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Oyster Festival turns 25 this weekend
pat.burson@newsday.comThe Oyster Festival turns 25 this year, and organizers promise more attractions, food and fun for lovers of the shell-encrusted delicacy plucked from the waters of Oyster Bay Harbor. The 2 1/2-day outdoor event, sponsored by the Oyster Bay Rotary Club,...Tags: Oyster Bay, Long Island Rail Road, Theodore Roosevelt, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Oyster Festival
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TSR says sales and profits dropped
james.bernstein@newsday.comTSR Inc., the Hauppauge-based computer consultant, said it has become the latest Long Island company to be hard hit by the economic slowdown, reporting that net income plunged 52 percent in its fiscal first quarter, which ended Aug. 31, compared with...Tags: Tropical Storms, Consumer Electronics Industry, TSR Incorporated, Bankruptcy, Sales
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LI debate: Last chance for Obama-McCain 'illegals' clash
Spin CycleImmigration policy has drawn remarkably little mention in this huge general-election campaign ??? and some want to see the presidential candidates confront the issue in their final debate Wednesday at Hofstra University. One year ago, nothing in...Tags: Hofstra University, Illegal Immigrants, Refugee, National Government, Barack Obama
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Patchogue pol P. Pontieri's plan-panel post postponed
Spin CyclePatchogue???s Democratic Mayor Paul Pontieri (left) showed up last Monday for a confirmation hearing for a seat on the new Long Island Regional Planning Council, but was quietly told to take a powder because his resolution was being tabled.......Tags: Republican Party, Michael White, Election Day, Steve Levy
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Newsday exclusive: D'Amato helps raise $$ for Paterson
Spin CycleFormer Republican U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is apparently playing a major role in organizing a fundraiser for Democratic Gov. David Paterson ??? to be co-hosted by a bi-partisan myriad of Long Island developers, lawyers, doctors and top executives, at.......Tags: John McCain, Nassau Coliseum, National Government, Huntington, Government
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Man arrested for DWI in Patchogue with child in car
A Long Island man has been arrested for driving while intoxicated with his 4-year-old son in the car. A Suffolk County police sergeant was on patrol in Patchogue early Sunday when he saw a 2000 Ford swerve out of its lane and almost hit another car....Tags: Vehicles, Patchogue
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Police: NY teen drives truck into fuel pump
Police are investigating an incident in Hampton Bays, Long Island, of a 15-year-old who crashed a pickup truck into a gas station pump that burst into flames. No one was reported injured in the Sunday evening fire that destroyed the truck and damaged...Tags: Vehicles, Injuries, Southampton, Police, Police Investigations
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Man rescued from car that ended up in NY harbor
A man has been rescued from his sport utility vehicle after it somehow ended up in a Long Island harbor. Police say 35-year-old Leone James Jr. couldn't explain how his SUV got into the water at Billy Joel Cold Spring Harbor Park Sunday night. They...Tags: Vehicles, Billy Joel, Police
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NY man accused of beating boy, imprisoning wife
A man is accused of beating his 11-year-old stepson with a belt and buckle and locking his wife in the basement of the family's Long Island home. Police arrested the 34-year-old West Hempstead man on charges of assault, criminal possession of a weapon,...Tags: Prosecution, West Hempstead, Hempstead, Police Arrests, Police
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Steve Israel in Afghanistan meeting with Karzai
juliann.vachon@newsday.comWASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Israel (D- Huntington) traveled to Afghanistan this weekend, where he met yesterday with President Hamid Karzai, Gen. David McKiernan and New York troops in what he called "sobering" insight into the Taliban's resurgence and...Tags: Huntington, Civil Unrest, Huntington, Steve Israel, Armed Forces
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UPS wants employees to take opportunity to interact
patricia.kitchen@newsday.comJust because you nod to colleagues every day in the hall doesn't mean you know who they are, what they do and how you might collaborate on projects. That's why UPS started the Women's Leadership Development program, which was piloted in 2006 and took root...Tags: Brookhaven, Company Information, Breast Cancer, Engineering, Technology
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McCain Vows To Whip Obama's 'You Know What' As He Considers New Economic Plans
Associated Press WriterRepublican John McCain vowed Sunday to "whip" Democratic rival Barack Obama's "you-know-what" when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate. McCain made that pledge as top advisers said he is weighing new economic...Tags: Nevada, Small Businesses, Barack Obama, Credit Ratings, CBS Corp.
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