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Today's game postponed; split DH tomorrow
On the Mets beatWith Tropical Storm Hanna en route, the Mets already have postponed today's game. It will be made up as the first game of a split doubleheader tomorrow beginning at 2:15 p.m. The second game will start at 8:05 as regularly......Tags: Long Island Rail Road, Philadelphia Phillies, Tropical Storm Hanna, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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As summer ends, families find ways to stay connected
Special to NewsdayThere's something about flipping the calendar over to September that feels a lot like hearing the starting gun at a race. Suddenly you're off and running with your children's hectic schedule of homework and after-school activities, leaving in the dust...Tags: Lakeview, Family, Children, People
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NYC transit scheme to end bus freeloading
New York City transit officials want to put a stop to bus freeloaders. Transit officials say data they collected shows about 130,000 riders boarding buses without paying. That means the public transportation system could be losing out on millions of...Tags: Joseph Smith
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Anniversaries
65th RUTH AND ROBERT HAMILL of Southold were married Aug. 14, 1943, at Mitchel Air Force Base in Garden City while Robert was serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. Robert owned Suffolk Typewriter in Bay Shore, which he sold when he retired. Ruth retired...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Melville, Defense, Society, Ceremonies
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NYC bus workers file suit against diesel makers
A group of New York City bus workers claim in a lawsuit that diesel exhaust from idling buses exposed them to severe illnesses, including lung and throat cancer. The lawsuit, filed in state court on Monday, names 13 diesel engine manufacturers,...Tags: Employees, Trials, Northrop Grumman Corp., General Motors Corp.
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NYC pair eyed in European graffiti spree
rocco.parascandola@newsday.comThey are the Bonnie and Clyde of the graffiti world, and now a Queens woman and her boyfriend have been arrested, suspected of causing more than $100,000 in damages at transit facilities around the city, Newsday has learned. But the suspects problems...Tags: New York, Prosecution, Crimes, New York City Police Department, Police
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Bus workers file suit against diesel companies
msweeney@am-ny.comFor 32 years, Connor Hartnett worked in bus depots throughout the city with little or no ventilation. Diesel fumes from hundreds of idling buses were so thick he often couldn't read the identification numbers on the vehicles. "There were times you...Tags: Employees, Illnesses, Cancer, Transportation, Medical Research
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NYC bus plus: More A/C than many cities
The nation's largest mass transit system can boast a new distinction: A survey shows New York has cooler buses in summer than many U.S. cities. NYC Transit workers recently took buses' temperature 2,200 times, in the agency's largest such effort to...Tags: New York, Public Transportation, Transportation, Joseph Smith
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4 train customers have alternate transit options
Re John Mendoza's letter, "4 train customers left stranded last weekend," Aug. 12: NYC Transit advised customers that a free bus shuttle would operate between the Woodlawn Station and the Bedford Park Blvd station on the D line. We also urged riders to...Tags: Police Investigations, Police
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Wanna cool off? Hop on a city bus
The nation's largest mass transit system can boast a new distinction: A survey shows New York has cooler buses in summer than many U.S. cities. NYC Transit workers recently took buses' temperature 2,200 times, in the agency's largest such effort to date....Tags: New York, Public Transportation, Transportation, Joseph Smith
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Rats rule the subway rails, platforms
msweeney@am-ny.comSubways fares aren't the only thing soaring these days. The subway's rat pack is increasingly taking platforms by storm. "People have seen them sitting on benches," said Andrew Albert, an MTA board member and chair of the NYC Transit Riders Council, of...Tags: Transportation, Manhattan (New York City), Subway Transportation Industry, Upper West Side, Subway Transportation
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Refunds promised as source of MetroCard glitch found
msweeney@am-ny.comNYC Transit said it has tracked down the computer glitch that blocked straphangers from using credit and debit cards to buy MetroCards this week, sparking chaos.. Credit and debit card purchases are processed through a data center, run by IBM, which...Tags: International Business Machines Corporation
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