Small protest outside of Bank of America in downtown Syracuse

A small protest by members of Syracuse United Neighbors,SUN, occurred earlier today outside of a bank in downtown Syracuse.

The protest, composed of about half a dozen members of SUN, entered the Bank of America across from Clinton Square around 11 a.m. today, according to the Post-Standard.

The protestors were there to ask for the bank’s local lending records from 2007 and 2008. The banks must make this information public, according to federal law.

SUN wants to see how the bank used its federal-bail-out money. Specifically whether the bank used any of the money to make mortgage loans or if it foreclosed on any properties in the neighborhoods served by SUN.

A bank employee took a member of SUN’s contact information and said the reports would be sent.

A security guard from the bank called police, but most of the SUN members had left by the time officers arrived. The Executive Director of SUN spoke with the officers, then left.

Another earthquake

Another earthquake has occurred, this one off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake occurred shortly after 11 p.m. local time, with a magnitude of 6.5.

This earthquake comes as the most recent in a trail of quakes. On January 12 an earthquake hit Haiti. Then Chile was hit by an 8.8 magnitude quake, February 27. Taiwan was hit next, by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Thursday morning.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a warning after the quake, but said there is a “very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts” no more than 62 miles from the earthquake’s epicenter.

The center of the earthquake was 100 miles west of Bengkulu in Sumatra and 215 miles south of Padang.

According to CNN, there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries from the Sumatran quake.

 Jose Reyes to have further tests

According to doctors, New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes has a thyroid imbalance. Reyes will have further tests on Monday in New York. Doctors cleared Reyes to play Friday, but the Mets pulled him out of pre-game stretching because they want to be conservative.

Reyes said he felt fine and has not experienced any symptoms of a thyroid problem, such as dizziness or fatigue.Reyes said this is the first time an imbalance was found in a blood test.

He appeared in only 36 games last season because of a hamstring injury.

According to ESPN the tests Reyes will undergo on Monday could take 48 hours to get the results back.

Reyes was in Florida with the team for spring training.