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More than three-quarters of Long Island's food pantries say they don't have enough volunteers. 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 »
Overnight rains flooding roads and creating treacherous driving, and strong, gusting winds threatening coastal areas with flooding and erosion. Full Story »
This will widely be read as the first hard evidence that the Suozzi campaign failed to realize how close the election would be. Full Story »
A 40-year-old man was badly hurt when he fell while trying to avoid smoke from a fire in a Hempstead apartment building, officials said. Full Story »
For the first time, incoming Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano met privately in the Mineola office of the incumbent he defeated last month. Full Story »
The growing ranks of the unemployed have a message for Washington: Bail us out too! Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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