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    Accident, at Exit W4 (Southern State Pkwy.). PARTIALLY BLOCKS THE EXIT RAMP

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    Scheduled work crew, between Northern State Pkwy. and Exit S1 (Long Island Expressway (I-495)). Right lane closed, UNTIL 5 AM, Stay left

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    Scheduled work crew, between Exit S1 (Long Island Expressway (I-495)) and Northern State Pkwy. Right lane closed, UNTIL 5 AM, Stay left

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    Accident, between Willis Ave. and Glen Cove Rd. Left lane closed, Stay right

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  Surfers ready for big waves

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  Surfers all around Long Island are readying themselves for swells that will pound South Shore and East End coastlines Saturday and Sunday courtesy of Hurricane Bill.

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  Hurricane Bill forces LI beaches to bar swimmers

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  Hurricane Bill is expected to make its closest approach to Long Island early Sunday, but it announced its coming Friday with high surf that closed some South Shore beaches to swimming.

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  Woman, 93, killed in Dix Hills crash

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  A chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles left a 93-year-old Massachusetts woman dead Thursday and an 83-year-old man from Dix Hills hospitalized with head injuries, Suffolk County police said.

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  Schools protest Bud Light cans

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  Two Long Island universities are among more than two dozen schools nationwide protesting a campaign by Anheuser-Busch to market Bud Light beer with cans bearing various school colors.

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  Source: Controller made calls before, after crash

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  The Teterboro Airport air traffic controller who guided the small plane involved in a midair collision over the Hudson River had four telephone calls before and just after the fatal crash, according to a source familiar with a transcript of the conversations.

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