Chicago's is one of 100 AFGE rallies planned for Wednesday, from East Syracuse, N.
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Nothing spectacular recently in FiOS TV expansion news, but we're sure East Syracuse, North Syracuse and Cicero New York residents are happy to be included in the communities that have reached franchise agreements to allow for upcoming service rollouts.
The reason this might matter to intelligence analysts is that the last U.S. source of key ingredients for antibiotics a Bristol-Myers Squibb plant in East Syracuse, New York has now closed, leaving the U.S. dependent on foreign sources in a future conflict.
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In the Big East, Syracuse and Pitt played traditional rivals such as Georgetown, Connecticut, Villanova, St.
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Generations of families have found work in the gun industry in this rural area east of Syracuse between the Catskills to the south and the Adirondacks to the north.
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The two villages are about 65 miles east of Syracuse on opposite sides of the Mohawk River which connects the Erie Canal to the Hudson River and from there, the sea in a region known as the Mohawk Valley.
Because Syracuse and Seton Hall are charter Big East members, and because Syracuse is leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference next year, it made sense to Seton Hall officials to try to meet a higher ticket demand.
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In the Big East tournament, Syracuse reeled off victories over Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, and Georgetown before bowing to Louisville.
Their convenience store, the Green Ale Market, a nondescript one-story cinderblock building just east of downtown Syracuse, is located in a crime-ridden neighborhood.
While Saturday marks the final Big East game between Syracuse and Louisville, the two schools will meet again in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
"It will be different than the Big East tournament, " Syracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams said after scoring 24 points in the 61-50 victory over top-seeded Indiana.
The other difference was that, unlike its Big East tournament final against Syracuse and Midwest regional final against Duke, Louisville's comeback didn't put the game away.
Fresh from winning its second straight Big East tournament title, Syracuse will host Northeast Conference-champion Bryant (8-10) in the first round on Sunday night at the Carrier Dome.
After a dismal 1-4 stretch to end the Big East regular season, Syracuse (30-9) has won seven of its last eight games and will play Michigan (30-7) the South Regional's No. 4 seed in the national semifinals at Atlanta next Saturday.
Syracuse leaves the Big East tied with Georgetown for the most conference tournament wins at 78.
Every Hoyas starter played at least 31 minutes in their last game, an overtime loss to Syracuse in the Big East tournament.
So the curtains have stayed down or they will until Saturday night, when Seton Hall hosts Syracuse in a Big East Conference game.
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Syracuse will leave the Big East tied with Georgetown for the most conference tournament wins at 78.
As winner of the South region, Michigan advances to a semi-final game Saturday against Syracuse, which won the East region as a fourth seed.
Syracuse finished its final Big East regular season the Orange are headed for the Atlantic Coast Conference in July with four losses in the final five games.
Brandon Triche scored the go-ahead basket early in the extra session and No. 19 Syracuse advanced to the Big East championship game with a 58-55 victory over the fifth-ranked Hoyas on Friday night in their final conference clash.
"The Shot" has been summoned from the archives even more than usual this week because Indiana and Syracuse will meet in the East Regional semifinal Thursday night, their fourth meeting since the national championship game, but the first in the NCAA tournament.
And if ACC-bound Syracuse gets bounced early in the East, so much the better.
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Syracuse and Marquette both won their East Regional semifinal games Thursday night and that means the Big East will have a team in Atlanta next week.
And to think: Exactly three weeks ago, in this very same building, Syracuse wrapped up its final Big East regular-season schedule before heading to the Atlantic Coast Conference with a bad-as-can-be performance in a lopsided loss to Georgetown.
With a second suffocating performance at the East Regional, No. 4-seeded Syracuse shut down No. 3 Marquette 55-39 Saturday to earn coach Jim Boeheim his fourth trip to the Final Four and first since a freshman named Carmelo Anthony helped win the 2003 NCAA championship.
Carter-Williams did a terrific job of dealing with one thing at a time, so much so that he was chosen as the top player in the East Regional for helping No. 4 seed Syracuse beat No. 1 seed Indiana, then No. 3 seed Marquette, to make it to the Final Four for the first time since winning the 2003 NCAA championship.
The old Big East has yet to choose a name, but it could live on for one more game: If Syracuse wins the national semifinal, it has a chance to meet Big East partner Louisville in the national championship game.
The Big East had formed May 31, 1979, with Syracuse, Georgetown, Boston College, Connecticut, Providence, St.
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