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Sunday, May 05, 2013  The Iron Man franchise may just be hitting its stride in popularity, according to weekend box office results.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Yahoo! has recently named the Finger Lakes and Lake George to their list of “Lakeside destinations that have it all.”

Sunday, April 28, 2013  The House Intelligence Committee chairman says Syria's suspected use of chemical weapons against its own people is troubling but adds that he is also worried about those weapons falling into the wrong hands after President Bashar Assad is driven from power.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  President Barack Obama says he expects North Korea to make "more provocative moves" over the next several weeks.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The North Korean army is warning Washington that its military has been cleared to wage an attack using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" weapons.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  The U.S. says it would "extremely alarming" if North Korea were to restart its long-shuttered plutonium reactor

Saturday, March 30, 2013  Members of New York's congressional delegation are trying to get the post office in Brockport named for an Army sergeant from the upstate village who was killed in Afghanistan.

Friday, March 29, 2013  North Korea says it has entered `a state of war' with South Korea in the latest of a string of threats that have raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The Catholic church has chosen a new pope. White smoke is rising over the Vatican City, signaling that a new pope has been elected. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Argentina was named as pope. He is the first pontiff from South America.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Cardinals have set Tuesday as the start date for the conclave to elect the next pope

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez has died.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A celebration Mass will be held in thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI at 12:10pm in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse on Thursday, February 28, the Pope’s last official day before his resignation.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  In Central New York, Vera House, Inc. and Manlius Pebble Hill School partnered to host a news conference in conjunction with One Billion Rising.