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Rick Brand
Scrap over scrap-metal bill in Suffolk - May 12, 2008 - Suffolk Legis. Jack Eddington thought his proposal was a "no-brainer."
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Lynn Brenner
FAMILY FINANCE: What to expect when there's no will - May 11, 2008 - How do I find out if my father-in-law left a will? He died in March 2006, leaving three houses and other assets. His widow, who is not the mother of his six children, told them that "their father did not leave anything for them."
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Jimmy Breslin
Weapons caused her greatest pain - July 15, 2007 - The moment she saw the car pulling up on her street, 229th Street in Rosedale, on this summer night in quiet Queens, she stood at the dark screen of her two-story attached house and watched the car, with one man inside, without any feeling at first and then she felt the beginnings of anxiety.
Joye Brown
Pomp and happy circumstances - May 11, 2008 - Melinda and Diane Harvey of Huntington are storming the well-stocked aisles of Estelle's Dressy Dresses in Farmingdale. They're looking for extra-special Mother's Day outfits.
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Sylvia Carter
Saving the Earth, a bite at a time - May 14, 2008 - My Trader Joe reusable grocery bags, with their festive Hawaiian designs, used to be my favorite. My trusty old Parisian-style string bags have never gone out of style, either.
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Junior Damato
AUTO DOC: Warning lights hint at speed sensor trouble - April 18, 2008 - DEAR DOCTOR: I am the original owner of a 1991 Honda Accord. It suddenly developed an intermittent operation of the speedometer. The "check engine" light will come on for a few seconds and then go off. My mechanic said not to worry because the car seems to operate fine. Ed
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Jessica Damiano
REJUVENATION PRUNING: Cure for old azaleas - May 15, 2008 - I have a border of specimen azaleas - maybe 20 to 30 shrubs. Come May, they are absolutely beautiful! But they have to be 30 years old by now and are becoming sparse looking. How long do azaleas last, and what is the best way to take care of these older shrubs? -- Rita Stasi, Miller Place
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Amy Dickinson
She's got good reasons to be wary of stranger she met on the Web - May 16, 2008 - Dear Amy: I am 60 (shudder) years old and single. I joined a number of dating sites, and I've been e-mailing once or twice a day with a man my age who lives about 1,000 miles away. The photo he sent is of a very handsome man.
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Lou Dolinar
Are you getting the bandwidth you're paying for? - May 4, 2008 - Are you getting the bandwidth you're paying for?
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Gary Dymski
10 easy ways to go green - April 17, 2008 - No matter where I turn, I'm overwhelmed by "green." The other day I came across what a manufacturer assured me was a "greener" brand of toothpaste. (This did not appeal to me.)
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Denise Flaim
When marriage goes to the dogs, who gets them? - May 15, 2008 - For many of us, dogs are substitute children (or ancillary ones, at least). So it should come as no surprise that when marriages break up, as they are wont to do, that custody of the cockapoo can become a pitched battle.
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Saul Friedman
Insurance costs are making doctors sick - May 10, 2008 - Let's hear it for doctors!
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Glenn Gamboa
The Shake, a local blend - May 15, 2008 - The Shake is one of those bands that probably shouldn't fit together, but somehow does.
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Verne Gay
What's new for fall? '90210' reprise and more - May 12, 2008 - Mid-May in TV land is a good time to crawl under that nice cool rock you've had your eye on. Starting today, networks announce their fall lineups, though "announce" doesn't do this process justice: Hype. Scream. Yell. And spin spin spin (with all their ever-lovin' might.) Ah, that's more like it.
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Rabbi Marc Gellman
Dieting Tip: Eat Less, Pray More - November 30, 2002 - Q. I overeat all the time, but during the holidays, I really overeat. I've heard that you can pray to lose weight. I'm praying hard, but I don't think it's going to work. Any tips? -- B., West Islip
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Katti Gray
On the train, not missing the plane - May 12, 2008 - In the fifth hour of the Carolinian's humming and jolting along the rails, my left eye leads me to distraction. Without my willing it so, the eye catches a glimpse of water running hard and muddled toward a bridge our passenger-packed train is crossing over.
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Rafer Guzmán
Cranky crooner Lonesome Dan and his Curmugeons - March 20, 2008 - He calls himself Lonesome Dan, and on his new self-titled album he swears the name fits: "Little children don't like me / Small dogs always bite / Everyone I meet, everyone I meet / Retreats."
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Ellis Henican
Mystal residency scandal hits home - May 11, 2008 - Ever since he came into office, Elie Mystal had this little describer right after his name: D-Amityville.
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Patricia Kitchen
State CPA group gets seasoned leader from Woodbury - April 17, 2008 - When Sharon Sabba Fierstein is installed May 15 as president of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, she will actually be halfway through her commitment to the role. That's because Fierstein, 48, of Woodbury, has been president-in-training for the past year, working on projects that will be carried forward during her official presidential tenure. The outgoing president said to her recently, "I'm almost done - you're almost halfway through."
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James Klurfeld
Will gas prices kill suburban driving? - May 15, 2008 - Iappreciate the argument that experts are making about why the various proposals to suspend gasoline taxes for the summer don't make any sense economically or from the point of view of a rational energy policy.
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Erica Marcus
BURNING QUESTIONS: Sticker shock, quality reign in England - May 14, 2008 - How was the food in London?
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Carrie Mason-Draffen
Can the boss share salary information with everyone? - April 11, 2008 - DEAR CARRIE: My company recently merged with another, so we have a new district manager. He and I got off to a bad start because he divulged my salary and caused an uproar among my new co-workers.
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Sheryl McCarthy
Black columnists' Obama praise not same as support - March 10, 2008 - My Newsday colleague Saul Friedman set off a wildfire among black columnists last week by asking, in a column on the Nieman Watchdog Blog, why we are all supporting Barack Obama.
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Les Payne
And the rightful winner is... - May 12, 2008 - With math, by-laws and the democratic process favoring her opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign options appear to be either attempting an intra-party coup d'etat or playing what in Alabama used to be called the "cracker card."
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Gene Seymour
Review: 'Bonnie & Clyde' is gangbusters on DVD - March 30, 2008 - Its impact on American movies was electrifying and resounding. So it's easy to forget that "Bonnie and Clyde," which is being released this week in a two-disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition" by Warner Home Video, didn't storm into popular consciousness the way its bank-robber lovers laid siege to prairie banks. It arrived there through stealth and cunning. It didn't have any other choice.
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Jan Stuart
Review: 'The Apartment: Collector's Edition' - February 17, 2008 - THE APARTMENT:
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Irene Virag
Greener gardening: More people turn to organics - May 4, 2008 - I first thought hard about chemicals poisoning the Earth years ago when I wrote about a small group of naturalists that fought successfully to ban DDT from the fields of Long Island and save ospreys from extinction. Soon afterward, I thought even harder. That happened on a December night 11 years ago when I was getting ready for bed and my hand - for no reason I have ever been able to explain - strayed to my right breast and touched a lump.
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Diane Werts
OFF THE WALL: A lotta mamas and finales - May 10, 2008 - Off the Wall says
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Beth Whitehouse
PARENTAL GUIDANCE: Don't reward tot's bad habit - May 12, 2008 - I'm at the end of my line with my 2-year-old granddaughter. Every time she gets upset, she starts crying and throws up. I know she's not sick, or having any kind of stomach problems. I'm convinced she does it on purpose. What can I do to make her stop?
