Newsday

The LIE will close eastbound between exits 42 and 43 between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. tonight. Full Story »

Rush-hour accident on the LIE service road in Ronkonkoma killed an 86-year-old woman, according to police. Full Story »

This house in Southold is a short walk from the beach, the village, the Long Island Rail Road station and a Hampton Jitney stop. “For someone who doesn’t have a car or doesn’t want to drive back and forth, it’s a plus,” says Barry Novick of The Corcoran Group (631-765-1300), who is co-listing the property with Nancy Cervelli. Built in 1900, the two-bedroom, two-bath home features original wood ... Full Story »

A Levittown man was arrested and charged with rape and endangering the welfare of a child after traveling upstate to meet an underage teen, police said. Full Story »

A morning rush-hour accident on the LIE service road in Ronkonkoma sent two women to Stony Brook University Medical Center. Full Story »

More than three-quarters of Long Island's food pantries say they don't have enough volunteers. Full Story »

Newsday asked local executives and economists to weigh in with their suggestions for jobs creation. Full Story »

The experiment would expose squirrel monkeys to levels of radiation similar to those encountered in spacecraft traveling to Mars. Full Story »

Greg Wills of Bay Shore, just one of 17,700 people suing Nassau County for unspecified damages after he was unconstitutionally strip-searched at the Nassau County jail, told a federal judge this week he was stunned when a correction officer said he had to strip and be searched. Full Story »

U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley is hearing the accounts of people who were strip-searched at the county jail after being arrested for minor offenses. Full Story »

The family of a Freeport man wanted a proper burial, which he did not receive Nov. 12 when he was reburied without notifying the family. Full Story »

An unusual NASA-funded experiment proposed by a Harvard scientist to expose as many as 18 monkeys to radiation could put Brookhaven National Laboratory, a possible site of the study, at the center of a controversy. Full Story »

Gov. David A. Paterson said in radio interviews Thursday that he would not push for another vote on same-sex marriage legislation until there is a change in state senators' attitudes or in the makeup of the Senate. Full Story »

Citing mounting costs and minimal rewards, Hofstra University Thursday announced it had terminated its scholarship-driven football program. Full Story »

A Riverhead jury failed Thursday to reach a verdict in Anthony Oddone's murder trial. Full Story »

Snow this weekend? Maybe, forecasters said. Full Story »

As a Suffolk jury deliberated Thursday for a second day in the Anthony Oddone murder trial, questions about the panel's impartiality were raised by Oddone's attorney. Full Story »

Two-year study of athletics lead university to end its 72-year football program Full Story »

He said he expected to announce the members of his transition team on Monday, but might do it as soon as Friday. Full Story »

The woman, who also worked at the lab building where Clark is accused of murdering Le, intends to comply with the signed search warrant. Full Story »

Nassau and Suffolk counties' four census offices could provide an estimated 8,000 temporary jobs as the U.S. Census Bureau gears up for its once-a-decade count of the nation's population next year. Full Story »

State Police have identified the man killed in a single-car crash Wednesday on the Northern State Parkway as front-seat passenger Francisco Mejias Morales, 23, of Centereach. Full Story »

Hofstra University announced the termination of its football program Thursday morning. The dramatic announcement was based largely on financial reasons. Full Story »

Edward Mangano started his first official day as Nassau County executive-elect at 3:30 a.m. And that was after going to bed a little after midnight. Full Story »

Overnight rains flooded roads and created treacherous driving conditions while threatening coastal areas with flooding and erosion. Full Story »