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'Before Diane Kenna rose to the top, she took a fall. The New York City woman was running Saturday in East Moriches, where she has a house, preparing for the following day's 10th annual Sound to Bay 10K road ...

Loren Coleman on August 1st, 2008 A new photograph, above, has been published of the "Montauk Monster," which allegedly washed up on a beach in Montauk.

“Our main contention is that as a general principle we oppose criminalization of nursing actions that are more appropriately viewed through professional standards or civil action”

The American Nurses Association, the nation's largest nurses group, and the New York State Nurses Association said they will jointly file a friend-of-the-court brief today in support of dismissing criminal ... via Newsday.com

Emmy Award Winning Actress Susan Lucci and Weatherman and Feature CBS Reporter Dave Price to Host Bideawee Ball - for the Love of Pets NEW YORK - Bideawee is holding its largest fundraiser of the year, " " This ... via Earth Times

This afternoon there will be one destination for the nerds and the nerd-friendly in Manhattan: New York Comic-Con at the Javits Center. via New York Magazine

“Although the Court has received numerous letters regarding the instant petition, no party has sought to intervene and the application must be deemed unopposed”

A state judge has allowed the daughter and son of the artist Mark Rothko to have his body disinterred from a Long Island cemetery and reburied in a Jewish cemetery in Westchester County over the objections of ... via New York Times

Michael Rogers -- Library Journal, 4/16/2008 11:52:00 AM Kurt Andersen wins Langum historical fiction prize Arnost Lustig takes Kafka award for lit Ian McEwan, J.K. Rowling, and Khaled Hosseini top dogs at ... via Library Journal

“Number of Sloane Square and/or Sloane Ranger jokes made by acutely observant British people: 457.”

For a brief period in the late-1980s, Sloane Crosley thought of herself as a volunteer child psychologist at Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains. via Journal News

“When I was younger I was very concerned with being current and hip. Although I was a bit of a rebel in a way, I still wanted to conform. Now I couldn't give a stuff what anyone thinks. I suppose that's what the passing years give you.”

HOMER - The Center's audience was on its feet at the conclusion of last year's concert by Ola Onabule, the soulful singer whose performances are described by Gordon Sampson in the Halifax Courier as ... via Ithaca Journal

“We're still analyzing the data, but we need more time to really look at it closely and do it properly.”

A civil liberties group filed a request asking a suburban police department to provide records of the race of motorists it has stopped since 2005 to determine whether it has engaged in racial profiling. via Newsday.com

“They started getting letters from the bank, thanking them for their business when they had never actually taken out a loan”

An accountant stole ex-clients' personal information and filed phony tax returns in their names in a scam to steal up to $19 million in refunds, authorities said. via Newsday.com

A Long Island tax preparer has been charged in a 76-count indictment with trying to steal as much as $19 million in tax refunds from former clients. via WINS-AM New York

Posted by Laura T. Ryan April 07, 2008 4:42PM AP Photo/Jim McKnight, File Former Syracuse University professor Junot Diaz poses for a portrait in his Syracuse, N.Y., apartment in 2001. via Post-Standard

“I look forward to a continued partnership with District Attorney Thomas Spota in criminally charging those who unlawfully fail to report their income in an effort to avoid paying child support.”

A Babylon man has been arrested and extradited from Florida , and is being held at the Suffolk County Jail after he fled the state to escape his responsibility for paying his wife more than $50,000 in ... via Newsday.com

“I'm not annoyed. I suppose everything happens for a reason.”

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. An Air Force veteran wounded in a helicopter rescue mission during the Vietnam War is being awarded one of the military's highest honors more than 40 years after the battle.Retired Chief ... via WJLA-TV Arlington

Long Island's two county executives Tuesday proposed to begin pulling their county Highway Patrol functions from state roads including the Long Island Expressway and Sunrise Highway in the wake of continuing ... via Empire State News

“I got to the point in my life where I was saying, 'What is my purpose in being here?'”

By Lisa Finn Edward Burke, 88 and Frank Polacek, 91, at the Atlantis Marine World shindig. via The Independent

“With gas prices being what they are, reliance on the public transportation system is continuing to grow”

In an effort to improve county-wide mass transit, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today announced that he has secured $264,000 of Federal Aid, administered by the New York State Department of ... via Empire State News

“We are delighted to be working with Suffolk County Community College and to support their mission for education that transforms lives, builds communities and improves society”

Desire2Learn Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise eLearning solutions, today announced that Suffolk County Community College , the largest community college in the State University of New ... via Earth Times

A multiple-vehicle accident has slowed eastbound traffic on the Long Island Expressway between Exit 35, Shelter Rock Road, and Exit 36, Searingtown Road, in North Hills, according to the New York State ... via Newsday.com