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Hundreds participate in MADD walkathon fundraiser
Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi took drunk driving enforcement "a step in the right direction" when he revealed mug shots of 81 people charged with driving while intoxicated, said the sister of Kenneth Baribault, a Nassau County police officer who was critically injured by a suspected drunk driver on May 18.
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Pride on display at Hispanic Day Parade
Thousands of people lined Fifth Avenue in Brentwood and Bay Shore on Sunday for the annual Puerto Rican and Hispanic Day Parade.
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Woman found slashed to death in bathroom
A 26-year-old woman with family on Long Island was found with her throat slashed in the bathroom of her Manhattan apartment early Saturday evening, police said.
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Hundreds say goodbye to firefighter Sean McCarthy
The skies opened up as they gathered at firefighter Sean Michael McCarthy's final resting place Saturday, drenching more than 300 mourners, many sharing umbrellas.
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Experts: Sting nets only fraction of drunken drivers
If it seemed like 109 arrests of motorists charged in a Nassau County drunken-driving sting last weekend was a big number, there were likely a lot more impaired drivers out on the road that night. Probably thousands more.
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Curious stop at ruins of 50 Cent's Dix Hills house
This couldn't be what bestselling rapper 50 Cent had in mind when he penned his rhyme "Window Shopper."
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Beleaguered NYRA may be back on track
For years NYRA was a disgrace among many horse racing aficionados as it slogged through a corruption scandal.
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Rare air: Grosso-Roxby ready to fly into combat
Michelle Grosso-Roxby, a tall woman with a shy smile and rare skills, is about to join a select group -- women who fly into combat for the U.S. military.
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Bay Shore man arrested on drug, kidnapping charges
A Bay Shore man arrested Friday morning on felony drug charges by U.S. Marshals was also charged with abducting his ex-girlfriend, Suffolk County police said Saturday.
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Man killed, baby delivered after Ridge crash
An elderly man was killed and a pregnant woman seriously injured Friday afternoon when their vehicles collided in Ridge, Suffolk police said.
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Supporters of slain officer's family: No parole for cop killer
With the man who killed a Nassau cop in 1975 again up for parole, nearly 100 people rallied at the police union's headquarters Friday to demand that the killer stay imprisoned.
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Police pursuit in Hempstead ends in crash, arrest
A police chase ended with several cars damaged and another car overturned on the front lawn of a home after smashing through a fence in Hempstead Village.
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Police arrest man in probation office for burglary
Nassau police detectives didn't have to go far Thursday afternoon to find an Inwood man suspected of breaking into a home and stealing jewelry and coins -- he was at the county probation department, right around the corner from police headquarters.
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Man charged with buying electronics with bad checks
A Massapequa man was arrested Thursday night and charged with grand larceny after he paid for $4,700 of electronic equipment with bad checks, Nassau police said.
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3 charged with public lewdness in Islip Town
Three men were arrested Thursday for separate acts of public lewdness that occurred at different times and places in Islip Town, Suffolk police said.
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Cops: Dead woman's Roosevelt house stolen
Nassau police say a woman doctored the deed of a deceased woman in 2006 and made $65,000 of the sale of the home.
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Thumbs up for Senate ban on texting while driving
Tm 2 stp txting wl drvg -- That's what lawmakers are saying with their expected approval of a bill that bans texting while driving.
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FAA to allow holiday flights in military air space
In an effort to reduce flight delays, the Federal Aviation Administration will allow commercial aircraft access to military air space along the East Coast during the Memorial Day weekend, the FAA's acting administrator said Thursday.
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Cuomo: Shelving double-dipping 'a positive step'
Commissioner Richard Mills announced that the practice of retired school officials 'double-dipping' in interim appointments would be suspended for two months.
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Noisy return of cicadas expected after 17 years
After 17 years underground, the cicadas of Brood XIV are tunneling to the surface in preparation for their ear-splitting Suffolk County debut.
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