Driver abducted, bound during LI carjacking
FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) -- Police on Long Island are looking for five gunmen who robbed a driver, then bound him and drove around with him in the trunk before releasing him....
LI students punished for using Facebook to cheat
WEST ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- Twelve Long Island high school students have been disciplined for using Facebook to cheat on homework and laboratory assignments and a recent exam....
A Bethpage drinking supply well shut down
BETHPAGE, N.Y. (AP) -- A drinking supply well in Bethpage, Long Island, has been shut down after elevated levels of radium were detected....
Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge
MIAMI (AP) -- During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don't even know what it means....
Bloomberg adds 2 Hamptons properties, info shows
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has added to his roster of high-end real estate, buying a house and a vacant parcel last year next to a 35-acre estate he already owns in tony Southampton, according to information released Thursday by City Hall....
Lawyer: NY man at center of HIV scare not positive
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Nushawn Williams, a New York drug dealer imprisoned amid accusations he infected 13 young women with HIV in the 1990s, does not have the virus that causes AIDS, according to his attorney, who said he arranged for a new blood test as part of efforts to get him released from prison....
Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first day of campaigning than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier....
NY sheriffs fault new gun law, seek to join suit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly....
Senate seeks 5 casinos, video slots on Long Island
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Closed-door negotiations to expand casinos in New York call for five upstate casinos, including up to three in the Catskills and two video slot machine sites on Long Island, according to the bill released Thursday by Senate Republicans....
