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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  Rescue crews were called to a house fire on South State Street near the Martin Luther King Street intersection in Syracuse just after 4:30 AM on Thursday

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Ultimate Fighting Championship chairman Lorenzo Fertitta was joined by UFC fighters Uriah Hall and Ryan LaFlare at a press conference at the Oncenter War Memorial Wednesday morning to push for New York State to legalize professional mixed martial arts events.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  New York Senate Republicans say Monday's murder conviction of a Philadelphia abortion doctor bolsters their opposition in Albany to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's abortion proposal.

Monday, May 13, 2013  A federal judge has approved a $40 million class-action settlement between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The government has filed a last-second appeal that will delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription.

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

Thursday, May 02, 2013  The City of Syracuse issued a stop work order Thursday morning as controversy swirls round a water tower owned by Destiny USA.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Phoenix schools were locked down on Wednesday after a threat against the school was posted on Facebook.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  The Justice Department is appealing a judge's decision lifting all age limits on the Plan B morning-after birth control pill and a cheaper generic.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Colgate University will host a special mixed-doubles tennis tournament on the J.W. Abrahamson Memorial Courts on Thursday, May 2 at 4pm in honor of Martin Richard, the 8–year-old boy that died in the Boston Marathon bombing.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Clergy against mixed martial arts visited lawmakers on Tuesday, lobbying against legalizing the sport in New York State. But locally, back in Syracuse, martial artists defended their sport, saying the detractors do not understand it.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Clergy against mixed martial arts are jumping into the New York fight over legalizing the sport, coming to Albany to lobby against it

Friday, April 26, 2013  Irish Dancers at this year's Bob Gabor CNY Feis Irish Dance Festival will have a chance to help the family of one of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A fight promoter has been charged with holding unsanctioned boxing and mixed martial arts matches in two upstate New York locations, including a bout that ended when a teenager was knocked out by an opponent more than twice his age.