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No time for news - it's snowing on Long Island!

Quick ReadAll of Long Island bonded together by the pile of white stuff on the ground.

December, 19, 2009, Westbury: Frank Quijada Jr., 5,

Photo credit: Newsday/Mahala Gaylord | December, 19, 2009, Westbury: Frank Quijada Jr., 5, and his sister Melissa Quijada, 3, make snow angels in the snow Saturday afternoon during the first major snow fall on Long Island. Newsday photograph by Mahala Gaylord.

Ellis Henican

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It's a simple fact of our complex lives: Nobody cares about everything.

Some people are "American Idol" addicts or crazy sports fans. Others are obsessed with taxes or schools. A relative few are glued to politics, the economy or foreign affairs. The niches get narrower and narrower every day.

But the weather swallows everyone.

So bask if you will in this snowy moment of unity,...

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