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DA: Carousel officials didn't put dying girl first

Citing a string of errors in judgment that led to the death of a 2-year-old girl, Nassau prosecutors invoked a rarely used law Wednesday to charge the girl's day care and two officials there with felony assault.

Prosecutors say that in the crucial moments before Olivia Raspanti died after choking on a carrot at Carousel Day School in March, assistant director Kathryn Cordaro and school owner...

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