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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.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A yacht captain said on national TV Friday that he lied to investigators about Natalie Wood’s mysterious death 30 years ago and blames the actress’ husband at the time, Robert Wagner, for her drowning in the ocean off Southern California.

Photo Gallery: A Look Back: Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner 

The circumstances of her death remain one of Hollywood’s enduring mysteries and continue to create renewed intrigue, with homicide detectives unexpectedly re-opening the case Thursday that had long been classified as a tragic accident.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s detective will speak to reporters Friday about the decision to take another look at the Oscar-nominated actress’ nighttime demise in the chilly waters off Southern California on Nov. 29,

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CHAPEL HILL — Don’t tell Lindsey Rietkerk that the presidential election is a year away as she works the crowd outside Kenan Stadium, bundled in a jacket with an Obama sticker and holding a clipboard with voter registration forms.

“Are you registered? Everybody registered? How about you, are you registered? It takes a minute of your time.”

If she sounds like the Carolina-blue-clad guy selling programs inside the gate, she doesn’t mind. “It’s an uphill battle,” the Obama campaign volunteer said.

Since November 2008, when Barack Obama won by 14,177 votes on his way to the White House, Democrats have lost voters in 97 of North Carolina’s 100 counties and relinquished control of the state legislature for the first time in more than a century.

A year from the 2012 election, the battle already is under way in North Carolina, which is expected to play a major role in selecting the next U.S.

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An oft-repeated clich of political discourse whose exact origin is unclear goes something like this: “They didn’t see the light until we turned up the heat.”

Like many clichs, it has a valid core, and the California version is that the Legislature has tended to ignore a difficult issue until someone threatens to take it to the voters via an initiative ballot measure.

That was certainly true when Proposition 13, the progenitor of the modern era of ballot measure activism, qualified for the 1978 ballot.

Then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature just fiddled around with the explosive growth of property taxes, but they didn’t get serious until after Proposition 13 qualified.

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Stuart Walker’s body was discovered on an industrial estate in Cumnock, Ayshire, last Saturday. Photograph: Strathclyde Police/PA

Police investigating the murder of barman Stuart Walker have arrested an 18-year-old who was taken into custody on Thursday evening.

Strathclyde police confirmed the arrest on Friday evening. The man is expected to appear at Ayr sheriff court on Monday.

The body of Walker, 28, was discovered on Saturday at Caponacre industrial estate in Cumnock, Ayrshire. It is understood he had been beaten and burned. He had been at a house party with friends, and left without his glasses and coat.

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