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For decades, public health officials have hammered home a message –– smoking kills. They have done so in splashy advertising campaigns and in the halls of government. Any number of laws and … more
Three Five Towns education experts consider the still-unfolding SAT cheating scandal, in which stand-ins were paid by students to take the exams for them, to be an outgrowth of society’s overemphasis on testing and the setting of bad examples by people in powerful positions. more
James Currie was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Monday for robbing and shooting Desmond Kelly of Inwood on Sept. 4, 2010. more
A former Atlantic Beach woman was charged with multiple felonies, including grand larceny, as she practiced psychology without a license, treated patients and billed insurance companies, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s office. more
Six pit bulls that were rescued from an Elmont dog-fighting ring will soon have a new home on the West Coast, under the care of a famous dog trainer. more
To the excitement of hundreds of residents and local animal rights advocates who have been complaining for months that the Town of Hempstead’s Animal Shelter is in dire need of financial monitoring, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced on Oct. 24 that his office will audit the financial operations of the facility. The audit — which DiNapoli said is in response to hundreds of complaints from residents and intends to ensure the shelter’s “integrity of financial accountability — will begin within the next two weeks. more
Edward Williams 30, of Brooklyn was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday for the murder and botched robbery of a Woodmere man on June 15, 2010. more
It took a Nassau County jury four hours on Tuesday to convict James Currie of murder and other felonies in connection with the shooting and robbery of Inwood resident Desmond Kelly, last year. more
Anthony Jackson, 24 for his role in the botched robbery, kidnapping and shooting death of Tristan Theodore, 20, of Woodmere that occurred on June 15 of last year. more
A New York state court ruled this week against Martin Heidgen’s appeal to have his murder conviction reduced to manslaughter, for driving drunk the wrong way on the Meadowbrook Parkway in 2005 and killing two people. more
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