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Final News Tracker entry for Spring 2010
By NewsHouse Staff
May 11, 2010 - 11:01am
Check back again in the fall!

This concludes News Tracker updates for the 2010 spring semester as Syracuse University heads for summer break. Please check back for this service again in the fall of 2010 after classes resume.

Syracuse Common Council makes no promise to give schools more money
By Eric Silverman
April 30, 2010 - 1:23pm
Plus, a terrorism scare in a New York City subway tunnel and the SU lacrosse team visits Notre Dame.

Syracuse Common Councilors did not promise Syracuse City Schools Friday that they will provide them more money for the 2010-2011 budget.

Syracuse City School District Superintendent Daniel Lowengard said the district can reduce the 243 cuts it faces if the city allocates it more money than Mayor Miner has already proposed in her budget.

Manlius crash sends three to hospital
By Eric Silverman
April 28, 2010 - 11:21am
Plus, Democrats and Republicans react to Arizona's new immigration law and SU tight end Mike Owen is invited to try out for the New York Jets.

A minivan struck a mini bus around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Fremont Road and North Central Avenue in Manlius after the minivan driver suffered a seizure while waiting at a red light, police said. Jeremy F. Bender, 39, of East Syracuse went down on his gas pedal during his seizure and his minivan ran through the red light and collided with the bus at the intersection.

Onondaga County committee approves off-track betting
By Gregory Shillinglaw
April 27, 2010 - 6:44pm
Plus, the E.U. helps out the airline industry and Crawford named NBA sixth Man of the Year.

The Onondaga County Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee approved a proposal to allow Off-Track Betting during a meeting earlier this morning. The vote passed by a margin of 4-2, with one abstention.

"The county is diving into a cesspool of vices," Democrat Mark Stanczyk, said. Cnycentral.com reports lawmakers argued over whether the county should allow gambling.

After 40 years, a Vietnam veteran receives a medal
By Julia Palmer
April 26, 2010 - 5:38pm
Plus, Playboy gives back and Graham's exit puts a bill in limbo.

According to an article by Syracuse.com, Vietnam War veteran Larry Dobson received a Purple Heart today after being injured in an attack more than 40 years ago.  "It's a wonderful feeling, it really is," Dobson, 60, of Baldwinsville said.

Cornell hires Virginia Tech assistant Bill Courtney as its new head coach
By David Suntup
April 23, 2010 - 2:15pm
Plus, military health spending is increasing and a Cortland professor is charged with rape.

Bill Courtney, an assistant coach at Virginia Tech, has been hired to replace Steve Donahue as the head coach at Cornell. The announcement is not official yet, and a press conference is scheduled for this afternoon in Ithaca, according to The Post-Standard.

Obama criticizes Arizona immigration bill
By Lenah Hassaballah
April 23, 2010 - 12:50pm
Plus, oil spills into the Gulf of Mexico after oil rig explosion and atleast 61 dead in Iraq bombing.

The Arizona immigration bill, which is considered one of the toughest in the nation, was highly criticized by President Obama Friday when he called it "misguided" and "unfair".

The bill states that immigrants should carry their registration documents at all times and gives police authority to question people who they suspect are illegal. (CNN).

Bill to give District of Columbia a vote stalls
By Kelly Saco
April 23, 2010 - 9:00am
Plus, Syracuse museum's interactive F-16 jet exhibit isn't kid-proof and Jason Taylor agrees to a deal with the New York Jets.

The New York Times reports that the House will not be voting on legislation that would grant the District of Columbia a voting representative in Congress this week or possibly even this year. ...

State senators ask Espada to step down
By Evan Williams
April 22, 2010 - 7:39pm
Plus, Senate Dems push to advance financial reform bill and CBS wins rights to NCAA tourney.

Senators and congressmen congregated Thursday to call for Senate Majority leader Pedro Espada Jr. to step down because of an ongoing investigation determining his involvement in shady political and business activities.

NFL Draft hits prime time
By Anna Stolzenburg
April 22, 2010 - 6:44pm
Plus, a look at the environment then, and now, on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, and Syracuse's Green Data Center wins sustainability honor.

The NFL is changing how its fans watch the NFL draft. From a 4 p.m. Saturday start last year to a 7:30 Thursday evening start tonight, the league is making it what NBC sports reporter Ethan J. Skolnick calls “must-see TV.”

“We all thought, way back when, how can this become the most watched non-movement sporting event in professional sports?” former NFL executive Carl Peterson says.