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Tuesday, February 05, 2013  A man was trapped in his car Tuesday night for about 30 minutes after hitting a tree and sliding down an embankment on the 3400 block of East Genesee Street.

Sunday, December 23, 2012  Cortland Firefighters responded to a house fire at 16 Harrington Avenue at about 8:15 pm December 22.

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.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  David Sherman, 31, of Preble was trying to haul a log Monday afternoon when the tractor flipped over, pinning him underneath.

Monday, July 09, 2012  The first call for help came in Monday around 3:45 p.m. near Route 11 and Foley Road, according to the Cortland County Sheriffs Department.

Tuesday, August 09, 2011  A power plant employee is dead after falling into the Seneca River and getting trapped in a hydroelectric turbine.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night - a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that riveted the world.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  The human drama unfolding with the rescue of trapped miners in Chile casts a light on a dark fear shared by many people: being buried alive.

Thursday, April 29, 2010  Syracuse Fire Department personnel were at Carousel Center Thursday morning, working to rescue several baby ducks that were trapped in a storm drain.

Thursday, January 14, 2010  Haitians are frantically struggling to save those injured in this week's earthquake while hoping foreign governments will quickly send in aid.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010  Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital after the strongest earthquake to hit the nation in more than 200 years.