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Sharon McDonough's Home Was An Animal 'Concentration Camp': Son

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Long Island, Sharon McDonough Concentration Camp, Sharon McDonough, Dead Dogs, Animals, Douglas McDonough, Concentration Camp Animals, New York News

SELDEN, N.Y. — Authorities are investigating whether any of the more than 20 animal carcasses found in the backyard of a Long Island home are th...

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Sharon McDonough Found With 20 Dead Dogs Buried In Yard: Officials

AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Long Island Woman Dead Animals, Sharon McDonough, Selden, Sharon McDonough Dead Dogs, Sharon McDonough Dead Animals, Animals, Long Island, New York News

SELDEN, N.Y. — Authorities in New York say a woman who had about 20 dead dogs buried in her backyard on Long Island faces a misdemeanor animal c...

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How The East Was Lost: Tom Suozzi & Democrats Lose Long Island

B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Nassau County, Tom Suozzi, Ed Mangano, Democratic Party, Democrats, 2009 Elections, Republican Party, Republicans, New York News
B.D. Gallof

Tom Suozzi's supposed easy ride to a third term blew out in embarrassing fashion as many voters were not seeing change or results.

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Watch Long Island For the New Right Wing Groundswell

B.D. Gallof | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Left Wing, Rush Limbaugh, Howard Beale, Tom Suozzi, Nassau, Right Wing, Democrats, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Election, New York, Republicans, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Bill O'Reilly, New York News
B.D. Gallof

Today we will see the crawl, but next year we will see the running. The bouillabaisse of discontent has been churning, and this year's minority will be a movement looking to step up.

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Rails and Roads to Trails

Kevin Walsh | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: West Side Highway, Lirr, Westway, West Side Freight Railroad, Chelsea, Staten Island North Shore, Long Island Rail Road, Vanderbilt Cup Race, Javits-Convention-Center, West Village, High Line, Long Island, Friends of the High Line, Standard Hotel, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, New York News
Kevin Walsh

While the rehabilitation of the High Line as a lively urban space is one of the more exciting things to happen to NYC's streetscapes in years, it's not the first such transformation to take place.

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Mustafa Yakupoglu, Gas Station Clerk, Grabs Robbers' Gun, Chases Them Out Of Long Island Store (VIDEO)

Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

Read More: USA Gas Station, Long Island, Video, Mustafa Yakupoglu, Crime, Clerk Took Gun, Robbery, New York, Elmont, New York News

A Long Island gas station clerk got the jump on two would-be robbers Wednesday, snatching away a 12-gauge shotgun and chasing them out of the store. ...

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Hall Monitor Caught Breaking Into Lockers On Student's Camera

AP | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Hall Monitor Caught on Tape, Newfield High School, Hall Monitor Hidden Camera, Hall Monitor Thief, Long Island, Petit Larceny, Newfield Long Island, New York, New York News

SELDEN, N.Y. — An adult hall monitor at a high school on New York's Long Island is facing petit larceny charges after she was apparently caught ...

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Hamptons Real Estate On The Upswing

Crain's New York Business | Amanda Fung | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Economic Recession, US Recession, Hamptons Real Estate Recovers, Hamptons, New York Real Estate Recession, Hamptons Real Estate, Recession, Real Estate, New York Recession, Long Island, New York, The Hamptons, New York News

Home sales in the Hamptons--Long Island's beach oasis for the rich and famous--are making a comeback. Sales rose 32% during the third quarter from the...

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Judge Considers Dropping Charges In LIRR Disability Pension Scandal

AP | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Fred Kreuder LIRR Disability Pension Scandal, Lirr, Disability Fraud, Fred Kreuder, LIRR Disability Pension Scandal, Long Island Rail Road, Nassau County, Disability Pension, Disability, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Long Island, Judge John Kase, New York, New York News

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York judge is considering a request to drop criminal charges against a longtime Long Island Rail Road employee linked to a...

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Eric Shneiderman, State Senator In Charge Of Monserrate Panel

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: John Sampson, New York State Senators, New York Ethics Bill, Harvard Law, New York, New York Republican, Albany, Hiram Monserrate Panel, Eric Schneiderman, Hiram Monserrate, New York State Senate, Ethics Bill Albany, Eleanor Roosevelt @Y:Politics, John Flanagan, Long Island, Eric Schneiderman Hiram Monserrate, New York Democrat, New York News

This week, Schneiderman was announced as leader of a panel charged deciding the fate of Senator Hiram Monserrate, a Queens Democrat who had just been ...

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Elmer Mendez's Body Left Undiscovered For 10 Hours After Rescuers Search Wrong Area

newsday.com | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Mastic Beach Long Island, Elmer Mendez, Elmer Mendez Dead, Shirely Long Island, Montauk Highway, Long Island, Elmer Mendez Killed, Kevin Daly, New York, Suffolk County, Elmer Mendez Hit, Yaphank, New York News

A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a passing motorist lay undiscovered on the side of the road in Yaphank for 10 hours, police said Monday, bec...

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Republicans Must Stop Playing Politics With Unemployment Benefits

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Unemployment Benefits, Long Island, Senate Republicans, Recovery, Economic Policy, New York City, Middle Class, Economic Stimulus, Joblessness, Senate Democrats, Hudson Valley, Recession, New York News
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

Rather than do what is right, Republicans did what was politically convenient, twice blocking the unemployment extension last week in an effort to derail other economic recovery programs.

