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If you can't win fairly, try changing the rules

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a cheater. My rule applies to athletes who take steroids to gain an advantage over their competitors, or my neighbor who calls my tennis shots out of bounds even though he knows the balls were inside the line. more

1/31/13

Christal Thompson, a rising freshman at Elmont High School, will compete in the 200-meter dash at a national meet in Hershey, Pa.

13-year old breezes to national event

At the Nassau County Girls’ AA High School track and field championships in May, a tall, thin girl dashed across the finish line in the 100-meter final in 12.9 seconds. The time was the best in the … more

By Deirdre Krasula | 8/1/12

Cuomo can see those casinos across the Delaware

Everybody had a good laugh when Tina Fey, as Sarah Palin, said, “I can see Russia from my house.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo can see the state of Pennsylvania, at least metaphorically, from his office, and apparently he likes what he sees. more

10/13/11

Kennedy High School senior Darwin Shen had his thesis on Alzheimer’s disease accepted recently by the Long Island Science and Humanities Symposium at SUNY Stony Brook.

Senior joins fight against Alzheimer’s

Kennedy High School senior Darwin Shen spent last summer staring into a microscope at the New York University School of Medicine, counting hundreds of neurons encased in 20 slides of mouse brain tissue. His objective: Figure out whether immunogens injected into the mice before they died were able to stop the neural loss caused by Alzheimer’s disease. more

By Scott Brinton | 4/27/11

A group of East Meadow High School graduates are helping former classmate Jeff Whitman as he battles a litany of medical issues.

East Meadow alumni help repair a broken heart

Valentine’s Day was another big day in the uncertain life of Jeff Whitman. The East Meadow native had an appointment with a doctor in Pennsylvania on Feb. 14, one of many meetings that … more

by Mike Caputo | 2/23/11

Boo-hoo! Blumenthal’s dreams may be deferred

If we learned anything from last week’s elections, it’s that voters have become a lot smarter than we give them credit for. The May 18 primaries were just the first round of tests for many influential incumbents, and several big names flopped at the polls. more

Al D'Amato | 5/28/10

We’re drowning in an ocean of black oil

Yeah! Drill, baby, drill! Let’s suck every last drop of oil from the ocean floor in the waters off the good ol’ U.S. of A., and to heck with the environment and the environmental regulations holding us up from taking what’s ours — oil, beautiful, black oil, the world’s carbon legacy passed down to us by God to power our nation, keep us safe and make us rich. more

Scott Brinton | 5/6/10

Lori Ying, SSHS Class of 2010 Salutatorian

South Side High School's top two

Soon to be added to the list of things that best friends Alyssa Ehrlich and Lori Ying do together will be graduating at the top of their class. more

Alex Costello | 4/21/10

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