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An angry Diane Yatauro demanded an apology Thursday from her presumptive replacement.

Fire officials said man whose son had talked to him about "careless smoking" was found dead.

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Suozzi, in the essay, said that county executive control would "both reduce costs and improve educational quality."

Officials say pregnant women should get vaccinated because the H1N1 flu can cause "serious illness" in pregnant women.

The store will incorporate crowd-control measures to prevent the frenzied rush that led to a trampling death last year at a Black Friday sale in Valley Stream.

The mother of Eugérie André Narcisse felt that something was wrong when her house phone rang in Roosevelt and the caller ID said "Yale," where her son was a popular sophomore.

The problem with Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi's idea of taking over county schools is that it's heavy on finger-pointing and light on details.

A slight edge for Edward Mangano over Thomas Suozzi grew a bit wider Wednesday.

The wild chase ended near Exit 46 in Nassau County when the Jeep crashed into a median and then a police vehicle.

A Suffolk group is pushing for a law to provide hospital detox beds for teens trying to withdraw from heroin or other drugs and wants support for the measure from the state's highest coalition of parents and teachers.

Teenagers have no place to go on Long Island to detox from heroin and other drugs, so a Suffolk group is pushing for a law to provide hospital beds and wants support for the measure from the state's highest coalition of parents and teachers.

Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday that it will keep its stores open 24 hours and implement new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee in Valley Stream was trampled to death last year in a Black Friday stampede.

Wal-Mart Stores said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush in Valley Stream last year.

A slight edge for Edward Mangano grew a bit wider Wednesday morning, with the Republican challenger in the Nassau County executive race leading by 430 votes.

On Veterans Day, LIers are reminded of the sacrifices made by soldiers and their families.

A woman charged with stabbing her husband to death will be transferred from the Riverhead jail to a mental hospital.

Joe Worley rolled his bright orange wheelchair into the packed schoolyard of the Jackson Avenue School in Mineola, where dozens of elementary schoolchildren, parents and invited veterans were gathered Tuesday.