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Native American Cigarette Industry is Being Crushed


Government and Big Tobacco make Native Americans the low man on the totem pole

Video: On the Buffalo Range at Tweed’s in Riverhead


With their farm and bison burgers, Ed Tuccio and Dee Muma have started a new Wild West on the East End

Cable, Sat. TV Firms Ask Gov’t to Stop TV Blackouts


Broadcasters not backing down as providers join forces

Pataki, King Endorse Lazio for Governor


NY GOP heavywieghts throw support behind former L.I. Rep.

’80s Teen Idol Corey Haim Dead at 38


Read one of his final interviews here and a statement from Corey Feldman

How Cablevision Is Destroying Newsday


The Dolans are tearing apart the Long Island news institution

Long Island News

Fatal Copiague Crash Victim ID’d

Fatal Copiague Crash Victim ID’d »

Suffolk County police have identified the man who was fatally struck by a van in Copiague on Tuesday morning. Volodymyr Pylyp, 44, of Copiague, was crossing Great Neck Road when he was hit by a Chevrolet van driven by Craig Smith. Pylyp was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow where he was pronounced [...]...

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Cops: Dad Driving While High Crashed With Tot in Car

Cops: Dad Driving While High Crashed With Tot in Car »

A 41-year-old Oakdale man was arrested for drugged driving after he was involved in a car crash with his child car in West Islip on Wednesday morning, New York State police said. John Hauser was driving a Nissan Sentra on the Robert Moses Causeway southbound from Sunrise Highway when he lost control and struck several trees 9:30 [...]...

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Long Island’s James Simons Ranked on Forbes Billionaire List

Long Island’s James Simons Ranked on Forbes Billionaire List »

Long Island self-made billionaire James Simons, a former Stony Brook University math professor, ranks #80 on Forbes annual World’s Billionaires list, released on Wednesday, with a net worth of $8.5 billion. The 71-year-old mathematician turned financier made his money in a hedge fund he created and cracked codes for the U.S. Department of Defense during [...]...

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Pizzaman Robbed in Valley Stream

Pizzaman Robbed in Valley Stream »

Nassau County police are investigating the robbery of a pizza deliveryman in Valley Stream on Wednesday night. The victim was making a delivering for Domino’s Pizza to a Lake Drive South home when two men grabbed the victim from behind, placed a knife to the victim’s neck and demanded money at 10:15 p.m., police said. A [...]...

March 11 2010 / 1 comment / Read more »
Teen in Critical Condition After Bay Shore Shooting

Teen in Critical Condition After Bay Shore Shooting »

A teenager has been hospitalized after being shot on the corner of Illinois Avenue and Nebraska Avenue in Bay Shore Wednesday night, Suffolk County police said. Joel Nieves, 16, of Bay Shore, was walking home from night classes at Brentwood High School when he was confronted by two or three men, at least one of [...]...

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Cops: Fake Names Used at Scrap Yard May Have Burglary Link

Cops: Fake Names Used at Scrap Yard May Have Burglary Link »

Two Mastic men were arrested Tuesday for falsely identifying themselves while selling scrap metal that may have been the proceeds from a series of burglaries, Suffolk County police said. Christopher Barwick, 26, and Justin Barton, 24, were both charged with two counts each of forgery and criminal impersonation. Barwick and Barton falsely identified themselves to employees [...]...

March 11 2010 / No comments yet / Read more »

Book Review: Lopsided, By Merdith Norton »

Book Review: Lopsided, By Merdith Norton

Apparently there is an entire genre of non-fiction books written by sassy lady authors who intend to kick cancer’s butt. I was unaware of this particular nook until I read a (positive) review of Meredith Norton’s memoir, Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really...

Mar 11 2010 / No comments yet / Columns, book reviews / Read more »

Letters To The Press: For the Week of March 11 – March 17 »

Letters To The <i>Press</i>: For the Week of March 11 – March 17

Last week’s cover story, “Destroying Newsday,” generated quite a bit of interest with our readers. Here are a few of the letters we received. Thanks to the Daring Duo Chris, Mike: Thanks for a great article. I have been a light reader of Newsday for many years. I am...

Mar 11 2010 / No comments yet / Columns, Letters To The Press / Read more »

The Conversation: Cablevision and ABC »

The Conversation: Cablevision and ABC

Who saw the introduction of the Oscars last weekend? Not Cablevision’s 3.1 million subscribers, and they’re lucky they even got to see any of the awards ceremony. After failed negotiations between the communications company and ABC caused a Channel 7 blackout at midnight Sunday, the...

