Long Island
Gas prices drop under $3.50
The average price for a gallon of gas on Long Island slipped under $3.50 Friday -- the first time in nearly six months.
Sources: Gov expected to sign pension-reform bill
Oct 10, 2008 14:35 -0400
A landmark pension reform bill that closes the loopholes allowing some public employees to collect six-figure salaries on top of six-figure pensions is expected to signed into law Friday by Gov. David Paterson, sources said.
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Teens charged in two office burglaries
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Coram John sting nets six arrests
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Supermodel Christie Brinkley's restraining order request denied
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Con Ed worker from Hicksville dies in Brooklyn blast
Oct 10, 2008 12:33 -0400
Special district funding
The perks your tax dollars pay for
The Plainview water district offers free dental insurance to commissioners. It's one of many special district perks offered on Long Island.
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More Long Island
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3 men charged with stealing GPS units
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Mount Misery Road named a 'Street of Fear'
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1 motorcyclist killed; another critically hurt
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Your cup of coffee may be predicting the election
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Postman accused of stealing, writing checks
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Hot dog! Schools may ban processed meats
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Nassau's 'Wall of Shame' defendant sues
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Mattel: Talking doll doesn't promote Islam
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Home health aide accused of punching Garden City man
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Wal-Mart Riverhead opening barred
Crime & Courts
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2 shot outside Coram convenience store
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Landlord pleads not guilty in tenants' deaths
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Cops: Speeder nabbed with loaded gun
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3 charged in armed Bay Shore purse snatching
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Cops: Mail carrier stole checks from woman on route
Transportation
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Crash closes northbound lanes of BQE
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Nassau's 'Wall of Shame' defendant sues county
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State plans jug-handle turns at busy 110-Jericho corner
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Jockey's daughter gets 3 to 9 years for fatal crash
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LIRR to outline reform measures
Schools
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Wantagh closing in on funding goal
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Suffolk schools face financial squeeze
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W. Islip school district never got vending machine money
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Two versions of Farmingdale teen hazing
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EdLI: Newsday's education blog
Politics
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Dan Janison: McCain, Obama could learn from local politicians
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GOP's hold on Nassau vanishes
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Obama to air 30-minute commercial
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Gloria Steinem at Hofstra before debate
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Demand for Hofstra tickets floods in
Suffolk
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Alfred Gallodoro, renowned musician, dies at 95
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Report: Levy exaggerated nursing home's financial shape
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Suffolk judge rules against town's Wal-Mart approval
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Some still want Gordon Heights Fire District dissolved
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Central Islip youth burned in crash returning to school
