9 dead, at least 50 wounded in Indonesian blasts


Powerful bombs explode at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta neighborhood

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Massapequa Man Arrested For Sex Crime


Claimed he is a bishop in a religious sect

Star-Crossed: Futures Game Upstaging Main Event


Midsummer Classic's redeeming affair

Jimenez Leading British Open


The cigar-puffing Spaniard, known as “the Mechanic,” finished with a flourish

NASA’S Intergalactic Oops: We Erased Moon Tapes


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Roosevelt Woman Hits Cop Car While DWI

Roosevelt Woman Hits Cop Car While DWI »

Nassau County's First Precinct arrested a Roosevelt woman yesterday and charged her with DWI after she struck a police cruiser while driving down a Baldwin street....

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Arrest In Pushing Indecent Material On Minor

Arrest In Pushing Indecent Material On Minor »

A police medical technician on Long Island has been accused of transmitting sexual material online to an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old....

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Suffolk Police ID Teens Body

Suffolk Police ID Teens Body »

A body found in the woods near Farmingville has been positively identified as that of Eber Lopez. Lopez has been missing since June. Suffolk police said that Lopez was lost spotted departing a christening in Southold on June 6. ...

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MacArthur Now A Wi-Fi Hotspot

MacArthur Now A Wi-Fi Hotspot »

Internet lovers traveling from Long Island MacArthur Airport (LIMA) now have reason to celebrate. Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan announced that the Long Island airport will be offering Optimum WiFi to all its travelers....

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Local Seniors Teach Mets How To Play The Game

Local Seniors Teach Mets How To Play The Game »

Who says you have to be young to play a game of America's favorite past time? Not these guys. This week, a group of men in their 70s and 80s took to the diamond in Baldwin Park to play a game of softball....

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RVC Cop Assaulted While Writing Drinking Ticket

RVC Cop Assaulted While Writing Drinking Ticket »

Nassau cops say someone couldn't hold their liquor, and instead shoved an officer to the ground during a confrontation in Rockville Centre....

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National News

Virgin Islands researchers unveil slavery records »

Virgin Islands researchers unveil slavery records

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A collection of slavery records newly available over the Internet may help thousands of people trace their...

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Most Asia markets rise but Jakarta down on blasts »

Most Asia markets rise but Jakarta down on blasts

HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stocks traded mostly higher for a fourth day Friday as better-than-expected earnings in the U.S. continued to buoy...

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3 coalition soldiers die in southern Iraq »

3 coalition soldiers die in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military says three coalition soldiers were killed in in southern Iraq after their base was hit by a...

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Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 9, wound 50 »

Blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 9, wound 50

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Bombs minutes apart ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta Friday, killing nine and wounding at least 50 more,...

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First-place Angels win fourth straight »

First-place Angels win fourth straight

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Ervin Santana ended a three-start losing streak, Kendry Morales hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat...

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Officials: Jakarta hotel blasts kill 9, wound 50 »

Officials: Jakarta hotel blasts kill 9, wound 50

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A pair of powerful explosions at two luxury hotels killed nine and wounded at least 50 people in an...

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9 dead, at least 50 wounded in Indonesian blasts »

9 dead, at least 50 wounded in Indonesian blasts

A pair of powerful bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in an upscale Jakarta business district Friday...

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Ramirez welcomed back with cheers in LA’s 3-0 loss »

Ramirez welcomed back with cheers in LA’s 3-0 loss

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Ramirez was little help for Los Angeles in his first game at Dodger Stadium since his 50-game suspension ended as Wandy Rodriguez combined with four relievers on an eight-hitter in the Houston Astros' 3-0 victory Thursday night. Back in...

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Former gym owner says he never gave Clemens HGH »

Former gym owner says he never gave Clemens HGH

HOUSTON (AP) -- A former gym owner in the Houston area says he never supplied Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs and is looking forward to meeting with a grand jury investigating whether Clemens lied to Congress. Kelly Blair received a subpoena on Tuesday and...

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Fielder homers, Brewers beat Reds 9-6 »

Fielder homers, Brewers beat Reds 9-6

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Home Run Derby winner Prince Fielder hit a three-run shot that got Milwaukee's offense going, and the Brewers took a first step in turning themselves around after the All-Star break by beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 on Thursday night. Fielder won...

