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With just a week left before the 1980 presidential election, Republican candidate Ronald Reagan asked Americans whether they were better off than they were four years earlier.
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9/13/12
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With a broken shoe, Linda, who, like everyone else, would only offer her first name, tried to tape the strap on her sandal before entering the job fair held at East Meadow High School.
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/24/12
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Last Friday, the jobs report indicated that the U.S. economy created only 80,000 jobs in the month of June.
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7/12/12
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Lately it’s been too hot to spend a lot of time on serious political matters. The State Legislature has gone home and won’t return until November, at the earliest.
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7/12/12
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Self-proclaimed conservationists Douglas and Mary Pappas, who have owned their home on Aberdeen Street for 23 years, decided they wanted to do something positive for the environment – and save a little money, too. The couple had photovoltaic solar panels added to the roof in June 2008 and is still pleased with the results.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/29/12
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The average retail gas price on Long Island has risen more than 4 percent since last week, and was 47 cents more per gallon on the East Coast on Monday than one year ago, according to petroleum analysts at GasBuddy. And prices are expected to keep going up.
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Shannon Koehle
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2/23/12
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The Meadow Commons retail plaza will open in the spring if snow does not interrupt construction. According to property owner Saeed Ahmed, of Syosset, the new businesses could be open within three months.
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By Shannon Koehle
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2/2/12
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Last Tuesday, President Obama delivered his third and perhaps final State of the Union address. Given that we’re in an election year, it was understandably more of a stump speech than a major policy address.
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2/2/12
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The newly announced candidate for the Republican presidential primary, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, has created media buzz. According to the most recent Rasmussen poll, Perry was leading fellow Republican candidate Mitt Romney by 13 points just days after confirming his presidential run.
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Al D'Amato
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8/25/11
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While Congress remains deadlocked over the most efficient way to fix the nation’s economy, business owners in Oceanside and Island Park have noted that local sales have decreased, with people …
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Aaron Axelson
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8/17/11
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