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Counter proposal
peggy.brown@newsday.comNot that long ago, Kevin McGovern, owner of Mirage Studios in Valley Stream, specialized in installing faux finishes and decorative plaster. But then an architect he'd worked with suggested that the coming thing just might be concrete countertops for...Tags: Woodmere, Metal and Mineral, Manhattan (New York City), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Holtsville
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Retired NYPD cop charged in 'Bling Bandit' heists
christina.hernandez@newsday.com matthew.chayes@newsday.comNone of his former colleagues in the New York City Police Department can quite believe that Athelston Kelson, the man picked out of a lineup as the "Bling Bandit," is the same hero ex-cop who was awarded the Purple Heart for Vietnam War service before...Tags: Hyde Park, Theft, Central Islip, Queens Village, Bank Robbery
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Philomena Gotti, matriarch of crime family, dies
anthony.destefano@newsday.comPhilomena Gotti, the obscure matriarch of what became the country's best known organized crime family, died of natural causes late Tuesday in her Valley Stream home, her relatives said Wednesday. Gotti, who had 16 children, including her most notorious...Tags: Gambino Crime Family, John Gotti, Bronx (New York City), East New York, Tampa
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State: Nassau attorney's pension improper
sandra.peddie@newsday.comAlbert D'Agostino, the politically prominent Nassau attorney who got a six-figure public pension after the state retroactively approved 21 years of credit for him, must give up his pension and pay back the more than $600,000 he has collected, the New York...Tags: Merrick, Government Health Care, Nassau County, Lawyers, Lawrence
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Gas stations eyed for deceptive practices
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office identified the following 43 Long Island gas stations as engaging in deceptive practices. The stations are being sent letters threatening civil penalties if they don't correct problems. Most of these stations are...Tags: Hyde Park, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Road Transportation, Walt Whitman, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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N. Valley Stream mom charged under social host law
matthew.chayes@newsday.com, keith.herbert@newsday.comThe 911 callers -- at least three -- complained about a loud party and disorderly youths. Residents in the North Valley Stream neighborhood gave Nassau County Police the address: 759 Wyngate Dr. W. It was familiar to police, who said they'd been there...Tags: Nassau County Police, Health and Safety at School, Kevin Smith, Prosecution, Teen-agers
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A look at Valley Stream's Construction Club
Kidsday Reporter, Age 12, Valley StreamEvery Monday and Friday afternoon, a special after-school club takes place. It's the Construction Club. This club has about 120 sixth-graders [from Howell Road School/James A. Dever School in Valley Stream] who devote part of their school week to building...Tags: Heavy Engineering
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Claims that shoe insoles relieve back pain are unsupported
Special to The TimesThe product: The human spine is an amazing piece of equipment: On request, it can sway gracefully or withstand thousands of pounds of force. But that versatility comes with a price. At some point, just about everyone suffers significant back pain, and...Tags: Schering Plough Corporation, Medicine, Social Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Movies
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N.Y. man charged with killing 3 in dispute about money
A fight about money led to the stabbing deaths of three North Jersey family members by a Long Island man, authorities said Monday. Less than three days after the badly decomposing bodies of his friend, the friend's mother and uncle were discovered in...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Prosecution, Crimes, California, Kennedy Airport
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Suspect in NJ triple murder pleads not guilty
A man charged with murdering three members of a family in their Tenafly home pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Kang-Hyuk Choi wore an orange prison jumpsuit and a cast on his right arm that extended from his wrist to his elbow. He did not speak during the...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Casino and Gambling, Prosecution, Personal Service, Gaming and Lotteries
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Pair arrested in Valley Stream burglary
bill.mason@newsday.comAfter throwing a brick through a window to get inside a Valley Stream home Tuesday, two people fled on foot, but were caught a short distance away, police said. Stevens Estrella, 22, of 18 Oceanview Ave., and Kellyann Desola, 23, of 97 Elmwood St.,...Tags: Police Arrests, Police, Crimes
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Cops: Teens crash, car careens into Valley Stream house
jennifer.maloney@newsday.comTwo teenage drivers playing chicken paid a price for it early yesterday morning, when, after a sideswipe, one of them careened into a Valley Stream house, police said. Marlon Brown, 19, was driving a 1992 Honda eastbound on Hendrickson Avenue in Valley...Tags: Police, Vehicles, Road Accidents
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