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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  On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended lowering the DWI blood alcohol count level from .08 to .05.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Michael Benny's exclusive series of interviews start airing Monday at 5pm on CBS 5 and NBC 3.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Sandra Olrich was killed at 20 years old, her killer will soon be a free man.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Dewitt residents are concerned about the possibility of I81 being rerouted to I481, bringing more traffic to the area.

Monday, May 06, 2013  The Lewis County Village of Harrisville is a quiet community, quiet that is for most everyone except Joel and Sandy Chambers who say the saw mill next door is causing their house to vibrate.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013 

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.

Monday, April 29, 2013  Syracuse Common Council public budget hearing is dominated by talk of fire department cutbacks.

Monday, April 29, 2013  NBA veteran center Jason Collins has become the first active male professional athlete in the major four American sports leagues to come out as gay.