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Is it George W. Bush -- or Herbert Hoover?
President George W. Bush's final year in the White House is beginning to resemble Herbert Hoover's in 1932, his last as the nation's chief executive. The resemblance is in the quickly deteriorating American economy characterized by rising unemployment;...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prices, The White House, George Bush, Inflation and Deflation
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Heat drives crowds to Jones Beach
joshua.seidman@newsday.comBy 8:30 a.m. yesterday, Jones Beach's Field 6 parking lot was filled to capacity. Beachgoers weren't deterred by either the early-morning mist that blanketed the upper half of the Jones Beach water tower or the cost of the trip. With the temperature...Tags: Eastchester, Hyde Park, Jones Beach Water Tower, Long Island, Beach Vacations
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Hundreds turn out for kin of 2 teens slain in crash
patrick.whittle@newsday.comThe joking and laughing in the crowd of about 300 people who filled D.S. Shanahan's, a sweltering Kings Park bar, belied the somber nature of Sunday's event: to show support for the families of two Smithtown High School West students who died in a car...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Health and Safety at School, Michael N Gianaris
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Anniversaries
60th FRANCES AND ANTHONY NAGLIERI of Mastic Beach, formerly of Astoria, were married June 19, 1948. They renewed their vows with Auxiliary Bishop Peter Libasci, who was the principal celebrant and homilist at a celebration Mass at St. Lawrence the Martyr...Tags: Melville, Society, Ceremonies, Clubs and Associations, Kennedy Airport
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A girl's guide to Atlantic City
Special to NewsdayYou may think Atlantic City is nothing more than bingo and boardwalk, but America's Playground has enough martinis and Manolos to cash in as a top girlfriends' getaway destination. No matter how you throw the dice, your odds of encountering cosmos and...Tags: Gaming and Lotteries, The White House, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, Long Island
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Astoria Financial’s April-June profits ebb
james.bernstein@newsday.comAstoria Financial Corp, parent of Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Association and Long Island's largest locally based bank in terms of deposits, said net income fell 2 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. The Lake Success-...Tags: Astoria Financial Corporation, Loans, Long Island, Housing Industry, Earnings
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Giant Rig Carves New Tunnel Beneath New York's Streets
Associated PressA huge, granite-eating machine that spent the past eight months chewing a mile-long tunnel beneath a busy Manhattan office district is getting a rest, of sorts, after completing its journey to Grand Central Terminal. The 200-ton, tunnel-boring rig is one...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Health and Safety at Work, Long Island Rail Road, Caves and Caverns, Transportation
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Project Runway Season 5 features Queens 'rocker chick'
Newsday Staff WriterHit Bravo show Project Runway kicks off its fifth and final season on the network Wednesday night in a new time slot (9 p.m.) , and with a New Yorker among its contestants. Stella Zotis, 42, from Astoria is being billed by the show as a "rocker chick."... -
British taking local fashion market by storm
Special to amNewYorkThe British appear to rule New York these days, especially the fashion market. For years our cross-Atlantic neighbors have found the city fertile ground to do business -- their pound is worth nearly double our dollar -- and the number of Brits setting up...Tags: Music Theater, Theater, New York, Sales, Manhattan
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NYC worker dies when truck knocks him off lift
A construction worker in New York City is dead after he was knocked off a small crane that was struck by a large truck. Police say the worker was on a lift at a work site on Steinway Street near Broadway in Astoria, Queens, when a truck struck the crane...Tags: Steinway, Heavy Engineering, Vehicles
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