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Golfing at Eisenhower Park - East Meadow, NY - File / Photo: Michael Cohen/Getty Images

The Weather Is Golden For Golfing In The Tri-State Area

Golfers, if you haven’t done it already, get out your clubs! It’s going to be a beautiful day to hit the course.

2011/03/17

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Boy Wins Long Island Spelling Bee

Naman Shakrani, a student at W.T. Clarke Middle School in East Meadow, competed against the top 21 spellers in the finals of Long Island’s annual spelling bee.

2011/03/11

Nassau County police cruiser (file/credit: Sophia Hall/WCBS 880)

NY Man, 89, Burned In Votive Candle Fire Dies

An 89-year-old New York man has died from injuries he suffered after his clothes caught on fire as he was lighting a votive candle in his wife’s memory.

2011/02/26

Credit cards

Thieves Targeting Recycling Bins For Possible ID Theft In East Meadow

Police warn residents they need to think twice about what they’re throwing away in the recycling bin.

2011/02/24

Incident Map (CBS 2)

Police Investigate Latest Purse-Snatching On L.I.

Women on Long Island were on alert after reports of yet another purse snatching.This time it happened as the female victim was getting into her car at Nassau Community College.

2010/12/09

Police on Long Island released this sketch of the suspect in a string of violent purse-snatchings. (credit: CBS 2)

Serial Purse-Snatchers Strike Again On Long Island

Another woman has been targeted and attacked on her driveway on Long Island, and police say it’s the same group of purse-snatching thieves who have struck throughout Nassau County.

2010/12/01

Police on Long Island released this sketch of the suspect in a string of violent purse-snatchings. (credit: CBS 2)

Cops: Serial Purse Snatchers Strike Again On L.I.

Investigators say two suspects who have allegedly been snatching purses from women on Long Island have struck again.

2010/11/22

A Jail Cell - File / Photo: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images

Convicted Killer Found Dead In Long Island Jail Cell

Hours after being convicted in a 2004 murder-for-hire plot, a Long Island man apparently committed suicide inside his jail cell.

2010/10/27

A sign indicating a red light camera - File / Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

14 Traffic Cameras Vandalized On Long Island

Long Island police are looking for whoever spray painted 14 street cameras designed to catch motorists going through red lights.

2010/08/20

Animal Abuse

LI Man Accused Of Brutal Abuse Of Girlfriend’s Cat

A Long Island man is behind bars Thursday night, accused of violently torturing and abusing his girlfriend’s five-month-old kitten.

CBS 2HD–2010/07/29

Animal Abuse

LI Man Accused Of Brutal Abuse Of Girlfriend's Cat

A Long Island man is behind bars Thursday night, accused of violently torturing and abusing his girlfriend’s five-month-old kitten.

CBS 2HD–2010/07/29

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