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Chilean President is ready for the mine rescue
By Leonardo Feldman
October 12, 2010 - 11:38am
The rescue is expected to take place Wednesday.

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera  spoke in Quito, Ecuador, and said he is ready for the rescue of the 33 miners which have been trapped for over months.  Rescue crews will begin Wednesday or perhaps even earlier to pull the men to safety, officials said.

 The president would like the miners to not just see the sunlight but embrace with their family, according to CNN.

Protestors gather in Syracuse to oppose education cuts
By Jaime Bellemare
April 8, 2010 - 4:08pm
Plus, West Virginia rescue workers delayed by methane and the Oprah Winfrey Show gets a new network.

Protestors gathered at Sen. David Valesky’s Syracuse office Thursday afternoon to oppose cutbacks in education according to Syracuse.com.

Valesky voted for a Senate budget proposal two weeks ago that included a $1.4 billion cut to education according to protest organizer, Tanika Jones-Cole. The group, Alliance for Quality Education said the cuts threaten 15,000 teaching positions in New York.

Village of Tully to cut taxes by 6 percent
By Samuel Taylor
April 7, 2010 - 8:58pm
Plus, United and US Airways are discussing a possible merger and rescuers at the Upper Big Branch South Mine in West Virginia may have to hold out a little longer.

Although members of the Onondaga County Legislature have indicated that the new tax revenue sharing plan will give less to villages and towns, the Village of Tully unveiled a new budget plan today that will cut taxes by six percent.


According to 9WSYR.com, Village Mayor Beth Greenwood says village board members worked to make sure they were absolutely as efficient as possible in this year's budget.

Chilean Mines Reopen
By Katie Siefert
March 1, 2010 - 8:02pm
Plus, Jets running back Thomas Jones will be released and SU and ESF reach an agreement.

Chile reopened its copper mines, closed after Saturday's earthquake, on Monday. There was no serious damage reportedly done to the mines and some were unaffected. A quarter of the top copper producing mines were shut down over the weekend. According to The New York Times, the mines were shut down because of power outages and fear of further disruption.