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Caterer picks up tab for 150 Super Bowl parties

When Plaxico Burress caught the winning touchdown pass Sunday, Al Horowitz lost between $15,000 and $20,000 and couldn't have been happier. The owner of Smokin' Al's Famous BBQ Joint in Bay Shore took a huge gamble and wound up picking up the tab for more than 150 Super Bowl parties he catered.

"I would have been unhappy if the Patriots won," Horowitz said. "My customers' winning is winning...

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