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Commuters wait for a Long Island Rail Road train at the Hicksville station. (June 18, 2013)
Gilberto Valle, a six-year veteran of the <a href="/topics//New_York_City_Police_Department">New York City Police Department</a>, was arrested on charges that he kept files on women on his computer, discussed with a co-conspirator abducting a woman for $5,000 and mused about putting other women in his oven and cooking them. (2012)'Cannibal cop' seeks a new trial Left, Lattingtown Mayor Clarence F. Michalis, who will face his first challenger in four decades, Nicholas DellaFera, right. (June 4, 2013)Locals vote in 44-year mayor's 1st challenge A satellite image shows an approaching weather system for Long Island. (June 18, 2013)Forecast: Less chance of storms tonight SHOW MORE

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The Bayport-Blue Point Library is streaming video of a few baby chicks that recently hatched there. (June 18, 2013)Live at the library: video stream of chicks Left, Lattingtown Mayor Clarence F. Michalis, who will face his first challenger in four decades, Nicholas DellaFera, right. (June 4, 2013)Locals vote in 44-year mayor's 1st challenge A voter arrives Tuesday morning at Merrimac Elementary School on Broadway Avenue to cast her vote in Holbrook. (June 18, 2013)Six school budgets up for revote today Students walk through the campus of <a href="/topics/Nassau_Community_College">Nassau Community College</a> in <a href="/topics/Garden_City%2C_NY">Garden City</a>, N.Y. (April 28, 2011)NCC president finalist withdraws SHOW MORE

Sports

Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey pitches in the first inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. (June 18, 2013)Mets hang on to win after losing Harvey's no-hit bid NYPD officer Angel Maysonet stands on the field in the rain before the game between the Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers was postponed because of rain. (June 18, 2013)Yankees-Dodgers postponed for rain Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler throws during the team's first pitchers and catchers workout at spring training baseball in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2013)Wheeler to be sent down between starts Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Bernier in the third period against the Minnesota Wild in Los Angeles. (April 4, 2013)Sources: Isles in mix for Kings goalie Bernier SHOW MORE

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Seniors enjoy the St. Anthony's High School prom at Cresthollow Country Club in Woodbury. (May 28, 2013)LI goes to the prom Ashanti: "The Boys & Girls Club definitely gave me my start. I actually had my very first talent show at the Boys & Girls Club in the gym. I was about 12 years old. It was a homemade stage that the guys made. And it's just surreal. It's like full-circle, you know, to be here today and to be able to tell kids and young people, 'You can do it. I had my start here.' So, that's amazing." -- Glen Cove native and R&B superstar Ashanti talking in a PSA about her time at the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club, where her mother, Tina Douglas, taught dance. Ashanti is now a member of the Boys & Girls Club of America Alumni Hall of Fame.56 celebrities remember life on LI A Project Loon high altitude ballon sails over Southern New Zealand after its launch. Google revealed top-secret plans on June 15 to send balloons to the edge of space with the aim of bringing Internet to the two-thirds of the global population currently without web access. (June 15, 2013)Stunning images from around the world Blake Thomas Krell, of Ft. Myers, Fla., watches the sea of caps in the air during the United States Merchant Marine Academy's 77th Commencement Ceremony held at Brooks Field on the campus in Kings Point. (June 17, 2013)U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Graduation 2013 SHOW MORE

Opinion

LIPA power plants towers are seen at sunset over Port Jefferson's harbor. (Oct. 28, 2010)Editorial: LIPA makeover in Albany ducks tax issue Let's forget the quarter-days and field days and spirit days, and keep the educational pedal to the metal until school's out.Filler: School's prolonged fade into summer <a href="/topics/New_York_%28state%29">New York</a> State Capitol in <a href="/topics/Albany%2C_NY">Albany</a> (March 16, 2008)O'Reilly: NY Republicans need to go on offense Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany in Albany. Cuomo wants to create tax-free entrepreneurial zones tied to State University of New York campuses. (May 22, 2013)Opinion: Tax-Free NY will make the future better

