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Welcome to Presidents Day!
Presidents Day 2017 is a federal holiday that will be observed on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. It is the third federal holiday of the year, right after Martin Luther King Day. But you'll have to wait a few months until the next federal holiday rolls around -- Memorial Day falls on May 29.
President's Day is observed each year on the third Monday in February, even though the first American president was born on February 22. It later became a day to pay tribute to Washington and 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, and more recently, a way to honor all presidents -- past and present.
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Lammers, Jackson push Georgia Tech past Syracuse, 71-65 (ramblinwtreck.com)
Ben Lammers scored 23 points, Tadric Jackson added 20 points and Georgia Tech held off a late charge by Syracuse to win 71-65 on Sunday.
The Yellow Jackets (16-11, 7-7 ACC) improved to 6-1 at home in league play, but had to do so with nearly half of sold-out McCamish Pavilion packed with loud Syracuse fans.
They proved up to the test as Lammers dominated on both ends of the floor.
Trying to rally from a 13-point deficit, the Orange (16-12, 8-7) had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but Tyler Roberson, who played just 7 minutes, committed an offensive foul and Georgia Tech got three free throws from Josh Heath and Lammers to seal the victory.
Taurean Thompson finished with 18 points and Andrew White had 17 for Syracuse (16-12, 8-7). The Orange have lost three straight for the first time since last season.
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Tech scores another upset, and tournament chances are real (myajc.com; Schultz)
The loud party sounds that have surrounded Georgia Tech’s basketball team for several weeks now have been a welcome contrast to the dirge that followed the program for the better part of a decade. It’s like Josh Pastner walked into an junkyard, turned the key on an old rusted Chevy and it started.
“I really think we can get back to where we were, knocking on the door every year as one of those premier programs,” Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury said Sunday night.
At this point, nobody is going to debate him.
On a night when McCamish Pavilion rocked again like the old Thrillerdome, in a season when the Yellow Jackets weren’t expected to compete in most ACC games let alone win many (or any), they left another conference opponent with a Hall of Fame coach stunned and on the losing end of the final score.
It happened. Again. This time it was Syracuse. The Jackets won 71-65. Jim Boeheim exited the court in an even a worse mood than his usual miserable self.
There are two weeks left before the ACC tournament and Tech has a better chance than any Division I college basketball program in the state to make the NCAA tournament. If you had predicted this before the season, you would have been committed.
“This is nothing short of amazing. It’s a modern miracle,” said Pastner, the first-year miracle worker.
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Weather: School's out and so is the sunshine this week in Central New York (PS; O'Toole)
It's not quite summer weather, but many Central New Yorkers shed their winter jackets as the sun shined and temperatures climbed into the 50s this weekend.
Saturday's high temperature was 57 degrees and Sunday's high temperature hit 52 degrees at Syracuse's Hancock International Airport, National Weather Service meteorologist Kat Hawley said. The average temperature for this time of the year is around 35 degrees, she said.
Temperatures will remain "well above normal" this week, Hawley said.
This means Central New York students, teachers and other school employees on winter break this week can enjoy temperatures 20 degrees above normal at times this week. The warmest days will come later this week (Wednesday through Friday) when temperatures are expected to reach the mid- to high-50s again in Syracuse.
Your forecast
- Today: Mostly sunny. Northwest wind around 8 mph. High near 40.
- Tonight: Partly cloudy. North wind around 5 mph. Low around 22.
- Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of rain during the day and a 60 percent chance of showers at night, mainly before midnight. High near 47. Low around 40.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny. High near 56. Low around 43.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of rain between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. High near 57. Low around 38.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of rain after 8 a.m. Showers likely (60 percent chance) at night. High near 55. Low around 42.
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