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State: Patchogue-Medford wrong to force reporter out
Patchogue-Medford school district officials should not have forced a Newsday reporter out of a public meeting at the high school Wednesday night, the head of the state's Committee on Open Government said Thursday.
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Report details NYPD corruption, misconduct charges
The number of corruption and misconduct allegations against members of the NYPD rose slightly last year, but fewer police officers were charged with crimes and there was a drop in failed integrity tests, according to an Internal Affairs report obtained by Newsday.
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Dog named Bentley crashes owner's van
From our "you can't make this stuff up desk": Newsday says a dog named Bentley crashed his owner's van into a coffee shop yesterday in St. James, N.Y. "I ran inside the coffee house to sign up for open-mike night, and I left my car running because it's cold outside and I didn't want my dog to freeze," owner Bryan Maher, 60, tells the Daily News. "The next thing I knew, I looked up to...
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Drug dealing tied to mortgage scam
Federal prosecutors in New York say two men involved in a mortgage fraud scheme used some of the houses they acquired for cocaine distribution.Robert Guerrero and Gary Jacques were indicted Wednesday, Newsday reported. The two allegedly used companies they owned in Greenlawn and Huntington Station on Long Island as vehicles for the fraud.They were charged in a separate indictment with cocaine ...
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Upgraded and Additional Charges in L.I. Hate Crime
Newsday reports Jeffrey Conroy, the teen who allegedly stabbed immigrant Marcelo Lucero to death , will now face the charge of murder as a hate crimes charge, upgraded from manslaughter as a hate crime. Conroy and six other teens involved in the attack on Lucero (prosecutors say they were specifically looking to "f--- up Mexicans") were also charged with conspiracy in Lucero's death and ...
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Students face new hate-crime charge
Seven high school students in Suffolk County, N.Y., already charged with killing a Hispanic man, were charged Thursday with assaulting another man first.Prosecutors said the group was on the prowl for Hispanics. They allegedly first went to Medford and then, when they could not find any targets, moved on to Patchogue, Newsday reported.Marcelo Lucero, an immigrant from Ecuador, was stabbed Nov. 8 ...
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Mets' Daniel Murphy to undergo MRI, report says
The New York Mets' Daniel Murphy left the Arizona Fall League to undergo a MRI of his right knee at a New York area hospital. Little is known at the time and according to Newsday, the Mets will not comment on the injury until they receive results of the MRI.
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Hot Stove Blog: Ibanez considered
How does Raul Ibanez in left field sound? For now, he's just the latest player linked to the Phillies as a possible target, per a report in New York's Newsday . Other suitors include the Mets, Marlins and Dodgers, should they lose out on Manny Ramirez.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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