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With school back in session, many are concerned that another outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, is just around the corner. An outbreak in the New York area in the spring spread fear about this new, unknown disease. Many parents kept their children home from school when cases were confirmed, leading to high absentee rates. Some schools closed entirely.
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9/17/09
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I remember driving west on Park Avenue in Long Beach with my then 1 1/2-year-old daughter tucked in her car seat behind me. It was midday, and the sun shone so brightly. There was a break between the buildings, and through it I could peer toward the destruction.
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Scott Brinton
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9/10/09
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Sometimes silence is not golden. As Republicans and conservatives have embraced the mantra of “just say no” to anything Obama, they have failed to address in any positive way the critical problems we face. Where are the thoughtful, challenging alternative Republican plans to the Democrats’ economic stimulus package, proposed health care bill and foreign policy initiatives, especially in Afghanistan?
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Randi Kreiss
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9/10/09
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Eight years after the horror of seeing thousands of people die, towering buildings crash to the ground and a war declared on terrorism, we must not let our proclivity to move on eclipse our need to remember the victims, the heroes and the enemies of our way of life.
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9/10/09
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Millions of iPhones and BlackBerrys are being used every second, and few adults in Nassau County are without a cell phone of some kind. These devices enable more than phone calls. We can type text messages, read e-mails, connect to the Internet and type Twitter messages and Facebook updates. We can find out where the nearest pizzeria, gas station or hospital is. We can check the weather. We can get a movie review, find the closest theater where that movie is playing and when the next show starts, and then get directions to the theater. All on the phone.
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9/10/09
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Following two of the most deadly months of the eight-year war in Afghanistan, on Aug. 20 the country held its second presidential election. It would have been historic if it weren’t such a sham.
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Alfonse D'Amato
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9/10/09
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A former Australian Vogue cover girl, Liskula Cohen, recently sued Google, calling on the Internet search engine giant to reveal the identity of a blogger who had been anonymously badmouthing her on her blog site, “Skanks in NYC.” Cohen won.
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9/3/09
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These days, there is a decidedly anti-alcohol message streaming through mainstream music, fueled by a cadre of young, talented — if not confused, even dysfunctional at times — female songsters.
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Scott Brinton
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9/3/09
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Ted Kennedy, who died last week, was a 77-year-old grandfather, father, uncle, husband, brother, longtime senator and friend to many. His life reads like a paperback melodrama.
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Randi Kreiss
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9/3/09
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I was glad to see that many fellow Long Islanders were as outraged as I was over the decision by the Scottish government to give Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi a “compassionate release” from jail.
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Al D'Amato
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9/3/09
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