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Teachers lukewarm on Paterson's property tax plan
james.madore@newsday.comALBANY - A plan by the State Senate's Republican majority to reduce school property taxes, expected to be adopted during tomorrow's special session, received a lukewarm response yesterday from teachers, school boards and others. The proposal calls for...Tags: National Government, Craig Johnson, Sheldon Silver, Property Tax, New York
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Man hit, killed by LIRR train in Central Islip
A man was killed yesterday after he was struck by a Long Island Rail Road train in Central Islip, the MTA said. MTA police officers are still investigating how the unidentified man, in his 60s, was struck by the eastbound 12:07 p.m. Ronkonkoma train from...Tags: Railway Transportation, Long Island Rail Road, Police, Police Investigations, Transportation
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State lawmakers split on no-fault divorce bill
kathleen.kerr@newsday.comNew York State's divorce laws starred in a summer soap opera for three weeks in a Central Islip courtroom, as Christie Brinkley battled her husband, Peter Cook. In excruciating and embarrassing testimony, she showed why they should be divorced,...Tags: National Government, Christianity, Craig Johnson, Roman Catholic, Peter Cook
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Attorney blames wife who rode on car roof in NY
The defense lawyer for a Long Island man who drove away from home with his wife on the roof of their car says it's the wife's fault she fell and hit her head. Attorney Robert DelCol says the incident was a "tragic accident." Suffolk County police...Tags: Suffolk County (New York), Lawyers, Long Island, Vehicles, Justice System
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'Bad Hatter' pleads guilty to robbing local banks
robert.kessler@newsday.comThe "Bad Hatter" may be wearing only a government-issued cap for the next nine years. Thomas Kenney, who earned the nickname because of the various hats he wore while trying to rob 13 banks on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Friday in U....Tags: Police Arrests, Crimes, Justice System, Central Islip, Theft
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Robert Bellittieri, 59, just-retired Suffolk officer
joshua.seidman@newsday.comJust three months after renting a condo in Florida to be closer to both his grandchildren and the palm trees, retired Suffolk County Police Officer Robert A. Bellittieri died Friday of a heart attack. He was 59. "He had a great moral compass of what...Tags: Suffolk County Police, Florida, Fire Island, Crimes, Law Enforcement
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'Bad Hatter' pleads guilty to bank heists
robert.kessler@newsday.comThe "Bad Hatter" may be wearing only a government-issued cap for the next nine years. Thomas Kenney, who earned the nickname because of the various hats he wore while trying to rob 13 banks on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Friday in U....Tags: Police Arrests, Crimes, Justice System, Punishment, Central Islip
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Suffolk to spray for mosquitoes
david.lopez@newsday.comSuffolk County plans to spray pesticide to control mosquitoes Monday night in East Islip, Great River, Timber Point County Park and Heckscher State Park. Resmethrin will be sprayed from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. The spraying area is bounded on the north by...Tags: Natural Resources, William Floyd Parkway, Long Island Rail Road, East Islip, Tourism and Leisure
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Police: NY man drives away with wife on car's roof
A Long Island man has been charged with driving drunk with his wife on the roof of their car, throwing her to the ground and seriously injuring her. Suffolk County police say Diamond Mircea (mer-CHEE'-uh) was fighting with his wife, Monica Mircea, at...Tags: Suffolk County (New York), Long Island, Police, Vehicles, Prosecution
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Cops seek driver in Islip Terrace hit-run
joseph.mallia@newsday.comSuffolk police detectives on Tuesday asked the public's help finding the driver responsible for an Islip Terrace hit-and-run accident that left a boy seriously injured with two broken legs. The van hit a 10-year-old boy at around 5:40 p.m. on June 30...Tags: Islip Terrace, Vehicles
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2 cops injured breaking up fight
joseph.mallia@newsday.comAn early-morning argument between two customers at a West Hempstead diner turned violent Sunday when a customer resisted arrest and injured two officers who had responded to break up the dispute, Nassau police said. Joe Swan, 45, of Pineaire Drive in Bay...Tags: Injuries, Police Arrests, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Abusive Behavior, Justice System
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Cops: Lake Grove mom had no food for kids, filthy home
zachary.dowdy@newsday.com; sophia.chang@newsday.comAfter a neighbor helped a 9-year-old Lake Grove girl report the squalid conditions at her home, the child's mother was arraigned yesterday on charges of endangering the welfare of four of her children, who police said may have gone without food for a week...Tags: Central Islip, Society, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Police, Police Investigations
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