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Unease in Lacrosse Amid Race for Earlier Commitments - New York Times
Unease in Lacrosse Amid Race for Earlier Commitments
New York Times
When the junior varsity boys' lacrosse team at Chaminade High School faced St. Anthony's High School on Long Island in New York on Tuesday, a dozen Division I men's lacrosse coaches were in the stands watching. Seven sophomores playing in the game had ...

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Former ML closer Armando Benitez signs with independent league Long Island Ducks
Washington Post
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY ? Former New York Mets closer Armando Benitez has signed to play for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. Benitez had 289 saves in a 15-year major league career that ended in 2008. The 39-year-old right-hand......

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NY grand jury targets painkiller abuse epidemic
Lake Placid News
AP FRANK ELTMAN, AP HAUPPAUGE, NY (AP) ? A Long Island grand jury examining ways to combat prescription painkiller abuse offered a wide range of recommendations Thursday, including legislation to require blood and alcohol testing in New York for ...
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Events on Long Island
New York Times
The Paramount, 370 New York Avenue. (631) 673-7300; paramountny.com. LONG BEACH Long Beach Public Library ?The Academy Awards Show,? a performance by Mitch Kahn of award-winning music from motion pictures. June 3 at 2 pm Free. Long Beach Public Library ...

Long Island student suspended over "kill list"
WRGB
SOUTHOLD, NY (AP) -- A 12-year-old student has been suspended from a Long Island school after allegedly writing a list of students that he planned to kill. WABC-NY reports (http://bit.ly/LBfIKO) that a student at Southold Junior Senior High School ...

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NY rail workers in disability scan can get amnesty
The Associated Press
By COLLEEN LONG, AP ? 1 minute ago NEW YORK (AP) ? Long Island Rail Road retirees who faked disability claims in order to get more lucrative pensions would avoid prosecution and be able to keep some benefits if they admit wrongdoing under a deal with ...
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New York Daily News

Jessica Barba, Long Island Student, Suspended For Fake Suicide Video
Huffington Post
Jessica Barba, a 15-year-old student at Longwood High School in Long Island, NY, was given a five-day suspension after an anti-bullying video she made for a class project featured a fake suicide, NBC New York reports. According to the station, ...
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Analysis: Property taxes give NY Westchester edge over peers
Reuters
Rockland County, which lies north of New York City and has a population just one third that of Westchester, and larger Nassau and Suffolk, which lie east of Manhattan on Long Island, depend more on sales taxes. Sales taxes are a more volatile source of ...

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New York Day Trips: 13 Destinations Less Than Two Hours From NYC
Huffington Post
If you have a hankering for fishing, head to Freeport, Long Island. Captain Lou knows what's biting (fluke, bluefish, flounder) and how to bait them, so reserve a spot on his boat. This excursion is a winner, hook, line and sinker.

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Demos quits Republican primary for congressional seat on eastern Long Island
The Republic
AP GARDEN CITY, NY ? Attorney George Demos (DEE-mos) is quitting the race for the Republican nomination for Congress on eastern Long Island. The former enforcement attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday he is withdrawing from ...

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