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Botched robbery leads to N.Y. student's death -- by police
It wasn't like the movies. Seven of the police officer's bullets hit the robber. An eighth hit a hostage, Andrea Rebello. Both were killed, and a standoff was over. The repercussions, however, had just begun. The death of the 21-year-old Hofstra...Tags: Politics, Hofstra University, Long Island, Executive Branch, Shootings
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LI legislators introduce video slots bill
NewsdayTwo Long Island legislators have introduced a bill to allow off-track betting parlors in Nassau and Suffolk counties to add lucrative video slot machines. Sen. Phil Boyle (R-Bay Shore) said his legislation, co-sponsored by Assemb. Steven Englebright (D-...Tags: Long Island, Andrew Cuomo, Setauket
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Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university
NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...
Tags: Murder, Shootings, Colleges and Universities, Students, Hofstra University
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Hofstra student, gunman dead in shooting
NewsdayUNIONDALE, N.Y. _ A 21-year-old Hofstra University junior from Westchester County, N.Y., was killed early Friday during an armed home invasion robbery at a rental house she shared down the block from campus in Uniondale, Nassau County police said. The...Tags: Shootings, Colleges and Universities, Students, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Teaching and Learning
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Nassau seeks $500M for Bay Park sewage pipe
NewsdayNassau County Executive Edward Mangano is seeking more than $500 million of the state's $30 billion superstorm Sandy aid package to build an outfall pipe to transport treated sewage from Bay Park Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Atlantic Ocean. Mangano...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Plant Openings, Bodies of Water, Atlantic Ocean, Environmental Issues
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Cops: Driver's license suspended 201 times
NewsdayA Roosevelt carpenter pulled over for a broken taillight has amassed 201 driver's license suspensions and was back in jail Tuesday. Police and prosecutors say it's galling that Marion Williams, 59, who has been imprisoned twice for driving violations...Tags: Fines, AAA, Transportation Accidents, Lawyers, Prisons
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BRIEF: Cops: Driver's license suspended 201 times
NewsdayA defective brake light led to a traffic stop that resulted in a driver with 201 suspensions on his license being placed under arrest Monday evening in Roosevelt, police said. Marion Williams, 59, of 130 Stevens St., Roosevelt, was arrested after the...Tags: Police Arrests
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NICE restores Hicksville-Jones Beach service
NewsdayIt will be easier than it has been in years to take a bus to Jones Beach this summer. The Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) has announced the reinstatement of summer bus service between Hicksville and Jones Beach beginning on May 25. The N87 line...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Public Transportation, Freeport, Jones Beach State Park, Discount Vacation Packages
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Nassau probes Looks Great's Sandy tree work
NewsdayInvestigators from the Nassau County district attorney's office are trying to determine if a Huntington contracting company needlessly removed trees after superstorm Sandy and if anyone benefitted financially from the work, a law enforcement source said....Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Career and Workplace, Lawyers, Labor Legislation, FEMA
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Newsday Dan Janison column
NewsdayThis much is clear from recent events: By a cold and intensive focus, wire-wielding FBI agents and federal prosecutors have figured out their way around the halls and habits of the New York State Legislature. The feds stunned Albany by revealing that,...Tags: Elections, Lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, Politics, Justice System
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Turner, Wyatt named Hempstead housing commissioners
NewsdayTWO LONGTIME HEMPSTEAD VILLAGE RESIDENTS -- an architect and a well-connected Democratic official -- have been appointed by the village board as new commissioners for the village's troubled housing authority. The authority is the subject of federal...Tags: Science and Technology, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Long Island University, Housing and Urban Planning
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8 face charges in auto-crash fraud scheme
NewsdayA Nassau County-centered ring ripped off insurance companies for more than $1 million over two years by renting small trucks, staging phony accidents and submitting fraudulent injury claims, authorities said. Federal agents fanned out early Wednesday in...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Central Islip, Court Preliminary, Long Island, New York City
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