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NY State to privatize Long Island utility, freeze rates -Gov Cuomo
ReutersNEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - New York lawmakers announced a deal on Wednesday to privatize utility operations on Long Island and revamp the Long Island Power Authority, a state-owned New York utility company that was criticized for its response during...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, National Grid Plc, Executive Branch, Government, Politics
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NY State to privatize Long Island utility, freeze rates: Governor Cuomo
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York lawmakers announced a deal on Wednesday to privatize utility operations on Long Island and revamp the Long Island Power Authority, a state-owned New York utility company that was criticized for its response during last year's...Tags: Andrew Cuomo, National Grid Plc, Executive Branch, Government, Politics
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What brought down TWA Flight 800? Group wants investigation reopened
Federal officials are weighing a request to reopen the investigation of the 1996 explosion and crash of TWA Flight 800 that went down off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. A group of former investigators, interviewed in a...
Tags: Labor Legislation, National Transportation Safety Board, Entertainment, Emergency Incidents, Television
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Dave Jennings, Longtime Giants Punter, Dead At 61
The Hartford CourantFormer New York Giants and Jets punter Dave Jennings died Wednesday morning at his home, the Giants announced. Jennings was 61. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease since 1996. The four-time Pro Bowl punter worked as a radio broadcaster for the...Tags: Entertainment, NFC East, Radio, Sports, Football
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New York strikes deal to allow Las Vegas-style casinos
ReutersBy Francesca Trianni NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo struck a deal with state lawmakers to license new resort-style casinos, in an effort to help revive a stagnant economy in upstate New York, the governor said on Wednesday....Tags: New York City, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Executive Branch, MGM Resorts International, Government
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Long Island Medium Season 4 recap of “Bouffants and Bingo”
Channel Guide MagazineLong Island Medium Season 4 episode “Bouffants and Bingo,” original airdate 6/16/2013, finds Theresa at the local salon and at the Hicksville Boys and Girls Club. It's all about hair and nails for Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo in the... -
Report: Long Island Railroad Train Derails, Blocking East River Tunnel
WPIX-TV in New York reports that a Long Island Railroad train carrying about 700 people derailed Monday around 6 p.m. in an East River tunnel after leaving Penn Station. One of the four East River tunnels was blocked, creating cancellations and delays. No... -
Will the U.S. Open take another 32 years to return to Merion?
Rain threatened to wash away Thursday's first round of the U.S. Open, and some of Merion Golf Club's members cried. But that wasn't the reason. After 32 years of waiting and 10 years of plotting, planning, cajoling and hoping, Merion was a U.S. Open...
Tags: Brandt Snedeker, Justin Rose, Tiger Woods, U.S. Open (golf), Phil Mickelson
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The Last Word with Nick Ferrara
The Baltimore SunFormer Maryland kicker Nick Ferrara had one of those striking freshman seasons that commands attention and raises expectations. The New Yorker scored 80 points in his first season, converting 18 of 25 field goal attempts -- including 7 of 10 from 40...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Teaching and Learning, Clemson Tigers, Ralph Friedgen, Randy Edsall
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Journey of electromagnet to Fermilab delayed by storms
The 50-foot electromagnet that must travel 3,200 miles by land and sea from New York to Batavia is getting a late start thanks to rain that pelted the Northeast last week. The circular electromagnet is making the weeks-long journey so scientists can use...
Tags: Lemont, Atlantic Ocean, Trips and Vacations, William Floyd Parkway, Travel
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Feds sweep East Coast 7-Elevens in alleged immigration scheme
Federal agents raided 7-Eleven stores across the East Coast on Monday after prosecutors revealed felony indictments accusing franchise owners of operating an immigrant-exploitation scheme from at least 14 of their convenience stores for more than a...
Tags: Immigration, Justice System, Prosecution, Labor Legislation, Theft
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Sam Most dies at 82; pioneering jazz flutist
Sam Most, a pioneering jazz flutist who performed with a stylistically diverse range of artists, including Tommy Dorsey, Donald Byrd, Herbie Mann and Charles Mingus, died Thursday at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Woodland Hills. He was 82....
Tags: New York City, Music, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment
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