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NYC settles with thousands of WTC responders

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NYC has agreed to pay up to $657 million to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by Ground Zero rescue and response workers.

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Teen shot 5 times in back fights for his life

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A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot five times in the back as he walked home from night school in Bay Shore.
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New Hyde Park girl wins spelling bee, off to D.C.

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Casey Durant, an eighth-grader from New Hyde Park Memorial, spelled "constituent" correctly to win the Long Island Spelling Bee.
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Fans and foes at Karl Rove's LI book signing

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Rove, whom Bush called "The Architect," served as Bush's deputy chief of staff and senior adviser for nearly six years.
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Respected judge to take over Paterson probe

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Judge Judith Kaye has been "authorized to perform any lawful functions necessary" after Andrew Cuomo stepped aside Thursday.

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