Was it a sign of things to come?

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned Thursday for using Twitter, email and other online social media to send lewd messages and photos to female followers, got his start in politics working in the office of then-Rep. Charles Schumer (D-Brooklyn) in 1985.

Weiner's first job? According to the Congressional Staff Directory from the time: "computer operator."

-- Tom Brune

in Washington, D.C.

Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

'I've never seen fire sitting on the water' Three Newsday photographers talk to NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland about covering the tragic crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.

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