A Setauket house fire left a woman dead and her baby, and the baby's father, injured. A Good Samaritan helped rescue the 10-month old boy. Newsday's Cecilia Dowd reports.


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Southold police chased a suspect Monday during a 45-minute pursuit along the North Fork, from Riverhead to Greenport, until the driver sped off a 100-foot cliff and landed in Long Island Sound.

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