Mar 11 2010 / 1 comment / Columns, The Conversation / Read more »

Off The Reservation: Jimmy’s Diner »

Off The Reservation: Jimmy’s Diner

Producing this week’s cover story on the Indian cigarette trade was a laborious affair that was reported over a period of several months. And since it is essentially one giant “Off the Reservation” column, I wanted to digress from my usual diatribe and share one...

Mar 10 2010 / No comments yet / Columns, Off The Reservation / Read more »

Sonic Boom: Reviews: Burzum, Gorillaz »

Sonic Boom: Reviews: Burzum, Gorillaz

When I started this Pirate Guide—the monthly “Sonic Boom” feature wherein I offer short reviews of several new albums—I intended to in fact write short reviews... This month, though, I started off by writing about two artists whose decades-old careers have long since held my...

Mar 10 2010 / 1 comment / CDs, Columns, Music, Sonic Boom / Read more »

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Music

Sonic Boom: Reviews: Burzum, Gorillaz

Sonic Boom: Reviews: Burzum, Gorillaz

When I started this Pirate Guide—the monthly “Sonic Boom” feature wherein I offer short reviews of several new albums—I intended to in fact write short reviews... This month, though, I started off by writing about two artists whose decades-old careers have long since held my imagination captive, and whose new works can’t be summed up in a couple short sentences....

Mar 10, 2010 / More »

Movies

List: Oscar Winners 2010

List: Oscar Winners 2010

In case you missed the 2010 Oscars, here is a full list of nominees and winners in each categories. Now that the Cablevision/ABC feud is over, its time to debate the winners and losers of Hollywood's biggest night....

Mar 8, 2010 / More »

Food

Eaters Digest: Latin Island

Eaters Digest: Latin Island

Near the movie theater in Long Beach comes this franchise from Colombian-born Raul Silva’s Morristown, N.J. original empanada parlor. Open since January, they boast 70 different varieties of these flaky turnovers—a cross between fried dumplings and meat pies—all cooked with no trans fats. Try the basics like beef or chicken, or the offbeat like Hawaiian (ham, cheese, pineapple)....

Mar 5, 2010 / More »

Gossip: Loose Lips

Justin Bieber Performs on QVC-The Video

Justin Bieber Performs on QVC-The Video

Justin Bieber gets around. The Bieb performed a live acoustic set Wednesday night for fans on QVC to promote an exclusive version of  My World 2.0, which is only available through the network. “Want to thank everyone tonight at QVC,” Justin tweeted on Tuesday. “I had a great time. Thank u for making me feel [...]...

Mar 11, 2010 / More »

Interviews

Interview: Johnny Depp

Interview: Johnny Depp

Turning up a little on the late side for this interview with what seemed like some Alice personality quirks of his own, Johnny Depp, aka The Mad Hatter, apologized, though not claiming any excuse that might have been related to extricating himself from a rabbit hole. Unequivocally “Burtonized” and proud, from the entire Alice In [...]...

Mar 6, 2010 / More »

Nothing But Net

Nothing But Net: Dr. Dolan or How I Learned To Stop Watching Terrestrial TV and Love the Internet

Nothing But Net: Dr. Dolan or How I Learned To Stop Watching Terrestrial TV and Love the Internet

Evolution makes the old archaic and the new essential. It has done it with land lines and cell phones. It has done it with atlases and GPS. It has done it with physical music and iPods. People want their technology to do more, cost less and take up practically no space. This isn’t a new [...]...

Mar 5, 2010 / More »

Fortune 52

Fortune 52: Kristine Enfield

Fortune 52: Kristine Enfield

Every girl fantasizes about finding the perfect dress for her wedding day. It symbolizes childhood dreams of a fairy tale wedding; a moment for mothers and daughters to ooh and aah over one beautiful dress after another, knowing that there is one special dress made just for the bride. The perfect dress for any occasion [...]...

Mar 10, 2010 / More »

Green Living

Green Living: Places To Visit (By Webcam)

Green Living: Places To Visit (By Webcam)

One of our office mates introduced us to ChatRoulette.com last week. It’s a simple idea–turn on your webcam and you are randomly connected with someone around the globe. This, of course, led to about 15 minutes of us standing there waving to a guy in Russia and smiling like idiots. He waved. We waved. He [...]...

Mar 10, 2010 / More »
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