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A Syracuse man was hit in the face with a gun during an early morning robbery on Saturday.  Syracuse police say the 45 year old has minor injuries, after having cash stolen just before 5:30am in the 300 block of Coolidge Avenue, on the Syracuse South Side.  Investigators say the suspect also fired at least one round from the handgun, though the bulets did not hit anyone.

The suspect is a black man, 5’7″ with short hair, who got away in a gray-colored sedan.  Anyone who can help with the investigation can call Syracuse Police, 442-5222.

Partners of one of Australia’s top law firms voted today to approve a merger-like combination with the biggest law firm in China.

Partners of King Wood are expected to vote tomorrow on the potential tie-up with 170-partner Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Legal Week reports. If approved, the melding of the two firms is expected to take place early next year.

This is groundbreaking, says law firm consultant Tony Williams, who at one time served as a managing partner of Clifford Chance.

It is a clear message to US and UK firms that they will no longer be able to dominate the global legal market,” he tells the Financial Times (sub.

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A row has broken out between unions and the government after ministers warned that next week’s one-day strikes over public sector pension reforms could cost the economy up to £500m and lead to job losses.

With less then a week to go before the biggest walkout in decades, the ministers in charge of pensions negotiations, Francis Maude and Danny Alexander, said the strikes would impose a “significant hit to the economy at a very challenging time” as they urged public sector staff to go to defy their unions and turn up to work next Wednesday.

Unions hit back, saying the government was seeking to “scapegoat” public sector workers for poor economic growth and accused ministers of “fantasy economics”.

The Treasury says the planned walkout by more than 2 million workers will lower output in the public and private sectors, and estimates that if everyone balloted goes on strike, it will cost the economy around £500m and put some people out of a job.

Maude, the minister for the Cabinet Office, said this was likely because there was a correlation between economic output and loss of employment.

“Exactly what that relationship is very hard to anticipate but if we lose a big chunk of output it is hard to see how that does not translate into fewer jobs,” he said.

The £500m cost to the economy is the worst-case scenario. It

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ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) The race for the Republican presidential nomination is deeply unsettled with an anything-can-happen feel six weeks before Iowans start the state-by-state process of choosing a GOP challenger for President Barack Obama.

Hoping to sway the many voters who are still undecided, most of the contenders visited the state in the past week and the pace of campaigning is certain to accelerate after Thanksgiving, when the month-long sprint to the Jan. 3 caucuses begins. A crush of new TV ads is certain.

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NEW YORK, Nov 18 – High-profile accusations of child sex abuse in the United States have refocused attention on laws that are meant to protect the rights of the accused but in fact can help pedophiles escape prosecution.

Experts say statutes of limitation that prevent criminal charges being brought after a certain number of years may need to be reconsidered in the sex abuse of children because victims typically need years before they are able to come forward.

The latest case in the spotlight involves an assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University in the New York state. The coach, Bernie Fine, has declared his innocence and he was cleared in a university investigation in 2005.

Like the child sex abuse scandal rocking Penn State University football, the Syracuse accusation involves the coach of a highly profitable sports program in a university town with a fervent fan base. Find more info…