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BRIEF: LIRR: Person killed by train in Sayville
NewsdayA person was killed after being struck by an LIRR train in Sayville on Saturday night, an LIRR spokesman said. Long Island Rail Road spokesman Aaron Donovan said the person was on the tracks and was hit near Cherry Lane about 9:35 p.m. Donovan said he... -
BRIEF: Dad admits to leaving behind tot, 3-year-old on LIRR train
NewsdayA Brooklyn father is going to prison after admitting Friday to getting off a Long Island Rail Road train at Hicksville in the middle of the night, leaving his 3-year-old son and 14-month-old daughter on board. Gerard Hatch, 48, pleaded guilty to one...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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MTA looks at increasing service, trimming fare hikes
NewsdayThe MTA will consider using $40 million in new state aid to increase service, including on the Long Island Rail Road, and reduce a planned fare increase in 2015. The board, at the urging of some members and transit advocates, will look at using the...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City), West Hempstead, Public Transportation, Andrew Cuomo
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Amtrak tunnel project to uproot LIRR facility
NewsdayAmtrak's plan to build a new tunnel under the Hudson River into Penn Station will require the LIRR to move a critical train maintenance facility from Manhattan to Queens for more than two years, officials said. Shifting maintenance operations from the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Travel, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation, Amtrak
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Babylon line was LIRR's busiest last year
NewsdayMore people rode trains on the Long Island Rail Road's Babylon line each day last year than on any other branch, according to the annual ridership report that details how the agency increased its customer base for the first time in four years. The...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City), Travel, West Hempstead, Transportation
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LIRR: 'Cannonball' run straight from Penn to Hamptons
NewsdayLong Island Rail Road customers this summer will be able to take an express train from Penn Station to the Hamptons without making any stops, LIRR officials said yesterday. The popular Cannonball train, which for years originated in Queens, is moving to...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Travel, Jamaica, West Hempstead, The Hamptons
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Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" -- a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms -- to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work....
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, United Kingdom
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Goldberg: Is disability the new welfare?
The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an "incapacity benefit" — a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Politics, American Enterprise Institute, Pension and Welfare, United Kingdom
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Teacher Shot At Sandy Hook Elementary To Attend State Of The Union
The Hartford CourantNatalie Hammond, the lead teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who survived being shot on Dec. 14, will listen to the President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday from the gallery of the House of the Representatives. U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty,...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Career and Workplace, Rosa DeLauro, Adam Lanza, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at airports and sea barriers along the coast. The final report was first...Tags: New York City, Manhattan (New York City), Long Island, Insurance, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Larson, Blumenthal, Among Others, Renew Call For Federal Ban On Assault Weapons
The Hartford CourantSearching for a way to prevent future shootings like the one in Newtown, some of Connecticut's congressional representives on Sunday called for a national discussion that could lead to a resumed federal ban on assault weapons and other gun control...Tags: East Hartford, Weaponry, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Personal Weapon Control
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Timeline: Deadly Mass Killings
A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 26 people, including 20 children, on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others: The...Tags: Seung-Hui Cho, Unrest, Conflicts and War, University of Alabama, Los Angeles Times, Business Enterprises
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