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At Commencement, students cut Dimon slack
By Paul Brockwell
May 16, 2010 - 4:46pm
Protesters don’t come to bear; accountability was the major theme of JPMorgan Chase CEO's address.

Jamie Dimon doesn’t mind being held accountable. In fact, he wants to be. For Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., it’s a crucial element of achieving success.

“It is completely appropriate to hold me accountable for those things I am responsible for,” Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co., told students in his commencement address. “We all should be held accountable.

Commencement controversy
By Matthew Ehalt
April 15, 2010 - 8:23pm
Student protests against JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon gain attention from university administration, national media outlets.

The debate over Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s choice for Syracuse University’s 2010 commencement speaker continues to rage on.

After JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon was announced as this year's commencement speaker, a group of students protested the decision and don’t seem ready to cease action any time soon.

Nine dead in Italian train accident
By Flavia Colangelo
April 12, 2010 - 11:55am
Plus, Tea Party protests in Syracuse and actress Dixie Carter dies at age 70.

A derailled train in Italy has killed nine people this morning, according to Italy's Civil Protection office. CNN reports at least 20 more are injured, five being serious.

The train was traveling on the Val Venosta line, one of the newest railways opened in 2005, when it was derailed by a landslide, say authorities. More than 200 rescures are on the scene

Head of the transport department for the local government Thomas Widmann says the landslide was probably caused by a broken irrigation pipe. The mud entered the train and suffocated the passengers, Widmann says.

Small protest outside of Bank of America in downtown Syracuse
By Braedan Ritter
March 5, 2010 - 2:39pm
Plus, another earthquake hits and Jose Reyes has a thyroid imbalance.

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.

Denver Nuggets coach diagnosed with cancer
By Stephanie M. Ma...
February 17, 2010 - 12:21pm
Plus, a St. Camillus employee was attacked in her car late Tuesday night in Syracuse and anti-whaling activist is being held on a Japanese whaling boat.

St. Camillus Employee Attacked

A St. Camillus employee was attacked in her car late Tuesday night after her shift, the Post Standard reports. The woman was sitting in her car around 11:40 pm Tuesday night after her shift on at the St. Camillus Health and Rehabilitation center on Fay Road. As she was sitting in her car, she was slashed on the cheek. The victim has a 3- to 4- inch cut on her cheek.

A protest for gay rights
By Matthew Nojiri
November 18, 2009 - 7:20pm
More than 75 SU students fight back against the anti-gay message of two local residents.

Dressed in a corduroy skirt, 27-year-old Syracuse resident Michelle Deferio stood near the Waverly Avenue entrance of the Schine Student Center holding a sign.

"HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN, CHRIST CAN SET YOU FREE," it read.

Chris Pesto, a gay Syracuse University junior majoring in acting, was walking back from class around 3:30 p.m. He saw Deferio's sign and decided to make one of his own.

"CORDUROY SKIRTS ARE A SIN," his sign read.

Authorities break Syracuse drug rings
By Bianca Graulau
October 16, 2009 - 12:17pm
33 are indicted for distributing cocaine weekly

Syracuse.com is reporting that 33 Central New Yorkers were indicted for being part of drug rings that distributed pounds of cocaine on a weekly basis in the Syracuse area. 

Law enforcement agencies from the Central New York area seized $800,000 worth of cocaine.

16 pounds of marijuana, 12 firearms, more than $88,000 in cash and 12 vehicles were also seized...