocolate plant in Fulton to make way for redevelopments.

Yesterday at 7:20 AM  Colgate University says it's sending 119 paintings and drawings by Aboriginal children to a university in Australia

Thursday, May 16, 2013  We were first introduced to Dunder Mifflin Paper eight years ago on NBC's The Office, but our fascination with the cast and company doesn't have to end with the series.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Tracy Delong is under arrest charged with assault.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Sts. Peter and Paul elementary was to close, will instead be re-organized, re-named for Pope John Paul II

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The new central passenger screening checkpoint at Syracuse Hancock International Airport opened to the public on Wendesday morning, but not without a few glitches.

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  A man is accused of attacking a teen with a machete at a Utica playground Tuesday night.

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.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Army says the coordinator of a sexual assault prevention program at Fort Hood, Texas, is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct. He has been suspended from all duties.