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Madoff's Long Island Home Sells For $9.41M

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Bernard Madoff, Bernard Madoff Home, Long Island, Madoff Beach House, Madoff, Bernard Madoff Long Island House, Business News

NEW YORK — Federal marshals say Bernard Madoff's Long Island beach house has sold for $9.41 million. The U.S. Marshals Service put the 3,000-sq...

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Charles Wang: Lighthouse Killed By Islanders Owner

Long Island Press | Michael M. Martino, Jr. | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York

Read More: Lighthouse Project, Hockey, Islanders Hockey Arena, Land Development, Charles Wang, Long Island, Islanders Arena, New York, Islanders, New York News

A source has informed the Long Island Press that, although there has been no public announcement, the ambitious Lighthouse Project has already been ab...

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Hofstra Rape: Student Lied About Incident: District Attorney

AP | Posted 09.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Hofstra Rape Victim Lied, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, Hofstra Rape Victim, Hofstra Rape Case, Hofstra Incident, Hofstra Student Lied, Hostra Rape, Hofstra Rape Lied, Hoftra Rape, Hofstra Girl Lied, Rape Hofstra, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities in New York say the Hofstra University student who told police that she had been gang-raped by five men on campus ...

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Hofstra Rape: Woman Gang Raped In Hofstra University Dorm: Police

AP | Posted 09.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)-- Police in New York say an 18-year-old Hofstra University student trying to retrieve a cell phone was lured into a dormitory men...

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Long Island's Empty Jail

Nick Carr | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, New York, Prison, Jail, East Meadow, Abandoned, Garden City, Scouting Ny, New York News
Nick Carr

Whenever a film or TV show needs to film in a prison location, the go-to place to scout is a decommissioned jail at the Nassau County Correctional Facility.

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Lawyer: Body Of Diane Schuler, Driver In Taconic Wrong-Way Car Crash, To Be Exhumed

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Taconic Car Crash, Long Island, NY Wrong-Way Crash, Diane Schuler, New York, Diane Schuler Alcohol, Diane Schuler Exhumed, Diane Schuler Body, Taconic Parkway Crash, Diane Schuler Toxicology, Car Crash, New York News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The body of a woman who killed herself and seven other people by driving a minivan the wrong way on a parkway and crashing ...

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Attackers Use Health Care Ploy To Rob Home, Shoot 2

AP | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Huntington, New York, Shooting, Insurance, Barack Obama, Crime, Robbery, Health Care, New York News

NEW YORK — Police say attackers used health care reform as a ruse to approach their victims and then shot two and pistol-whipped another in a Lo...

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Poospatuck Tribal Reservation May Be Barred From Selling Cigarettes To Non-Members

Newsday | August 26, 2009 | Posted 09.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Black Market, Long Island, New York, Harry Wallace, Cigarettes, Mastic, Poospatuck Tribe, Unkechaug, Cigarette Sales, New York News

In a decision that could put a significant crimp in untaxed cigarette sales from the Poospatuck tribal reservation in Mastic, a federal judge has gran...

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Hispanic Man Beaten In Racially Charged Robbery

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 09.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Marcelo Lucero, Hate Crime, Long Island, Long Island Hate Crimes, Hispanic Man Beaten, Patchogue, Hispanic, New York News

NEW YORK — A Hispanic man told investigators he was beaten and robbed in a racially charged attack in a Long Island community where another Hisp...

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Lacy Reid Left Sick Mom On Kitchen Floor For 2 Days Before Calling 911

AP | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Freeport Ny, Freeport, Sick Mother, New York, Police, Nassau County, Freeport New York, Lacy Reid, Lacy Reid Long Island, Lacy Reid Mom, New York News

FREEPORT, N.Y. — A New York man is accused of leaving his ailing mother on the floor and stepping over her for two days before calling 911. Pol...

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6-Year-Old Boy Saves Toddler From House Fire, 3 Found Dead

AP | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Islip, Bodies Found in Fire, Long Island Fire, House Fire, Central Islip, Boy Saves Girl, Fire, New York News

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Police say a 6-year-old boy rescued his 2-year-old sister from a fire at a Long Island house where three adults later were...

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Ice Cream Truck Driver Busted For Drugs

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Long Island, Crime, Marijuana, Illegal Drugs, NY Drugs, Mr. Softee, Ice Cream Truck, Westbury, Cocaine, Mister Softee Drugs, Mister Softee, Ice Cream Truck Drugs, Softee, Mr Softee Arrest in Westbury Ny, New York News

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) -- Police have arrested a Long Island ice cream truck driver on charges of buying illegal drugs. Nassau County police say the 22...

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Taconic Crash Victims Mourned On Long Island

New York Times | LISA FODERARO and LIZ ROBBINS | Posted 08.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Ny-Wrong-Way-Crash, Diane Schuler, Westchester New York, Long Island, Taconic Parkway, Taconic Parkway Crash, Highway Crash, Car Crash, New York Taconic, Parkway Crash, Floral Park New York, New York News

The mourners arrived in dark suits, some carrying children they seemed to clutch with newfound urgency. About 1,000 people came to Our Lady of Victor...

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