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Beckham back as Galaxy beat Red Bulls 3-1 »

Beckham back as Galaxy beat Red Bulls 3-1

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- David Beckham returned to Major League Soccer with a whisper, not a shout. ...

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Howard becomes fastest to 200 HRs »

Howard becomes fastest to 200 HRs

MIAMI (AP) -- Ryan Howard has hit his 200th home run, reaching the milestone in fewer games than any player in major league history. The Philadelphia Phillies' slugger achieved the feat in his 658th game, hitting his 23rd homer of the season in the...

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Ramirez returns to Mannywood »

Ramirez returns to Mannywood

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Ramirez has returned to Dodger Stadium to play in a game for the first time since his 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug rules ended. Ramirez arrived about five hours before Thursday night's game against the Houston Astros. ...

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Columns

Please Mr. Postman »

Please Mr. PostmanIt’s that paralyzing moment that overwhelms you right after you’ve just clicked the “Send” button with your mouse. Oops! Your e-mail has left the...

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Nothing But Net: For the Week of July 16 – July 22 »

Nothing But Net: For the Week of July 16 – July 22Light Test is like a hybrid bloopers reel/making-of for photo shoots. It’s like seeing photographers and lighting people in their indigenous habitats. Not when they’re...

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New Burgers In The Burbs »

New Burgers In The BurbsThis handsome, brand new burger bar, which opened on the Fourth of July, is a local entry in the better burger movement. They start you...

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Music

Pod Person

Pod Person

I was walking down my favorite stretch of Steinway Street in Astoria, past bodegas, laundromats and hookah lounges, listening to Mos Def’s The Ecstatic on my iPod, when, out of nowhere, all sound in my right ear just…cut out......

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Movies

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

With film fantasy that is less mystifying than the tonnage of plot threads shoehorned into the movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince favors mood over meaning, and basically asks the audience to go with the flow and forget about the destination......

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Food

New Burgers In The Burbs

New Burgers In The Burbs

This handsome, brand new burger bar, which opened on the Fourth of July, is a local entry in the better burger movement. They start you with a basic six-ounce grilled patty ($4.49) and let you “build your own bite” with cheeses and premium toppings like bacon or sautéed mushrooms or sliced avocado (50 cents each). Or, let them build you...

Jul 16, 2009 / More »

Gossip: Loose Lips

Mischa Barton Held In Psych Ward

Mischa Barton Held In Psych Ward

Now that Britney Spears has herself together and Amy Winehouse is looking, dare we say, healthy, it was only a matter of time before another celeb ended up a little “under the weather.” Actress Mischa Barton was rushed to the hospital and is now under an involuntary psychiatric hold at the psych ward at Cedars-Sinai Medical [...]...

Jul 16, 2009 / More »

Interviews

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere

A big topic on the table during this conversation with I Love You, Beth Cooper title star Hayden Panettiere was how much she does or doesn't love Beth Cooper. And after making it clear that you've got to be nice to her or else, the 19-year-old celeb sometimes addressed fondly as Mushroom opened up about all sorts of creative and...

Jul 13, 2009 / More »

Nothing But Net

Nothing But Net: For the Week of July 16 – July 22

Nothing But Net: For the Week of July 16 – July 22

Light Test is like a hybrid bloopers reel/making-of for photo shoots. It’s like seeing photographers and lighting people in their indigenous habitats. Not when they’re bouncing around a set like Tigger on speed, saying things like “OK, now give me FIERCE! Yes!! YES! The camera LOVES you today! OK, now give me RAW!! Like undercooked kobe beef and tuna sashimi...

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Fortune 52

Paula Geonie and Sharon Levine

Paula Geonie and Sharon Levine

For some, finding one’s true mission in life will forever remain a mystery. Your life’s course can be altered by a single event and can point you in a completely different direction than previously imagined. Sharon Levine and Paula Geonie, sisters and part of the Rubin family of Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard LLC, altered their courses and, in the...

Jul 16, 2009 / More »

Green Living

Documentary: Tapped

Documentary: Tapped

A new documentary debuting at the 12th Annual Long Island International Film Expo Film Festival takes on bottled water makers like Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Poland Spring. From the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to [...]...

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