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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Tonight the War Memorial roared to life. Fans cheered on their Syracuse Crunch as they continue their march through the playoffs winning their third straight game against Springfield.

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

Friday, May 10, 2013  A Town of Onondaga man was convicted for the second time in a 10-year-old sexual assault of an elderly Syracuse woman.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Fans of The Sound Garden music store are afraid proposed law targeting pawn shops could close downtown Syracuse business.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  NBC says it's planning a 12-day-long, around-the-clock competition show to air this fall.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Authorities have arrested a man for allegedly threatening New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney over her proposed gun control legislation.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Key measures of New York's tough new gun law have kicked in, meaning owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons are required to register the guns. There are also new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines.

Monday, April 15, 2013  The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a strict New York law that makes it difficult for residents to get a license to carry a concealed handgun in public.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A Utica man has been arrested twice for inappropriately touching females in two separate incidents over the last month.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  Syracuse Police say that they found a 39-year-old man unconcious when they arrived to a disturbance call at Dully's Express Market on 618 Second North Street at about 9:40 on Wednesday night.

Friday, March 29, 2013  After nearly vanishing for the season, the flu has made a comeback. Influenza has peaked again for the second time in Onondaga County.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  The New York affiliate of the National Rifle Association, joined by sportsmen's groups, firearms businesses and individual gun owners, has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction to stop the state's new gun control law.

Monday, February 04, 2013  The cause of a 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl remains under investigation, but public records show that Superdome officials were worried about a power outage several months before the big game.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The Syracuse Police said at a new conference Friday that they believe the two north side armed robberies are connected. One of the robberies left longtime Christian Brother’s Academy baseball coach Thomas Dotterer in critical condition Wednesday.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Longtime Christian Brothers Academy baseball coach Thomas Dotterer, 77, is back in critical condition after being shot in the eye in an armed robbery at his liquor store. Police are making progress in the investigation, but are still asking for your help to find who's responsible.