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Buerkle takes slim lead over Rep. Maffei in 25th District[1]
Preliminary results in Wayne County have pushed Republican Ann Marie Buerkle ahead of incumbent Democrat Dan Maffei in their race for the 25th U.S. Congressional District seat.
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Wildlife filmmaker Chris Palmer shows that animals are often set up to succeed[2]
“Shooting in the Wild,” published this year by Sierra Club Books, exposes the unpleasant secrets of environmental filmmaking: manufactured sounds, staged fights, wild animals that aren’t quite wild filmed in nature that isn’t entirely natural.
Palmer’s book underscores the fundamental challenge of wildlife filmmaking: Nature is frequently boring. Wild animals prefer not to be seen.
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Syracuse Sporthorse Tournament at the War Memorial[3]
The Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament is expected to bring large crowds to the Oncenter and War Memorial through the weekend.
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SU professor elected president of Seneca Nation[4]
Syracuse University law school professor Robert Odawi Porter has been elected president of the Seneca Nation of Indians in western New York.
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Republicans Optimistic About Recapturing State Senate Control[5]
The question of who controls the State Senate will likely not be answered definitively for a few days – thanks to the counting of absentee ballots and re-canvassing
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NY’s `Rent Too High’ candidate: `Can’t quit now’[6]
Jimmy McMillan knows he can’t quit now – the rent is still “too damn high.”
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The Cuomos: Father Gets Votes Best?[7]
Andrew’s 62% gubernatorial tally (unofficial) is lower than papa Mario Cuomo’s 64.6% tally in 1986