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19 hrs ago | AMNY

Suffolk lawmakers pass worker status bill

“This kind of bill doesn't help unite workers and communities.”

The Suffolk Legislature Tuesday passed its much-debated worker status bill, marking the end of a months-long debate over whether the county should require its 17,000 licensed contractors to verify their ... via AMNY

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Related Topix: Centereach, NY, Financial Services, Banking, Nassau Metro

Wednesday May 14 | The Associated Press | Posted by The Associated Press

Long Judge recuses himself from motions in Tankleff case

“Given the notoriety of the case, it's almost impossible to believe he didn't have some exposure to the case, and as a supervisor in that office, that he may have some allegiance to that office”

A judge has recused himself from considering two legal motions involving charges against a man who spent 17 years in prison for his parents' murder before his conviction was overturned.

Judge James Hudson was presiding over a grand jury considering evidence in the 1988 slaying of Martin Tankleff's parents, Seymour and Arlene Tankleff. He recused himself after defense attorneys argued he had a conflict of interest.

Prosecutors with the state attorney general's office, which took over the case from the Suffolk district attorney in January, have been presenting evidence to a grand jury in the slayings. Though Tankleff's conviction was overturned in December, he remains indicted. Read more

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Riverhead, NY, Suffolk County, NY

Monday May 12 | Newsday.com

Calverton couple found dead in trailer home

“Neighbors have indicated that there has been constant battling.”

A couple with a history of fighting was found dead yesterday with a rifle near them in their Calverton trailer, in what police describe as a possible murder-suicide. The two had "a history of incidents of ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Riverhead, NY

Saturday May 10 | Newsday.com

Police chase ends in death

“He was trying to catch up to him.”

A Riverhead man high on drugs who was fleeing from Suffolk police ran a red light Thursday and crashed into another vehicle, killing a father of three, authorities said. via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Riverhead, NY, Mount Sinai, NY, Farmingville, NY, Banking, Nassau Metro, Financial Services

Thursday May 8 | Newsday.com

Pair charged in theft of copper from utility line

“The price of copper is up, and it's quite lucrative for them to sell it to scrap dealers”

A pair of copper thieves used climbing gear and heavy-duty wire cutters to steal overhead utility wire -- part of a series of heists of nearly 5 miles of line from Enterprise Park at Calverton, police said ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Calverton, NY, Wading River, NY, Banking, Financial Services, Riverhead, NY

Tuesday May 6 | Business LI

Meet the Town Supervisors - Really

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Commack, Long Island, NY May 05, 2008 CONTACT: Gary Wojtas 631.493.3020 When the LIA says, "Meet the Town Supervisors," they mean it. via Business LI

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Sunday May 4 | Newsday.com

Sheltered pit bulls

In a recent telephone survey, the percentage of pit bulls and pit mixes in the 12 town-operated shelters on Long Island ranged from 13 percent in East Hampton to 89 percent in Riverhead. via Newsday.com

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Friday May 2 | Newsday.com

Driver leads police cruisers on chase through Suffolk

A wild police chase that lasted nearly an hour, beginning in Great River and ending in Southold, led to the arrest Thursday night of an alleged carjacker -- a Delaware man who police said had stolen the car ... via Newsday.com

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Related Topix: Banking, Nassau Metro, Financial Services, Great River, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Southold, NY

Tuesday Apr 29 | 1010Wins

L.I. Contractor Pleads Guilty to Paying a Bribe

LI contractor pleads guilty to paying a bribe RIVERHEAD, N.Y. _ A Long Island contractor has pleaded guilty to paying bribes to the building inspector in Smithtown to speed up a construction project in ... via 1010Wins

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Wednesday Apr 23 | Newsday.com

Central Islip teen guilty in shooting

“In the end, I felt the evidence was pretty strong”

His fate in prison sealed by a Suffolk jury's guilty verdict for second-degree murder, Elton Gorham on Wednesday turned toward the family of the high school senior he was convicted of shooting and said he ... via Newsday.com

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