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Nassau seeks state money to build Hub parking garages 27 Aug 2013 | 07:32 am
Nassau County is seeking state money for the construction of parking garages at the Hub as part of a plan to replace acres of asphalt with technology companies.
At Lauren Daverin wake, hundreds pay respects to teen killed on footbridge 27 Aug 2013 | 07:32 am
Family and friends of the young Lynbrook woman found strangled on a Rockville Centre footbridge last week paid tribute to her Monday night, saying "justice will be taken care of" for the person who ki...
Boyfriend: Medford woman was drunk before she died 27 Aug 2013 | 06:56 am
The Medford woman whose mutilated body was found on fire by the side of a Connecticut road was drunk and unsteady on her feet hours before her death, her boyfriend testified Monday in state Supreme Co...
Long Beach rejects ban on boardwalk tropical wood 27 Aug 2013 | 06:27 am
A pair of environmental groups have called for Long Beach to ban the use of tropical wood in rebuilding its oceanfront boardwalk -- a request city leaders have rejected.
Mets' Matt Harvey has torn elbow ligament 27 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
Mets phenom Matt Harvey, whose electrifying season vaulted him into consideration for the NL Cy Young Award, has been diagnosed with a partially torn ligament in his throwing elbow, general manager Sa...
Plans for Arthur Ashe stadium roof detailed 27 Aug 2013 | 12:49 am
The United States Tennis Association on Monday detailed its long-awaited plans to add a retractable roof to Arthur Ashe Stadium, the site of the U.S. Open, saying the covering will open and close in a...
Kate Gosselin sues ex-husband, Jon, over tell-all book 26 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
Reality TV star Kate Gosselin has filed a lawsuit accusing her ex-husband, Jon, of stealing her hard drive and hacking into her phone and computer to get material for a tell-all book.
Thomas Green fails in bid for release on bail after sex conviction overturned 26 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
A Selden grandfather failed Monday in his bid for release on bail pending his potential retrial on charges he sexually abused three girls, including his granddaughter, in 2008.
MTV VMAs 2013 see Justin Timberlake win 4 awards, Miley Cyrus shocks 26 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
The MTV VMAs were filled with water-cooler moments.
Ryan Carnan kills mother, sets house on fire, flees on tractor before police kill him in Simi Valley, cops say 26 Aug 2013 | 04:51 am
The quiet of a normally serene Simi Valley neighborhood was shattered when police said a 29-year-old man killed his mother, set her house on fire and then shot randomly at passers-by before officers, ...
