On July 10, South Carolina finally decided to join the Union for good when it removed the Confederate battle flag from its State House grounds in Columbia, its capital.
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7/15/15
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Even though Justice Antonin Scalia got all “jiggery pokery” on us and referred to the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act as “apple sauce,” sanity prevailed in the nation’s highest court last week.
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7/1/15
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On June 2, 1865, Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signed surrender terms offered by the Union army.
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7/1/15
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Two South Side Middle School eighth graders decided to make Bethany House, a shelter for homeless women and children on Long Island, the beneficiary of their community service project.
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6/24/15
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A federal judge last Friday sentenced Dave Denenberg, the former Nassau County legislator who pleaded guilty to cheating a law client out of $2.3 million and resigned from office earlier this year, to three months in jail and three months of house arrest.
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By Brian Racow
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6/5/15
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Q. We started working with N.Y. Rising two years ago and have been through three caseworkers. We’re still confused about the program. Our house had about 10 inches of water . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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6/4/15
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After a long, hard winter, spring is finally here to thaw things out — including the local real estate market.
Home sales in Rockville Centre are increasing, more buyers are appearing and home values seem to be on the rise.
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By Alex Costello
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4/15/15
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In observance of Women’s History Month, we thought it would be fitting to highlight some notable women who were instrumental in shaping the world of communication, especially in the newspaper industry.
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3/26/15
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On March 3, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received more than 20 standing ovations while delivering an unprecedented speech to a joint session of Congress . . .
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3/12/15
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Last week, President Obama and Governor Cuomo gave their annual addresses on the nation and state, and both focused a good portion of their speeches on education. While both placed a heavy emphasis on charter schools, they were far apart on other issues.
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1/29/15
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