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Networks blocking shows from Google TV
By Shelby Fenster
October 22, 2010 - 5:40pm
ABC, CBS and NBC blocking programming on their websites.

ABC, CBS and NBC will not allow viewers to watch their shows through Google’s new Web-TV service.  Google TV allows people to access the Internet and search for videos on their television screens. 

According to The Wall Street Journal, the networks are concerned about Google’s stance on websites that offer pirated videos.  However, Google has said Google TV will promote the networks’ broadcasts and websites’ content, not pirated content.

ABC reporter's homecoming gives Syracuse the limelight
By Dan Cohen
September 27, 2010 - 3:07pm
David Muir, Central New York native of "World News Tonight," takes a look at economy's affect on hometown.

When America tunes in at 6:30 p.m. for another broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, Central New York will be ready for its special closeup.  David Muir, a Syracuse native, kicks off the "Going Home - Looking for What Works" series to investigate how the recession is affecting his hometown region according to ABC News. 

Leno reclaims "Tonight Show"
By Drew Sagon
March 1, 2010 - 3:17pm
Plus, Syracuse sits atop NCAA rankings and SU students are safe after earthquake and tsunami in Chile

Jay Leno hopes to reclaim the top spot in late night television ratings tonight when he returns to the "Tonight Show" at 11:35 p.m..

ABC to cut 25 percent of its staff by the end of 2010
By Alexandra Leogrande
February 26, 2010 - 1:18pm
Plus, South Korean Kim Yu-Na overcomes the pressure to win gold in Vancouver and SU students make the Dome their home until Saturday's game.

             ABC News will restructure by undergoing big personnel reductions by the end of the year, the Post Standard reports. ABC News President David Westin says the number could be as high as one quarter of the current 1,400-person news staff.

Syracuse Police use taser in arrest
By Alexandra Zuckerman
October 19, 2009 - 2:51pm
A Syracuse man was allegedly Tasered three times after resisting arrest on Saturday.

On Comstock Ave. Syracuse police and SU Public Safety use force to capture a man with traffic violations.  The Post-Standard reports that on Saturday Barasheen R. Moody, 27, of Maple Terrace was operating an unauthorized vehicle and had a blood alcohol level of over the legal limit, 0.08 percent.  Moody was charged with misdemeanor counts of each offense, including resisting arrest.  After being stopped Moody ran away from Officer Scott Prutsman and proceeded down Comstock where...