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newsday

  1. The only "s" word we love more than summer . . . sales! @ninashopsny on #memorialday deals. bit.ly/KC84h1 @exploreli about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  2. A high-ranking assistant to the new Nassau police commissioner just walked away from his $150,000 job. bit.ly/KC7n7o about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck
  3. The cousin of a teen accused to shooting a classmate said the two were once good friends but had been feuding. bit.ly/LDtvmI about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. Long Island's jobless rate, at 7.1 percent in April, hasn't been below 6 percent since 2008. bit.ly/Kg43A5 By @newsgirlie about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
  5. Tied for the lead of the Nassau boys HS golf tournament is 17-year-old Annie Park. bit.ly/JCCHkw By @albaneselaura about 4 hours ago via TweetDeck
  6. "It's a bird, it's a plane...no it's _______!" bit.ly/Lq86r1 @WantaghNYnews #ForestLakeElementarySchool about 6 hours ago via web
  7. A fake Facebook page about a fictitious teen who commits suicide got a teen suspended, but it wasn't a crime, cops say. bit.ly/JmaP9n about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck
  8. MT @LI_Now: No sun, no problem at school solar car race -- bit.ly/JbiSB3 about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck
  9. Fate led #LI bball legend @JeanetteSoprano to @JuilliardSchool. Now she travels world with new talent. See what it is: bit.ly/KvWemw about 23 hours ago via web
  10. April unemployment on Long Island is up over a year ago, a new state report says. bit.ly/MEaKPw By @newsgirlie about 24 hours ago via TweetDeck
  11. In what may be the end of a two-decade search for her father's remains, Patricia O'Grady went to Vietnam. bit.ly/JaVTGk 9:41 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  12. Federal prosecutors are charging 10 more #LIRR retirees for disability fraud. bit.ly/K7DtKt 8:00 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  13. Follow Aisha for more RT @AishaAlMuslim: At the Town of Hempstead board meeting. Updates to come. #LongIsland #Hempsteadd 7:46 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  14. Creating an anti-bullying YouTube video has gotten a Long Island student suspended. bit.ly/LyfM0v By @jonapolitano 6:36 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
  15. Long Beach HS security hike after shooting #newsday bit.ly/KQ44cH 5:09 AM May 22nd via Newsday Ios
  16. #Merrick's @DebbieGibson at @oheka castle for @GibsonGirlFDN fundraiser. See what she's been doing since @ApprenticeNBC bit.ly/K7VXcs 5:04 AM May 22nd via web
  17. THURSDAY: Join us for a live chat with @LIDucks' Kraig Binick -- bit.ly/KOtTtH 2:36 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
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