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Queens County, located on the western portion of Long Island, is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City, New York.
Queens County, located on the western portion of Long Island, is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City, New York.
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Giant study of how environment affects child health begins enrolling mothers-to-be in January
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The ambitious National Children's Study...Tags: Pennsylvania, Mental Illness, Minnesota, New York, Learning Disability
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Spooky corn mazes on Long Island
pat.burson@newsday.comGet out in the fall air and test your skills in one of the ever-expanding corn mazes cropping up on farms, vineyards and orchards in central and eastern Long Island. It's free to visit these places, but a trip through the maze -- available during the day...Tags: Celebrity, Melville, Farms, Queens (New York City), Public Holidays
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Who got free passage?
Since 1954, the various transit authorities that eventually became part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have granted free passage over its bridges and through its tunnels to a number of federal, state, county and city agencies, as well as...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Emergency Planning, Douglaston, Suffolk County Police
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'Bling Bandit' no war hero, group says
matthew.chayes@newsday.comWhen a retired New York Police Department detective, Athelston Kelson, was charged last month with a string of bank robberies in New York City and Nassau, his status as a decorated veteran garnered him special sympathy. Outside Queens County Criminal...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Bank Robbery, Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Department, Theft
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Putting a new face on the GOP
emily.ngo@am-ny.comWilliam Palumbo is familiar with feeling misunderstood. He is a 23-year-old anomaly in New York City – a young Republican where most residents root for the blue team. Palumbo says he wants to defy widely held stereotypes about the party. "I don't...Tags: Republican Party, Facebook, Parties and Movements, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Family
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West Nile spraying not considered an emergency
william.murphy@newsday.comNassau County doesn't warn county residents with unlisted telephone numbers of aerial spraying for West Nile virus because the sprayings are not deemed emergencies, county officials said yesterday. The state authorized last night's spraying Sept. 3,...Tags: Retroviruses, Long Island Expressway, Emergency Planning, Nassau County, Diseases
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Aerial mosquito spraying may be done Wednesday
william.murphy@newsday.comNassau County will not conduct aerial spraying Tuesday against the mosquitoes that carry West Nile, but may do it Wednesday, weather permitting, county officials said. "Everyone in the spray area will get a telephone call before we spray," Health...Tags: Long Island Expressway, William Murphy, Nassau County, Queens (New York City)
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Nassau may resume pesticide spraying soon
william.murphy@newsday.comNassau County could start aerial spraying against mosquitoes who carry West Nile tomorrow at the earliest, county officials said yesterday. Officials said they are still weighing their options on how and whether to notify the public if they have to...Tags: Long Island Expressway, New York, Nassau County, Queens (New York City), Southern State Parkway
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'Bling Bandit' case delayed
matthew.chayes@newsday.comThe suspected Bling Bandit -- the ex-cop accused of bank robberies in Nassau and Queens -- was scheduled to appear in Queens Criminal Court Friday, but the hearing was postponed because a court-ordered mental-health exam hasn't been finished,...Tags: Kevin Ryan, Nassau County, Hempstead, Bank Robbery, New York City Police Department
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'Bling Bandit' may face more charges
matthew.chayes@newsday.comNassau robbery squad detectives are anticipating more charges in Nassau County against the suspected "Bling Bandit," the former New York City cop accused of bank robberies in western Nassau and in the city, authorities said Friday. Arrest warrants in...Tags: Kevin Ryan, Nassau County, Bank Robbery, Theft, New York City Police Department
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"In the Garage"
'57 Ford Fairlane THE CAR AND ITS OWNER 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 two-door hardtop owned by John J. Lippi WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING Ford introduced the 1957 Fairlane as a wider, longer and sleeker model with tailfins, and the Fairlane 500 was the...Tags: General Motors Corp., Ford, Long Island, Little Neck, Vehicles
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County judge faces Group 3 challenge
South Florida Sun-SentinelIncumbent County Court Judge Reginald Corlew faces challenger Theodore "Ted" Herold in the race for the Group 3 seat in Palm Beach County. Appointed to the bench two years ago, Corlew, 43, spent 13 years as a trial tax litigator with the United States...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Judges, New York City Police Department, New York, Local Elections
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