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Tom Murray, whose films focused on gay Americans, dies at 65
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
A native of Woodstock, Ill., the 65-year-old Murray was a home inspector who began making movies in 2004. The former Peace Corps volunteer, cab driver, ...

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Flush with facts
Toronto Sun
Rob Parker, a registered home inspector with the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors and certified home inspector with the American Society of Home ...

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Karen Neillands has water collecting in front of her property that never goes away.

Karen Neillands has water collecting in front of her property that never goes away.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said tough economic times have people returning their pets to shelters because they cannot afford to take care of them.

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray said tough economic times have people returning their pets to shelters because they cannot afford to take care of them.

One person died and three others were injured in a single vehicle crash Friday evening on the Northern State Parkway, state police said.

A special legislative committee set up to investigate the Suffolk County Ethics Commission - and whether its actions have been unduly influenced by County Executive Steve Levy - has picked a Babylon attorney as its special counsel and will seek the power to swear in witnesses, Presiding Officer William Lindsay said Friday.

A man reading under the shade of a tree. A couple taking a walk alongside the lake. Children splashing in the pool.

Courtney Blakeslee-Cush had never been sick a day in her life, according to her family.

Principal Life Insurance Co. filed suit Friday to rescind a $4-million life insurance policy it issued barely a month before his death to Jeffrey Locker, the North Woodmere motivational speaker who is suspected of arranging for his own killing in Harlem last year.

Gov. David A. Paterson has signed two laws affecting what babies put into their mouths and where they sleep.

Gov. David A. Paterson has signed two laws affecting what babies put into their mouths and where they sleep.

LIRR riders and other commuters could be hit with fare hikes of more than 30 percent and service cuts far deeper than those already adopted.

LIRR riders and other commuters could be hit with fare hikes of more than 30 percent and service cuts far deeper than those already adopted.

Calverton National Cemetery unveiled nearly an acre of solar panels Friday that will power the cemetery’s administration building.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services closed Lake Victoriana Beach in Riverhead to bathing as a precautionary measure because of elevated bacteria levels, officials announced Friday.

Cosimo Commisso, 93, of Bethpage, has been growing tomatoes for 64 years. The former Levittown ice cream man grows only beefsteaks, some from purchased transplants and others from seed, which he starts in a cold frame outdoors in early spring and treats to 10-10-10 fertilizer treatments throughout the season.

Cosimo Commisso, 93, of Bethpage, has been growing tomatoes for 64 years. The former Levittown ice cream man grows only beefsteaks, some from purchased transplants and others from seed, which he starts in a cold frame outdoors in early spring and treats to 10-10-10 fertilizer treatments throughout the season.

Edward Mangano, Nassau County Executive, met with George Barris of Barris Kustom Productions at New York Custom Coach in Queens to talk about the possibility of building a car museum in Garden City.