As February approaches, the Oceanside School District is preparing for a Feb. 11 vote on a proposed $30 million bond.
The bond, which was proposed on Nov. 19 and accepted by the Board of Education …
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By John Maher
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1/30/14
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After more than six months of investigations and controversy surrounding U.S. surveillance policies, President Obama delivered highly anticipated remarks . . .
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1/23/14
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A Bellmore man was recently indicted for his alleged role in what officials described as a massive fraud against the federal Social Security Disability Insurance benefits program, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/20/14
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A Valley Stream man who is a retired New York City police officer has been charged with joining three others in organizing a Social Security disability scheme that prompted 80 retired city firefighters and police officers to lie about their mental conditions and fake symptoms to obtain benefits to which they were not entitled, Manhattan prosecutors said on Jan 7.
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By Howard Schwach
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1/15/14
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On Dec. 16, federal Judge Richard Leon ruled that metadata collected by our government on phone and Internet activity was likely unconstitutional.
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1/2/14
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Dec. 14 marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which 26 children and adults died, and which brought school safety to the forefront of the national conversation.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/18/13
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A Rockville Centre woman has been charged by the Manhattan district attorney with four counts of first-degree criminal possession of stolen property for her alleged role in her brother’s illegal …
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By Alex Costello
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10/16/13
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The first federal government shutdown in 17 years has reached Week 2. The catalyst? The debt limit. The accelerant? Obamacare.
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10/10/13
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They say that “politics makes strange bedfellows.” While they are far from being alike, two members of Congress from Long Island are playing major roles in the ongoing debate about how to open up the government after a shutdown.
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10/10/13
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The bloody civil war in Syria took a turn for the worse last week.
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9/5/13
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