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Heat drives crowds to Jones Beach
joshua.seidman@newsday.comBy 8:30 a.m. yesterday, Jones Beach's Field 6 parking lot was filled to capacity. Beachgoers weren't deterred by either the early-morning mist that blanketed the upper half of the Jones Beach water tower or the cost of the trip. With the temperature...Tags: Throgs Neck, Eastchester, Jones Beach Water Tower, Beach Vacations, Long Island
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Hundreds turn out for kin of 2 teens slain in crash
patrick.whittle@newsday.comThe joking and laughing in the crowd of about 300 people who filled D.S. Shanahan's, a sweltering Kings Park bar, belied the somber nature of Sunday's event: to show support for the families of two Smithtown High School West students who died in a car...Tags: Michael N Gianaris, High Schools, Health and Safety at School, Schools
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Anniversaries
60th FRANCES AND ANTHONY NAGLIERI of Mastic Beach, formerly of Astoria, were married June 19, 1948. They renewed their vows with Auxiliary Bishop Peter Libasci, who was the principal celebrant and homilist at a celebration Mass at St. Lawrence the Martyr...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Melville, People, Society, Ceremonies
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A girl's guide to Atlantic City
Special to NewsdayYou may think Atlantic City is nothing more than bingo and boardwalk, but America's Playground has enough martinis and Manolos to cash in as a top girlfriends' getaway destination. No matter how you throw the dice, your odds of encountering cosmos and...Tags: Taj Mahal, Casino and Gambling Industry, Long Island, Health and Personal Care, George Clooney
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Is it George W. Bush -- or Herbert Hoover?
President George W. Bush's final year in the White House is beginning to resemble Herbert Hoover's in 1932, his last as the nation's chief executive. The resemblance is in the quickly deteriorating American economy characterized by rising unemployment;...Tags: National Government, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Petroleum Industry, Phil Gramm, John McCain
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'Okie Noodling II' out on DVD July 12; watch your fingers
WatchdogI must admit, this job has been educational. Take "noodling." I had no idea what it was until I was asked to review "Okie Noodling II," which will be out on DVD July 12 and be shown on MavTV later......Tags: Television, Oklahoma
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NYC worker dies when truck knocks him off lift
A construction worker in New York City is dead after he was knocked off a small crane that was struck by a large truck. Police say the worker was on a lift at a work site on Steinway Street near Broadway in Astoria, Queens, when a truck struck the crane...Tags: Steinway, Vehicles, Heavy Engineering
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Astoria Financial’s April-June profits ebb
james.bernstein@newsday.comAstoria Financial Corp, parent of Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Association and Long Island's largest locally based bank in terms of deposits, said net income fell 2 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. The Lake Success-...Tags: Earnings, Housing Industry, Long Island, Astoria Financial Corporation, Loans
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Giant rig carves new tunnel beneath NYC's streets
Associated Press WriterA huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central Terminal. The 200-ton, tunnel-boring rig is...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Grand Central Terminal, Caves and Caverns, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Pennsylvania
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Museum exhibits you should check out
Museum exhibitions that make you go oooh, ahhh and also hmmm. 1 WHAT "If These Walls Could Talk: 54 Pearl Street" celebrates the Fraunces Tavern Museum's 100th anniversary. WHEN|WHERE Tomorrow, noon-5 p.m. at Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl St....Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Linda Blair, Brooklyn Museum, Buddhism
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