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J O I N T S E S S I O N C O N G R E S S I O N A L A D D R E S S

‘DAY OF

RECKONING

HAS ARRIVED’

President acknowledges dire circumstances of economic

crisis, but says America will recover, emerge stronger

KEY ISSUES

ECONOMY: Among other things, he says

more money will be needed to rescue banks.

WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN:

The president says he wants to raise the pay

of fighting forces and will soon announce a

way to end the war in Iraq — and a new path

for the war in Afghanistan.

HEALTH CARE: Obama says his budget

will include a down payment on coverage for

all, partly paid for by squeezing waste out of

the system.

EDUCATION: Obama says it is his goal to

ensure every child has access to “a complete

and competitive education.”

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Republican leaders call the president’s

handling of the economy irresponsible.

What did our local representatives think?

Why this was not a State of the Union address.

Page A-4

INSIDE

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AND DINNERSFOOD, PAGE D-1

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009 • FINAL EDITION

SYRACUSE, N.Y. • 50 CENTS

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C-4

SU MEN’S

BASKETBALL

SYRACUSE

ORANGE

ST. JOHN’S

RED STORM5887

New teen

charged in

fatal attic

shootingJa-Le Johnson, 16, initially confessed,

but evidence from weapons points to

Shawn Rhines, 15, police say.

By Jim O’Hara

Staff writer

Syracuse Police Chief Gary Miguel said

detectives found themselves in a highly un-

usual quandary as they investigated the

shooting death of a Lilac Street man last

month.First, 16-year-old Ja-Le Johnson ad-

mitted to detectives within 15 minutes of

being brought in that he fired the shot from

his attic window that struck and killed

neighbor Casimir Snyder, Miguel said. So

Johnson was charged with murder.

Two days later, 15-year-old Shawn

Rhines came to police headquarters with a

lawyer and confessed to being the shooter

who killed Snyder with a shot from the

RHINES, PAGE A-5Syracuse housing

market a bright spot

Here’s another reminder

that Syracuse has avoided the

horrendous free fall in housing

prices that other regions have

suffered. While a federal agen-

cy reported that home prices

have hit the largest annual de-

cline since 1991, Syracuse was

highlighted as being one of the

‘‘pockets of strength.’’ It is

No. 20 among metro areas

with rising house values.

Leasing unused space

cost college $409,000

SUNY Upstate Medical

University spent $409,000

leasing office space for nearly

four years that it didn’t use, a

state audit showed Tuesday.

LOCAL, PAGE B-1

Liverpool voters tackle

stadium turf issue again

Liverpool school district

residents have twice rejected

turf and stadium projects, but

can reconsider the idea when it

comes up for a vote Thursday.

LOCAL, PAGE B-3

2 CNY men describe

wrongful convictions

Steve Barnes, of Oneida,

and Roy Brown, of Auburn,

told a state Bar Association

task force what it’s like to live

behind bars for a crime you

didn’t commit.

LOCAL, PAGE B-1

Corrections

4 Robbery suspect Robert M.

o’s address/B-1orrection on

AP

VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., applaud as President

Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol in

Washington, Tuesday.

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See the report:

syracuse.com/news.

Courtesy Doug Waterbury

THE SCREAMER, a 2,000-horsepower jet

boat, will be Sylvan Beach Amusement

Park’s newest attraction this summer, of-

fering half-hour rides on Oneida Lake.

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By Jeff Zeleny

New York Times News Service

Washington — President Barack Obama

urged the nation on Tuesday to see the economic

crisis as reason to raise its ambitions, calling for

expensive new efforts to address energy, health

care and education programs even as he warned

that more money might be needed to bail out

banks.In his first address to a joint session of Con-

gress, Obama mixed an acknowledgment of the

depth of the economic problems with a Rea-

ganesque exhortation to American resilience and

an expansive agenda with a pledge to begin par-

ing down a soaring budget deficit.

‘‘While our economy may be weakened and

our confidence shaken, though we are living

through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I

want every American to know this,’’ Obama

said. ‘‘We will rebuild, we will recover, and the

United States of America will emerge stronger

than before.’’greeted in the House of Representa-

h siastic applause, partic-

ng majori-

Boat offers

thrill-seekers

a joy ride

Find links and information

about voting:

syracuse.com/north

By Glenn Coin

Staff writer

The newest attraction

at Sylvan Beach Amuse-

ment Park will zip across

Oneida Lake at 40 mph.

One of the park’s

owners has bought the

2,000-horsepower

Screamer from a resort in

Aruba and plans to give

thrill rides on the lake beginning this spring.

‘‘We think it’s something that people are

going to get a kick out of,’’ said Doug Wa-

terbury, who invested in the Sylvan Beach

park two years ago. ‘‘The water, in effect, be

comes an extension of the amusement park.’

Waterbury plans to dock the 40-passenge

boat on the state barge canal wall just east o

nd near the amusement park. The

SCREAMER, PAGE

See the Screamer

in action in a

downloadable

video at

syracuse.com/

indepth

»VIDEO ON

»VIDEO ONWatch Tuesday’s news conference with

the Onondaga County district attorney

and Syracuse police chief on the

indictments in the Jan. 4 shooting of Casimir

Snyder at syracuse.com/news

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009SECTION

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The Post-StandardLOCALMADISON COUNTY • ONEIDA COUNTY • ONONDAGA COUNTY

Going MobileSOFTWARE STEALS THE SHOW AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS. PAGE B-4 Fire district consolidation proves to be a tough sell

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Low-income residentscan get tax helpLow-income residents inMadison County can get freehelp with tax returns throughApril 15.

Community Action Partner-ship for Madison County, inconjunction with the Depart-ment of Social Services andColgate University, will offerthe Voluntary Income Tax As-sistance program to those whoqualify for a federal refundknown as the Earned IncomeTax Credit.Trained volunteers will help

participants determine eligibil-ity and apply for special cred-its such as EITC, Child TaxCredit and Credit for the Eld-erly. VITA assistance will notbe available for complicatedfarm returns, individuals own-ing rental properties or thosewho are self-employed.Appointments are available

at sites in Wampsville, Hamil-ton and Morrisville. There arealso one-day satellite sites inBrookfield and Waterville. Tomake an appointment, call be-tween 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.at 684-3144 or 800-721-2271.Outdoor softball gamesplanned for SaturdayThe Oneida Recreation De-

partment is planning an out-door softball tournament forSaturday at Veterans’ Mal Playfield

Bridgesto talkaboutdrugs

The council offers free mealto inform people aboutrecent drug-abuse surveys.By Aaron GiffordStaff writerThe most recent American

Drug and Alcohol Survey Re-port revealed that, on average,4 percent of high school jun-iors and seniors have used nar-cotic painkillers for non-med-ical purposes.But in Madison County, the

average was 7 percent. Thatreport was publifo

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PEOPLE TRY THEIR HAND at cutting blocks of ice from Green Lake Sunday at Tully Town Park. The annual Tully Ice

Harvest is sponsored by the Tully Historical Society.TULLY’S BLO