NiMo workers reject contract amid anger over benefits
Niagara Mohawk union Local 97 members voted 53.3 percent against a 32 month deal that would raise pay 3 percent in years one and two and 2 percent in year three. About 84 percent voted, with strongest opposition in Albany Buffalo and Oswego districts. Negotiators face a 12 a.m. Tuesday deadline to avert a strike, with possible mediation as talks continue.
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Marlin Currier
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Cheney undergoes heart test at GWU Hospital
Vice President Dick Cheney, flanked by his wife and daughter, enters George Washington University Hospital for internal heart tests to assess need for a pacemaker. He has a long history of heart disease including four heart attacks and says he will follow doctors’ advice and would step forward if unable to continue as vice president.
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Dick Cheney
Cheney
George Washington University Hospital
H&R Block cannot prize winner claim $1 million sweepstakes
A Philadelphia area man from Turnersville New Jersey won $1 million in H R Block Million Dollar Giveaway but declines to claim it amid suspected scam. The company will select a new winner if the prize remains unclaimed by July 6.
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H&r Block Inc
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Janine Smiley
Smiley
H&r Block
High gas prices trim holiday travel plans in Central New York
The AAA reports 36 million Americans will drive for the holiday, a seven year high, but Central New York drivers face higher costs with gas at 161 per gallon. Residents say they will take shorter trips and keep to closer destinations while still traveling. Ernest Rockman from Syracuse notes he will drive, paying about 159 per gallon Friday.
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American Automobile Association
Central New York
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AAA
New York
New York State
Central
Ernest Rockman
Syracuse
J Aint
Rockman
Sunoco Station
City Weather Outlook Plainly Changes Through the Week
Tonight brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of storms. Sunday features some sunshine and lower humidity with a low around 58. Monday turns partly sunny and cooler with a high near 70 and a low of 52. Tuesday mixes clouds and sun with a high of 74 and a low of 56. Wednesday sees clouds and sun with a possible thunderstorm and a high around 78, low 58.
Syracuse to host Horses on Parade fundraising art tour
High Falls Brewing announces Syracuse variant of Horses on Parade to raise funds for nonprofits. Local businesses will sponsor fiberglass horses for 2500 each, with 2000 more for artist decoration. Horses arrive fall, displayed citywide through 2002 with designs approved by an arts panel.
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Genesee Brewing Company
Howie Jacobson
Milton J Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology
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Switzerland
Chicago
Dixon Schwab
High Falls Brewing
High Falls Brewing Company
Fulton plant expands adding 50 jobs at Fulton site
Agrilink plans a 12 million expansion at its Fulton plant to increase the Birds Eye line and add a new vegetable product line for restaurant chains. The Rochester based company, owner of Birds Eye and Comstock brands, cites financial incentives and local support from Operation Oswego County and Fulton development agencies.
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Rochester
Birds Eye
Oregon
Denny's
Mullen
Agrilinks
Oswego County
Communiiy Development Agency
James Wright
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