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Bridge problem stalls Long Beach LIRR service
john.valenti@newsday.comA malfunctioning railroad bridge across Reynolds Channel caused a suspension in Long Island Rail Road service into and out of Long Beach on Thursday, officials said. The problem affected three trains, forcing the cancellation of one of them and delayed...Tags: Beach Vacations, Long Island Rail Road, Long Beach (New York), Railway Transportation
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Civil rights groups want consent searches banned
Associated Press WriterCivil rights groups on Thursday asked Gov. Rod Blagojevich to bar state police from conducting consent searches during traffic stops, citing four years of data that show minorities are searched more often than whites. In 2007, minorities underwent...Tags: Illinois, Government, Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Vehicles
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Trial set in suit to block Delta-Northwest deal
AP Business WriterA federal judge has set a trial date for a lawsuit by a group of airline passengers that seeks to block Delta Air Lines Inc. from acquiring Northwest Airlines Corp. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker will preside over the Nov. 5 trial in San Francisco....Tags: Laws, Trials, Thanksgiving, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines
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Did cops cross forbidden lines? Ill. court says no
Associated Press WriterThe Illinois Supreme Court backed police Thursday in two cases where officers were accused of improperly arresting suspects who had crossed important boundaries -- a state line and a front door. In one case, Chicago police made a drug arrest on the...Tags: Illinois, Road Transportation, Crimes, Drug Trafficking, Justice System
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Fireworks arrest in Stony Brook
bill.mason@newsday.comAfter a trucking company tipped off police, a Stony Brook man was arrested Wednesday at his home on charges of possession of $5,000 worth of illegal fireworks, police said. Christopher Passidomo, 51, of Sycamore Circle, Stony Brook, was charged with...Tags: Stony Brook, Police Arrests, Central Islip, Police
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Flash flood watch in effect
john.valenti@newsday.comThe National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch that will remain in effect through Thursday evening, as heavy rains and thunderstorms rolling through the metropolitan area have flooded some roads and are causing big delays at local airports....Tags: New York Weather, Long Island Power Authority, Weather Reports, Weather Warnings, Floods
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Southwest Airlines bucks airline trend with profit
Southwest Airlines, the biggest carrier at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, earned a profit in the second quarter and beat Wall Street expectations by continuing to rely on financial deals that lowered its fuel costs. Contining to stand apart...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Transportation Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation, Southwest Airlines Company
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Railroad repairs in Iowa could take a year
State officials say it could take up to year to repair and rebuild hundreds of miles of railroad tracks and 17 bridges damaged or destroyed by last month's flooding in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Transportation say Iowa's freight trains had losses that...Tags: Floods, House, Iowa, Emergency Incidents, Railway Transportation
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Big Rig Overturns, Sparks Fire on 5 Freeway
Associated PressCAMP PENDLETON -- A big-rig crashed in flames and touched off a brush blaze that shut down southbound Interstate 5 for an hour at dawn Thursday in the Camp Pendleton area. Fuel tanks on the Vons grocery truck burst into flames when big-rig overturned...Tags: Road Transportation, California
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Sewage spills into Glen Burnie waterway
By a Sun reporterTwenty-five thousand gallons of raw sewage have spilled into a Glen Burnie waterway, prompting the Anne Arundel County Department of Health today to close Furnace Creek and urge people to stay away from it. Yesterday's rainstorm knocked out power to...Tags: Fishing, Rivers, Glen Burnie, Bodies of Water
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