Entertainment

Singer Katy Perry on the July 2013 cover of Vogue magazine, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. The new issue goes on sale nationwide June 25, 2013.Perry says Brand texted to ask for divorce Michelle Chamuel is one of three finalists on NBC's "The Voice."Why Michelle Chamuel will win 'The Voice' English food writer, journalist and broadcaster Nigella Lawson during the 28th MIPCOM (International Film and Programme Market for Tv, Video,Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France. (Oct. 9, 2012)Celeb chef's husband admits attacking her Justin Bieber performs during a concert as part of his "Believe" tour at the Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy. (March 19, 2013)Reports: Bieber cleared in alleged hit and run SHOW MORE

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Business

Systemax Corp. headquarters in Port Washington. Carl Fiorentino, 56, a former executive, is accused in federal court in Central Islip of taking more than $7 million in kickbacks.Former Systemax exec indicted in bribe case A rendering of the Urban Outfitters store planned for Walt Whitman mall. The store is scheduled to open its doors in August.Urban Outfitters layout 'unique' at Walt Whitman mall Customers pump gasoline at the Gulf station at the North LIE Service Road and Old Nichols Road in Ronkonkoma. (April 4, 2012)Lower gas costs help slow metro area inflation Bill would allow IDA aid to Sandy-damaged retailers SHOW MORE

New York City

Pedro Espada arrives at Federal Court in Brooklyn to be sentenced to five years for embezzling money from a social program. (June 14, 2013)Ex-state senator's son gets 6 mo. in jail In this file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it’s “time to test and evaluate approaches limiting” the use of the subsidies’ for sugar-laden beverages. (March 12, 2013)Mayors: Limit soda buying with food stamps Members of the LGBT community and their supporters gather to speak out after a string a bias attacks, including the fatal shooting of 32-year old Mark Carson on Satuday, during a rally in New York's Greenwich Village, Monday, May 20, 2013. A spate of hate-fueled attacks on gay men in New York, including a killing last week on a busy street in one of Manhattan's most gay-friendly neighborhoods, has prompted outcry and soul-searching about enduring bias after gay-rights advances in recent years.NYC man pleads not guilty in hate crime SHOW MORE

Nation/World

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington for a House Judiciary Committee hearing. (June 18, 2013)House passes anti-abortion bill The Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. (March 31, 2012)Supreme Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal In this May 29, 1985, photo provided by the Lake County, Ind., Police Department is Paula Cooper who was sentenced to death when she was 15 after stabbing a 78-year-old Bible school teacher 33 times during a 1985 robbery in Gary, Ind. A Department of Correction spokesman says Cooper, now 43, was released from an Indiana prison. (June 17, 2013)Woman who was on death row released Top row, left to right, Anne C. McClain and Jessica U. Meir, and bottom row left to right, Nicole Aunapu Mann and Christina M. Hammock, who were selected in NASA's new astronaut class, which includes 4 men and 4 women. (June 17, 2013)4 women among 8 new NASA astronauts SHOW MORE

Politics

Left, Lattingtown Mayor Clarence F. Michalis, who will face his first challenger in four decades, Nicholas DellaFera, right. (June 4, 2013)Locals vote in 44-year mayor's 1st challenge John J. Foley Nursing home in Yaphank. (April 9, 2013)Officials OK marketing of Foley home Senate co-leader Dean Skelos penned an op-ed for the Albany Times Union saying public financing has been a recipe for corruption and that taxpayers’ money should instead be used for schools, roads and other traditional government expenditures. (March 20, 2013)Dems decry state borrowing proposal A LIPA electric meter in a Garden City private residence. A tentative new plan would significantly shrink LIPA, reducing it to essentially a financial holding company and cutting staff. (June 4, 2013)Lawmakers: Property taxes a major issue in LIPA overhaul SHOW MORE