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Long Island stories: 36 news summaries

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 Newsday Jumps Behind 
 a Paywall 

Opts for 'hyper-local' approach

Oct 22, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’ve been reading a ton of Newsday stories online, we’ve got some bad news: the Long Island daily plans to erect a paywall next week. The paper’s online content will now be closed to everyone except print subscribers, Optimum Online customers, and anyone willing to... More »

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newspaper • Long Island • Newsday • paywall

 Bomb Explodes in Home of NY Teen Columbine 'Fan'

Student's school searched after he injures himself while making device

Sep 30, 09 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Long Island teenager who apparently idolized the Columbine killers has been hospitalized after a pipe bomb he was making blew up. The boy, 17, had photos of the students responsible for the Coumbine massacre in his bedroom. He's in stable condition and will likely face charges, reports the New ... More »

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bomb • pipe bomb • Long Island • Columbine school massacre • high school students

 Madoff's Beach Home Sells 
 for More Than Asking Price 

Montauk manse was on the market for $8.75M

Sep 17, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff's Montauk beach house is off the market, ABC reports. A buyer paid cash "over the asking price" of $8.75 million, say Realtors involved with the deal. The US Marshals Service, which is selling the home to get money back for Madoff's victims, won't divulge the buyer's... More »

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fraud • Long Island • federal prison • Ponzi scheme • Montauk • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

 For Sale: Madoff's 
 $8.75M Hampton Home 

$8.75M home being sold by government to pay restitution

Sep 1, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s Montauk beach home could be yours for just $8.75 million. The 3,000-square-foot home will go on the market this week—the first of three being sold by the government to get Madoff’s victims some of their money back, Bloomberg reports. Unfortunately for those investors,... More »

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New York real estate • fraud • Long Island • Montauk • Bernard Madoff • Madoff Securities International

J.Lo Cooks Up Dinner Party for Sotomayor

Lopez, Marc Anthony host new Supreme Court Justice at their LI home

Aug 18, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony honored Sonia Sotomayor’s achievement as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice with a dinner party last night, Gossip Cop reports. The couple had Sotomayor and about a dozen guests—“mostly political types,” the site says—over for cocktails and dinner at their... More »

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entertainment • Long Island • Jennifer Lopez • Marc Anthony • cocktails • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • Latina

How a Queens Kid Became an al-Qaeda Fighter

'Impressionable' punk fan radicalized himself in search for structure

Jul 25, 09 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just before he left to become an al-Qaeda fighter 2 years ago, Long Island native Bryant Neal Vinas left a box of mementos. Inside were all-American keepsakes like Yankee caps, alongside dog tags and a copy of Inside the Jihad, a book by a spy who infiltrated al-Qaeda. That... More »

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Pakistan • Long Island • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism • Bryant Neal Vinas

 Doused, Soused Crowd 
 Taunts Tiger at US Open 

Woods could still pull off victory, but it's a long shot

Jun 21, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tiger Woods still has a shot at victory at the US Open, but it would take a record-tying comeback. And to do that Woods would need incredible focus, because some soused spectators have been working on a distracting new hazard at Bethpage Black: extensive heckling. The rowdy crowd may be... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • US Open • Long Island • hecklers • drunkenness • Bethpage Black • US Open Golf

Mich. Man Says He's NY Toddler Snatched in 1955

Michigan man has same birthmark as boy kidnapped from outside bakery in 1955

Jun 18, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Michigan man believes he has solved the mystery of his own 1955 kidnapping, the New York Daily News reports. A decade ago, John Barnes' mother hinted on her deathbed that he was not her biological son. After extensive research, Barnes uncovered the unsolved case of a toddler—who had... More »

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kidnapping • toddler • Long Island • child abduction • John Barnes

(Newser) - Rumored-to-be-in-trouble power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are living in separate houses on the sprawling Long Island estate where they're currently staying, reports the Daily Mail. The newspaper claims to have seen photographic proof that the two have very separate corners in the 24-acre spread where they've... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Long Island • relationship • celebrity marriage • celebrity breakup

Foiled Robber Leaves Store With $40, Bread

Shopkeeper pulls gun on would-be perp, who begs for mercy, food

Jun 3, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man approached a Long Island convenience store counter with a baseball bat, demanding cash; the shop owner whipped out his shotgun, prompting the man’s tearful pleas for mercy. The impassioned display worked, Newsday reports: Mohammad Sohail took pity on the robber and gave him $40 and a loaf... More »

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Islam • crime • bread • robbery • money • convenience stores • Long Island • conversion • Mohammad Sohail

