Problems Abound At One School For Truckers
State regulators overlook troubles at 21 New York trucking schools. Empire Career Center in Utica faced two student deaths and a shutdown amid fraud and mismanagement claims. Former students called it a rip-off as officials warned of loan mill practices and housing and safety failures.
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New York State
Utica
Dan Kane
Empire Career Center
Canterbury Educational Services
Medford
N.J
Stanton Pikus
Eens
Empire
Federal Department of Education
Philadelphia
New York City
Atlantic City
Warmer weather brings cheaper gas south of Syracuse
Prices fall as temperatures rise, with New York state averaging about 1.46 per gallon for unleaded self-serve last week while Georgia and Florida hover near 1.29 and 1.30. In Harrisburg area, Bill Wenerick notes prices around 1.35 to 1.39 as drivers head south for savings.
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Syracuse
New York
New York State
Georgia
Florida
Bill Wenerick
Bill
Texaco
Interstate 81
Harrisburg
Living wills cited as aid to courts in Cruzan case
Missouri Supreme Court justice Edward D. Robertson Jr. urged clear advance directives noting living wills ease court decisions on end of life. He recalled 1988 Cruzan ruling and declined specifics on a new decision about withholding food.
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ST. Louis
Nancy Cruzan
Missouri
Supreme Court
Edward D
Chip” Robertson Jr
Cruzan
Ment
Robestan Auld
Sour economy bites into Christmas charitable giving
The piece reports charities nationwide seeing reduced donations amid economic uncertainty. National charity officials say recession dampens individual giving while demand for aid rises, with Salvation Army donations down 28 percent and United Way of America fearing inflation erodes any small uptick.
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Daniel Langan
National Charities Information Bureau
New York
Salvation Army
United Way of Amenta
Hospitals prepare for war at Hancock Airport
After the Boys from Syracuse pull out in January the 174th Tactical Fighter Wing hangar will be transformed into a wounded receiving area staffed largely by civilian EMTs and volunteer medical personnel. Nine days remain before expected fighting begins.
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Syracuse
Hancock International Airport
Air National Guard
Joe Farge
Onondaga County
Persian Gulf
Hancock
New York
National Disaster Medical System
NDMS
America
Iraq vows Kuwait resistance amid Bush criticism
Iraq vowed Sunday that it would never quit Kuwait and condemned President Bush and his advisers as villains and tyrants. In Syracuse a county emergency director warned that a war surge could trigger hospital bed shortages and force cancellations of elective surgeries as casualties overwhelm facilities.
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Raq
Kuwait
Bush
Ronald Hernandez
Emer- Bercy Medical Services Bureau
Paige
Syracuse
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