Stony Brook News

Share + Jul 2, 2009 7:58 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 A giant doll outside 'Love Land', billed as China's first-ever sex theme park, in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on May 15, 2009.

When the 19-foot boat with seven aboard headed out of Port Jefferson Harbor for an afternoon fishing trip, the weather was fine.

Jul 1, 2009 8:05 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 People ride pedalos in Venice's Lido on May 9, 2009 before the start of the Giro d'Italia .This year's centenary Giro d'Italia takes the start with a time-trial in Venice and will end on May 31 in Rome.

Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 31 2 Lot square feet: 3,800 -- Pretty much everything you should want in Suffolk County comfort -- a big, "beautiful" Colonial on a "quiet" cul-de-sac, within walking distance of village shops and the local harbor.

Police are credited with rescuing seven people -- including three children -- from a sinking boat in Long Island Sound.

Police are credited with rescuing seven people - including three children - from a sinking boat in Long Island Sound.

Braving rain, wind and rough seas Tuesday night on the Long Island Sound , Suffolk police rescued seven people, including three children, from a sinking boat off Old Field Point, police said.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has maintained a markedly low profile since Iran 's disputed presidential election erupted into bloody street protests.

Carole Gaunt's Dance of the Seven Headed Mouse , a new play about a grief-stricken Fifth Avenue family, opens June 23 at the Beckett Theatre in Off-Broadway's Theatre Row.

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Young writers are invited to hone their creative voices at Stony Brook Southampton this summer during two Young American Writers Project Summer Workshops, which will pair professional writers with high school students for four-day retreats in creative writing and playwriting.

Jun 22, 2009 6:47 pm US/Eastern Reporting Jennifer McLogan STONY BROOK, N.Y. A Long Island community is mourning after a strong voice in autism research is silenced, allegedly by a drunk driver.

Edward Carr, 61, of Setauket, died from injuries he sustained from a collision on Route 25A in Wading River.

Kenny in front of floor-to-ceiling, 20-plus feet long bookshelves in her SBU office holding photos, books and mementos of a lifetime in higher education.

I once read a piece of incisive rock criticism that referred to Blue Oyster Cult as "thinking man's hard rock." That was long ago, deeper in the past than I care to divulge.

Brothers rescued their younger brothers from a backyard pool in Mount Sinai on Tuesday evening.

An early sign that a breast tumour has turned metastatic is the detection of cancer cells in nearby lymph nodes.

JOHN PEMBERTON/The Times-Union Dana Genito teaches a fourth-grade class at Etz Chaim Synagogue in Mandarin.

Town officials will try again tomorrow to get public support for a plan to redesign a road that runs through the historic Stony Brook area to address safety concerns.

Jun 11, 2009 7:54 am US/Eastern 1 of 1 A participant in the German office chair race championships competes in the western German town of Bad Koenig on April 25, 2009.