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newsday

  1. @NewYorkology @AnthonyQuintano Sorry for the late reply. We wanted to check the weather reports first. Seems the show is set to begin at 10.
  2. Early morning fog is expected to burn off and the Bethpage Air Show is set to begin at 10 a.m. bit.ly/KsdCft
  3. LI beaches ready for hot Memorial Day weekend #newsday bit.ly/JLiby1
  4. The activists in Babylon rallied to raise the hourly wage rate, from $7.25 to $8.50. bit.ly/KwbtzZ @jamestmadore
  5. @Walt_Handelsman Always happy to share your cartoons. Have a great weekend!
  6. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! We'll send you off with @Walt_Handelsman's Memorial Day Tribute bit.ly/JZyOwm
  7. One Long Island beach was ranked among nation's best. bit.ly/KR4NhB By @jessicadamiano
  8. Flights to Newark from JFK, LaGuardia and MacArthur airports were facing that average hour- and-19-minute delay, according to the FAA.
  9. Thanks! RT @longislandpatch: 50 years of @Mets baseball. Well-done special section in today's @Newsday #Mets
  10. Reporter @taniaelopez went for a spin in a two-seat, single-wing stunt plane piloted by @SeanDTucker. bit.ly/JOkvKp
  11. What was the best thing that happened to you this week? See what others have shared: on.fb.me/KTw2ns
  12. 46 years and four months after Tech. Sgt. William Kevin Colwell vanished, word of his fate finally came. bit.ly/LKuOjO
  13. Chants of "You can't pitch!" couldn't story deaf Little Leaguer from throwing perfect game. bit.ly/KfWcDH via @newsdaysports
  14. What's it like speeding over @Jones_Beach at 300mph while doing flips? Get in the cockpit w/ stunt pilot @SeanDTucker: bit.ly/LyqW2B
  15. #Mets at 50: Every team yearbook ever right here bit.ly/LeUORY RT @NewsdaySports
  16. Ma! I need to use the computer! Sex offender accused of using mother's Internet to access child porn. bit.ly/JgcqsD