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Election Day in Syracuse
By Leah Mazzarelli
November 3, 2009 - 4:26pm
Today Syracuse will elect a new mayor and the 23rd congressional district will elect a new congressman.

Tonight, Syracuse will have a new mayor.  According to The Post Standard Election polls have been open since 6 a.m., where Syracuse citizens have casted their vote for Syracuse Mayor.  Republican Steve Kimatian, Democrat Stephanie Miner and Conservative party candidate Otis...

Hand-held cell phone law is being enforced
By Heila Nir
October 19, 2009 - 5:59pm
Thruway State Police crackdown on cell phone use

According to 9WSYR.com, Thruway State Police issued tickets to drivers during a four-day crackdown nicknamed “Operation Hang Up II”.  Police say they gave over 900 tickets to thruways drivers who violated the hand-held cell phone law.

The New York Sate law...

About Face
By Hallie M. Stiller
May 4, 2009 - 12:15pm
Facebook has reached new heights of popularity, but some say using the site has consequences.

As of January, Facebook has become the world’s most used social networking Web site, according to the web analytics company Compete.com. The previous site with that title, MySpace, had approximately 810 million visits.


Facebook is no longer purely the domain of college students. According to the site’s usage statistics, college students make up less than half of all users, and the fastest growing demographic is over 30 years old.