Palin Stays in National Picture With NY Trip

Alaska gov will hit upstate festival, Long Island fundraiser

Jun 2, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will continue to groom her national profile this weekend with appearances in New York state. She’ll be among the honored guests at Saturday's Founders Day celebration in Auburn, the home of William Seward, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia. “We're going to be political... More »

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Alaska • New York • fundraiser • Auburn • Long Island • governor • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie is back at work on the Long Island set of Salt after bumping her head and being rushed to the hospital this morning, People reports. "As a precautionary measure, Ms. Jolie will be taken to the hospital and examined," Columbia Pictures said in a statement. Jolie,... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • film • hospital • Long Island • head injuries • actress • movie star • Salt

 Thrift Is Expensive 
 in the Hamptons 

Wave goodbye to conspicuous consumption in the playground of decadence

May 16, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Keeping up with the Joneses means downplaying wealth in the Hamptons this summer, Allen Salkin writes in the New York Times. Conspicuous consumption is out, conspicuous thrift is in as Hamptonites try very hard to match the economic malaise in the rest of the country. “Low-key” and “beachy”... More »

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New York • beach • recession • Long Island • Hamptons • conspicuous consumption • wealthy • Jay-ZTV

 Suicidal 
 NY Lawyer 
 Kills Family 
 in Hotel 

Family was in Baltimore visiting college daughter

Apr 22, 09 1:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A troubled Long Island attorney killed his wife, two children and himself in a Baltimore hotel, police said yesterday. "The why and the motive in this is just a big blank right now," said a police official of attorney William Parente, 59, who had an estate and tax... More »

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suicide • crime • murder • murder-suicide • Baltimore • lawyer • Long Island • attorney • filicide • law practice • William Parente

 Madonna Fell 
 All By Herself: 
 Photog 

Paparazzo and cops say he left before Madge's horse dumped her

Apr 20, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A photographer Madonna blames for a weekend tumble off her horse in the Hamptons claims he had nothing to do with the accident—and local cops back his version, reports the New York Daily News. A spokeswoman claims Madonna was thrown when her horse was startled by a paparazzo, but... More »

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New York • paparazzi • horse • photographers • Long Island • Madonna • Hamptons • equestrian • Madge

Feds Seize
Yet Another Madoff Boat

$430K Long Island vessel will be sold
to aid victims

Apr 3, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - After nabbing a yacht and a motorboat and seizing his Florida mansion, feds have taken a third vessel belonging to Bernie Madoff: a fancy fishing boat found off Long Island, the New York Daily News reports. The 38-foot boat, bought for $430,812 in 2003, is named Sitting Bull, in... More »

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seizure • Long Island • Ponzi scheme • fishing boat • Bernard Madoff

Playgrounds of Rich and Famous Hit the Skids

What would Jay Gatsby say?

Mar 17, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even crème de la crème communities are curdling in the current crisis, reports the Telegraph. Take the Hamptons, where nearly as many homes were being foreclosed last week as the number of places sold. Residents in the super-affluent towns on Long Island's east end are struggling to meet... More »

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real estate • New York real estate • New York • foreclosure • mortgage • Long Island • Hamptons • fiscal crisis

 LiLo's Mom Has Tax Trouble 

Celeb mom's tax lien will go up for auction

Feb 13, 09 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Dina Lohan is a busy woman, what with all those kids to pimp out. Too busy to pay her taxes, apparently—she owes Nassau County, NY, $11,485.74 in back taxes, TMZ reports. If LiLo and Ali's infamous mother doesn't pony up, her tax lien will go up for... More »

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taxes • Lindsay Lohan • Dina Lohan • debt • auction • Long Island • Ali Lohan • Nassau County, NY

Gillibrand Too Gun-Happy for NY, Rival Says

Long Island Rep. McCarthy threatens challenge in 2010

Jan 23, 09 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing her support of guns, Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy is threatening a 2010 primary challenge to reported Senate appointee Kirsten Gillibrand, Newsday reports. McCarthy, a gun-control advocate, lost her husband in a 1993 shooting spree. “I’m not going to let New York state get represented by someone... More »

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Charles Schumer • Senate • gun control • New York • Long Island • Carolyn McCarthy • David Paterson • Kirsten Gillibrand • Bill Maher Grid

'Long Island Lolita' Does Another Porno

This time, Amy Fisher stars in an adult pay-per-view special

Jan 21, 09 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A porn movie featuring “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is making the rounds again—but this time it’s her idea, the New York Daily News reports. Fisher, 34, fought the release of a sex tape leaked by her husband before relenting last year. Fisher, whose real claim to... More »

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pornography • Long Island • adult films • Amy Fisher • Lolita

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