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  • July 2008

    • Montauk Monster? Hoax? What Is That Thing?

      New York  |  Jul 30, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Montauk Monster? Hoax? What Is That Thing?

      (Newser) - It's a monster! Or maybe not. Either way, the blogosphere is afire trying to get to the bottom of the Montauk Monster mystery, reports New York magazine. It seems a very monster-like (but lifeless) creature washed ashore on Montauk near Long Island. It's about the size of a large dog, hairless, leathery, with a dinosaur-like beak (click on the link for a photo). Gawker originally posted the story, speculating it could be a viral marketing campaign of some sort. More »

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      Long Island

    • Kidnap Suspect May Be Fleeing NY by Yacht

      Boston Herald  |  Jul 28, 08 5:41 PM CDT

      Kidnap Suspect May Be Fleeing NY by Yacht

      (Newser) - The man believed to have kidnapped his daughter after a custody visit in Boston yesterday could be trying to flee the country on his yacht, authorities said today. Clark Rockefeller might have been dropped off, along with 7-year-old Reigh, at New York’s Grand Central Station last night, aiming to get to his boat, moored somewhere on Long Island, the Boston Herald reports. Authorities have been questioning area marina-owners, and searched Long Island Sound from the air. More »

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      crime  • kidnapping  • custody battle  • Clark Rockefeller  • Bahamas  • Long Island  • Reigh Boss  • manhunt

    • Killer Currents Claim 4 NYC Swimmers

      Associated Press  |  Jul 27, 08 12:15 PM CDT

      Killer Currents Claim 4 NYC Swimmers

      (Newser) - Four swimmers have drowned, three are missing, and at least three more have been rescued in two days of deadly ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches. Eight-foot waves rocked the area, causing rough seas and a strong rip current. One police lieutenant told the AP he “cannot recall there ever being back-to-back situations like this.” More »

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      New York City  • missing person  • beach  • Long Island  • drowning  • waves

    • Brinkley Swears Off Marriage

      New York Post  |  Jul 11, 08 10:26 AM CDT

      Brinkley Swears Off Marriage

      (Newser) - On the heels of this week's divorce settlement—and the messy dissolution of her fourth marriage—Christie Brinkley has learned her lesson. "I'm not going to marry again," she tells Andrea Peyser of the New York Post . "I know too much about the marriage laws and divorce laws. Getting married again would not be a very intelligent thing to do." More »

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      celebrity divorces  • Long Island  • Christie Brinkley  • Peter Cook  • remarriage

    • Doc: Brinkley, Ex Need Therapy

      New York Post  |  Jul 9, 08 11:11 AM CDT

      Doc: Brinkley, Ex Need Therapy

      (Newser) - A court-appointed shrink said both Christie Brinkley and her two-timing hubby needed time on a therapist's couch—adding that Peter Cook is a childish narcissist undeserving of custody, the New York Post reports. Psychiatrist Stephen Herman testified that “the father's behavior in this marriage has been terribly destructive and apparently continues to be." More »

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      celebrity divorces  • celebrity parents  • custody battle  • Long Island  • psychotherapy  • Christie Brinkley  • Peter Cook

    • Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania

      New York Post  |  Jul 3, 08 10:52 AM CDT

      Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up to Sex Mania

      (Newser) - Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger sites for “young, fit girls,” the New York Post reports. More »

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      New York  • sex  • celebrity divorces  • pornography  • celebrity trials  • custody battle  • Long Island  • cheating  • Christie Brinkley  • Peter Cook  • mistress  • cybersex  • swingers

  • June 2008

    • Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

      New York Post  |  Jun 27, 08 2:50 AM CDT

      Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

      (Newser) - Six bored Long Island teenagers have been busted for acting out the violent themes of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV with a real life spree of break-ins, a mugging, a beating and a carjacking, police charge. "These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from reality," a detective told the New York Post . "It was quite alarming." More »

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      crime  • Long Island  • Grand Theft Auto IV  • carjacking  • video violence  • juvenile crime  • mugging

    • 50 Cent Sues Ex for $20M

      New York Daily News  |  Jun 21, 08 7:55 AM CDT

      50 Cent Sues Ex for $20M

      (Newser) - 50 Cent has slapped the mother of his 11-year-old son with a $20 million defamation lawsuit, the New York Daily News reports. The rapper's ex has publicly accused him of being behind the blaze that forced her out of the home they once shared. 50 Cent—barred from contacting his ex by a restraining order issued yesterday—denies the allegations and complains she hasn't let him see his son since the fire. More »

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      celebrity  • lawsuit  • arson  • rapper  • defamation  • Long Island  • 50 Cent

  • May 2008
  • March 2008

    • Long Island Talks Secession From New York

      Newsday  |  Mar 28, 08 5:36 PM CDT

      Long Island Talks Secession From New York

      (Newser) - Officials on Long Island have initiated a study on the economic feasibility of its secession from New York state, Newsday reports. While acknowledging the difficulties of establishing a 51st state, Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said the proposal is really about examining what Long Island contributes to greater New York, and what it doesn’t get in return. More »

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      Long Island  • Albany  • secession  • Suffolk  • New York state  • tax revenue

  • October 2007

    • Watson Retires Amid Race Furor

      New York Times  |  Oct 25, 07 12:39 PM CDT

      Watson Retires Amid Race Furor

      (Newser) - Amid outrage over recent racial remarks, Nobel Prize-winning geneticist James Watson is retiring as chancellor of Long Island’s Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the New York Times reports. Watson, 79, said his departure was overdue but admitted this wasn’t how he’d wanted to leave. The lab suspended Watson after he said that black people were  less intelligent than white. More »

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      DNA  • race relations  • genetics  • Long Island  • racial inequality  • James Watson

  • August 2007

    • Bingo! 500G Missing in Charity Game

      Newsday  |  Aug 10, 07 1:23 PM CDT

      Bingo! 500G Missing in Charity Game

      (Newser) - As much as half a million dollars is missing from Long Island town bingo game operated three times a week by a charity for the disabled, Newsday reports. An investigation was launched after two charity workers accused each other of skimming $10,000 from the games. That's when investigators discovered the missing funds and "the flags went off," said an official. More »

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      charity  • Long Island  • missing money  • bingo

  • July 2007

    • Gator Goes to the Beach—on Long Island

      Newsday  |  Jul 29, 07 3:38 PM CDT

      Gator Goes to the Beach—on Long Island

      (Newser) - And you thought your Halloween costume was scary: A pillowcase found wriggling in a Long Island parking lot early yesterday turned out to contain a 2½-foot male alligator. An official from the town of Babylon found the creature near a beach, Newsday reports, with a message on the pillowcase: "Live Gator—Please find him a home." More »

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      animal  • Long Island  • alligator  • SPCA

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