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Syracuse — Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy will be in Syracuse Thursday to promote Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s push to expand DNA collection from more convicts, a move that could make the state’s DNA database the most comprehensive in the country.

Duffy, the former police chief and mayor of Rochester, will join Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick at the 1:3 a.m. press conference on the 4th floor of the Onondaga County/City of Syracuse Criminal Courthouse.

All convicted felons in New York state would have to turn over their DNA to an expanded criminal database under legislation passed New York State Senate. The legislation would require all convicted felons in New York to turn over DNA.

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The identity of the youngest of eight people accused of a violent kidnapping near Arrowtown can now be revealed.

Brooke Sylvia Carpenter, 17, of Kawarau Falls, is charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault over an alleged attack on a couple last November.

The charges relate to an incident in which Cromwell man Jason Maynard, 28, and his girlfriend, 23, were allegedly lured to the intersection of the Crown Range Rd and State Highway 6. There, the victim was apparently attacked by masked men armed with a meat cleaver and a machete. The victim was allegedly bundled into a car and driven to Arrowtown, where he was dumped on the side of a road.

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MONTEBELLO — A petty theft of some beer turned into a robbery Tuesday when the suspect wrestled a phone away from a convenience store clerk as she dialed 9-1-1, police said.Jesus Naranjo, 25, of Montebello was arrested following the 3:25 p.m. incident at 7-Eleven, 1106 W. Beverly Blvd., Montebello police Lt. Andy Vuncanon said.He and another man entered the store and both grabbed a three-pack of 24-ounce of beer, the lieutenant said.One of the men paid for his beer, while the other concealed his and walked out of the store without paying, Vuncanon said.The store clerk, with a cordless phone in hand, confronted the suspect outside the store and demanded he return the beer, police said. Read all post…

Shoots him down after alleged affair with wife

Capt. Peter Hains Jr.and Thornton Hains descend courthouse steps in New York City.

Aug. 15, 1908, was a beautiful day for a boat race.

At least 100 men, women and children, dressed for a regatta, were milling around the grounds of the Bayside Yacht Club on Little Neck Bay in Queens.

They watched a sloop with white sails approach the dock, and a man in a bathing suit prepared to disembark.

As he sat in the bow of the boat, two men — U.S. Army Capt. Peter C. H

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JACKSON, Miss. — All the people outraged about the Mississippi bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” have missed its satirical intent, the sponsor said Thursday.

State Rep. Steve Holland, a populist Democrat known for over-the-top gestures, said he was tickled that his provocation had rocketed across the Internet.

Holland says the measure is meant to mock other bills that would crack down on illegal immigration. At least six such bills have already been assigned for committee consideration in the state’s current legislative session, and more could be on the way.

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