Syracuse Post-Standard (Newspaper) - August 23, 2008, Syracuse, New York SUMMER OLYMPICS I BEIJING 2008 BOEHEIM REPORTS ON TEAM USAS WIN 0V JEN RHINES RACE GOLD FOR The 0 2008 The AUGUST 2008 FINAL EDITION 50OENTS Judge Penney was charged fairly at Carousel A federal judge has rejected a claim by the Penney de store chain that it has been overcharged for its share of taxes paid by two Pyramid including the Carousel Center in PAGE B6 Oranges speedy running back is now a receiver Junior running back Daniel Bailey was moved out of the backfield for the start of son training camp three weeks He is perhaps the fastest player on the Syracuse Universi ty football PAGE Cl Peterson appoints leaders to help attract jobs David Paterson is pick ing a Wall Street executive and a Rochester business leader to help in New Yorks economic development The state uses tax tax credits and other incentives to attract and re tain NEW PAGE A10 bookcases add style to all storage spaces Whether for books or to dis play decorative every home needs a They can be great places for storage or to showcase HOME PAGE Dl Fay begins to move out of Florida after five days Tropical Storm Fay finally got on track to make its way out of Florida as homeowners begin to clean The which stuck around for five dumped more than 2 feet of rain in some PAGE A5 Russian military pulls out of key Georgian areas Russian tanks rolled out of key positions deep inside Geor gia Friday as Moscow declared it had pulled its forces out follow ing the worst confrontation be tween the Kremlin and the West since the Soviet PAGE A6 Corrections Closing date of Johnny Guitar was incorrect in the On Stage listing Call 4702240 to discuss a correction on a news Subscription questions Call 470NEWS SUNNY SKIES Temperatures will be warming back up into the mid 805 today as the sun competes with a few clouds Tonight will be mild and part ly Sundays forecast is but with a chance of a shower or Complete B8 HIGH 86 LOW 66 Index Comics Dl Crossword Local THE 11336 A Q Biden Picked As Running Mate Sources early this morning said Obama had selected the Delaware Announcement The Associated Press Washington Barack Obama se Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running according to a Democrat ic balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran in foreign and defense who has twice sought the White is a Catholic with blue collar a generally liberal voting record and a as a ed Across more than 30 years in the he has at various times not only as chairman of the Foreign Re lations but also as head of the Judiciary with its juris diction over anticrime legislation and Constitutional The official who spoke did so on MORE ON For the latest on this developing go to condition of preferring not to preempt a announce ment the Obama campaign promised for this Syracuse College of Law is Bidens alma mater and his first the former who died in was from campaign arranged a debut for the newly minted ticket today out side the Old State Capitol in Spring The Democratic National Convention meets next week in Denver to hand Obama his presidential and then confirm Biden slowly emerged as choice across a long day and night of political suspense as other contenders gradually fell PAGE A3 NEW YORK STATE FAIR Gloria BRIDGET and her Ryan both of take a break for ice cream Friday at the New York State SEELY SNIFFS OUT FAIRS MOST ODORIFEROUS SPOTS His trusty Nasal Ranger meter tests the many scents Staff writer At the New York State the folks who make fried dough smell like fried It gets buried into your said Brad of his stands signature You take it home with Call it the smell of crowds or maybe Central New York but the state fair annually serves up a menu of distinctive scents as varied as its Every folks travel vast distances to savor that grease smell of which mingles along the midway in an aromatic potpourri of grilled musty hot machinery and sunburned It is the great New York State the odorous buffet that covers the ensuring that visitors receive their desired sensory But where are the fairs hotspots of smell That was the question Thursday during a scientific expe dition to measure and quantify odor concentrations at PAGE A4 Syracuse com Ride with the Nasal Ranger Hart Seely and Steven Pallone take on the fair with a nose for news and an odor See the video at See our gallery people enjoying the fair at Inside Hillary Clinton eats and greets at the but is mum about the Democratic vice presidential CNY campuses reopen drinking age debate By Rebecca James Staff writer As students arrive back on college campuses this many are wel comed by something they didnt ex Their college presidents are say ing that maybe students shouldnt have to wait until 21 to drink People are happy that Rebecca our took a bold said David president of Colgates Student Government As Its an issue that has been taboo for too Four college presidents from Central New York were among more than 125 of their peers who signed onto the Amethyst which said the 21yearold drinking age is not work The statement the presidents signed hints strongly that dropping the age would be best How many times must we relearn the les sons of prohibition But local school leaders spoke in less strong We just want the discussion to take said Syracuse Tom interim senior vice presi dent of student The commitment is to making sure Chiefs hope the play ball we have a thorough examination about the impact of alco Said Chopp of This is not an endorsement of lowering the drink ing age to but rather a statement that this discussion needs to be open and inclusive if it is to be Cazenovia College President Mark Tierno issued the strongest statement of the saying that the 21yearold drinking age had only made the prob lem of excessive drinking It is well documented that the PAGE A4 By Matt Michael Staff writer By this time next the To ronto Blue Jays likely will be out as the majorleague affiliate of the Syracuse Chiefs TripleA baseball ending a 31year relationship between the The big is what team will replace Toronto The New York Mets who are in first place in their division are the Chiefs top with the Washington Nationals as the conso lation according to sources within the team who asked not to be Either the Chiefs are lining up to have a new affiliate for the first time in more than 30 The contract between the Chiefs and Blue which was last re in is expiring at the end of this The tired of long history of losing in have made it clear that they want a new partner by not re signing with the Blue Jays Majorleague and teams that havent signed contracts can start talking Heres whats behind the change and how the process works Why do the Chiefs want a new affiliate The better question why have the Chiefs stuck with the Blue Jays for so long Unless the 2008 Chiefs can reverse their losing re cord in the final two weeks of this track record with the Blue Jays will look like this 23 losing seasons out of five playoff and no playoff and championship droughts 10 PAGE A4 Important dates 211 Major league and minor league teams notify Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball offices that theyre going to seek new of open cities is distributed to major league and minor league 1630 Available teams negotiate and sign 17 If there are still teams that havent signed Major League Baseball will assign their 4
