Nuclear waste on wheels in transit to southern dump
A truck carrying the hottest radioactive waste allowed at a low-level dump will move from the James A. FitzPatrick plant toward South Carolina. The shipment raises the potential for Cayuga Chenango Cortland or Oswego counties to host a statewide low-level waste dump if a state commission picks a site.
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Alexander accuser details encounter with ex mayor in Syracuse
Former Syracuse mayor Alexander confronted accuser Chance at a Thursday night hearing as Sollanek, a witness in a grand jury probe into Alexander’s alleged corruption, described spotting Alexander at Otisville Federal Correctional Facility and witnessing a tense exchange before a federal transport plane.
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Woman Uses Sister's Name to Avoid DWI Charge
Candace Van Slyke of Syracuse, injured in a crash that killed her husband, lay in a nursing home. Forty miles away, her sister Shelly Dillman of Phoenix was arrested for drunken driving and admitted posing as Candace. Police added second-degree criminal impersonation charges. The sisters' mother expressed distress over the situation.
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Procrastinators get extra tax deadline in New York
IRS says about one in three taxpayers delay, with the deadline extended to April 18 for New Yorkers. In Buffalo District, more than 600,000 procrastinators are expected to file 1988 returns by Tuesday night, with about 1.9 million in the district and 1.3 million returns already in.
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Bush to visit Lockerbie site after NATO talks
President Bush may travel to Lockerbie Scotland where Pan Am Flight 103 exploded after a terrorist bomb. He plans to stop there on the way home from a Brussels NATO summit, with visits to Italy England and West Germany, to thank locals for aid in the disaster recovery and in searching for victims.
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Emotional Wright denies ethics violations
House Speaker Jim Wright delivers an emotional, tearful defense amid ethics probe claims of about 30 rule violations. He vows to defend his and his wife’s honor, asks for a chance to contest the charges as he faces intense scrutiny in Congress.
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