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NY Stony Brook president to retire in 2009
Associated Press WriterDr. Shirley Strum Kenny, the first woman to serve as president of Stony Brook University and the former chairman of a national commission that examined the role of research in education, says she intends to retire following the 2008-9 academic year....Tags: National Government, Stony Brook University, Government, IMAX, Colleges and Universities
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Eruv ad again stirs debate in Westhampton Beach
mitchell.freedman@newsday.comEarlier this year, the Westhampton Beach Village Board wrestled with whether to approve an eruv, a symbolically fenced area where many Orthodox Jews feel free to perform tasks otherwise proscribed on the Sabbath, such as pushing a baby carriage or even...Tags: Roslyn, Westhampton, Westhampton Beach, Nassau County, Woodmere
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Deaths elsewhere
WARD BOSTON, 84 Probed Liberty attack Ward Boston, a former Navy attorney who helped investigate the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 crewmen and years later said President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered that the assault be ruled an...Tags: Medical Specialization, Lyndon B. Johnson, Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Natural Science
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New York considers joining carbon-trading compact
jennifer.smith@newsday.comAs a federal bill to limit greenhouse gas emissions died Friday in the U.S. Senate, New York State moved ahead with plans to participate in the nation's first regional carbon-trading scheme, which aims to reduce emissions from Northeast power plants....Tags: Conservation, Energy KD, Energy, Vermont, Ecosystems
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Stony Brook, Hofstra to honor late Newsday reporter
christina.hernandez@newsday.comStony Brook and Hofstra universities will honor late Newsday investigative journalist Robert Greene with a summer institute and an annual scholarship for young reporters. Greene, a galvanizing reporter and editor who helped Newsday win two Pulitzer...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Defense, Colleges and Universities, Hempstead, Hofstra University
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Action hero but no archaeologist
Associated PressIndiana Jones managed to retrieve the trinket he was after in the opening moments of "Raiders of the Lost Ark." He pretty much wrecked everything else in the ancient South American temple where the little gold idol had rested for millenniums. Though he...Tags: Movies, Defense, Charity, Indiana Jones, Firearms
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Man who got diseased organ transplant thanks donors
ridgely.ochs@newsday.comGerardo Trueba wants to thank Alex Koehne's mother for saving his life. "Because of her I am alive," said the former truck driver from the Bronx. "I want to thank her. She saved my life. She saved my life," he repeated with emotion. Trueba, 47, was...Tags: Minnesota, Newsday Inc., Trials, Death and Dying, Charity
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6 injured in car crash near Stony Brook University
zachary.dowdy@newsday.com christine.armario@newsday.comSix Stony Brook University students were hurt in a car crash near the campus Monday when their car went out of control and crashed into a utility pole, police and witnesses said. The identities of the victims in the 5:20 p.m. crash at Stony Brook and...Tags: Prosecution, Nissan Motor Co., Transportation Accidents, Stony Brook University, Long Island Power Authority
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Gyrodyne buys upstate medical complex
james.bernstein@newsday.comGyrodyne Co. of America, a real-estate development company in St. James, said it plans to buy a medical center in upstate Cortlandt Manor for $7 million, its second large acquisition in a year. The company said it has agreed to acquire the Cortlandt...Tags: Gyrodyne Company of America Incorporated, Medicine, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, St. James, Company Information
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Stanley S. Hatch, Irma H. Jennings, Dorothy P. Kovarik, Alexandre W. Mercil, Mary Jane Vanderhyde, Doreen Younger
Published March 23, 2008 Stanley S. Hatch, 84 of Northfield Vt. and former 27-year resident of East Northport passed away on March 7, 2008. He was born on February 13, 1924 in Montpelier Vt. son of the late Samuel and Isabelle (Rogers) Hatch. Beloved...Tags: Newsday Inc., American Legion, Vermont, Death and Dying, Los Angeles
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