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Cannes Film Review: 'Stranger by the Lake'
VarietyThe secluded beach bordering an aqua-colored expanse of water is the stage for both death and desire in "Stranger by the Lake," the career-best feature of Gallic scribe-helmer Alain Guiraudie ("The King of Escape"). Though it contains explicit scenes of...Tags: AIDS
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Gillibrand: Cherry Grove theater historic
NewsdayThe celebrated Cherry Grove Community House and Theater on Fire Island has another booster: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. The New York Democrat wrote last week to the head of the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program,...Tags: Human Interest, Cherry Grove, Kirsten Gillibrand, Sayville, Justice and Rights
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CORRECTED-Neck-cams capture Alaska's bears foraging through city
Reuters(Corrects to add dropped zero in population of Anchorage to 300,000, in paragraph 2) By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 13 (Reuters) - The lives of urban-dwelling bears are chronicled in neck-cam video clips showing their trash-trawling, birdseed-...Tags: Science and Technology, Biology
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Neck-cams capture Alaska's bears foraging through city
ReutersBy Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 13 (Reuters) - The lives of urban-dwelling bears are chronicled in neck-cam video clips showing their trash-trawling, birdseed-raiding and bear-bonding antics as several of the burly creatures caroused through...Tags: Science and Technology, Biology
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Lawrence woman performs with Alvin Ailey
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.Belen Pereyra has come a long way from the darling 7-year-old dancing up a storm on the stages at Campagnone Common and local social clubs. At 25, she is now performing with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on stages throughout the United States...Tags: Dance, Entertainment Events, Music, Dominican Republic, Arts and Culture
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Owners: Fire Island's open for business
NewsdayIn the months after superstorm Sandy swept through Fire Island's communities, local business owners kept hearing the same thing from tourists who thought there would be no summer season. "People were saying, 'I guess I'm not coming to Fire Island this...Tags: Ocean Beach, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Long Island, Business, Marketing
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Officials: Fire Island back in business this weekend
NewsdayAbout six months after Sandy slammed Fire Island, the beaches, marinas and tourist attractions on the barrier island are reopening, with marinas at Watch Hill and Sailor's Haven slated for relaunch Friday, officials said. Fire Island Concessions LLC,...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Wildlife, Memorial Day, Robert Moses
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Boater rescued from Fire Island inlet stranding
NewsdayA boater operating a skiff without working navigation lights had to be rescued after becoming stranded on the ocean side of the new Fire Island inlet in heavy fog early Thursday, police said. Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers were alerted...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Suffolk County Police, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Atlantic Ocean, Great South Bay
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Three cold-case rookies, and a dead victim's words, solve a trio of murders
NewsdayA forensic science breakthrough. A dead man's testimony. An incriminating tape recording that mysteriously arrived in the mail. Without all of that -- and more than a decade of dogged police work -- three cold-case murders on Long Island wouldn't have...Tags: Judges, Trials, Murder, Police Investigations, Transportation Accidents
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Saltaire Yacht Club neighbors appeal zoning change
NewsdayNeighbors of the Saltaire Yacht Club are appealing in State Supreme Court the village zoning board's decision to let the club build a second story -- accusing the village of trying to rezone the site to allow housing. The club, on Bay Promenade in the...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Local Government
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National sites on LI to get federal funding for Sandy recovery
NewsdayFire Island, the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site and the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex are slated to receive federal funding to help with their recovery from damages inflicted by superstorm Sandy, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of...Tags: Renovation, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Long Island, Sally Jewell, Zoology
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Some nice dolphin caught, and speared
Some nice dolphin were caught over the weekend, but the nicest one was speared by Dave Collier Jr. Collier was offshore Sunday with the Advanced Roofing fishing team when he shot an estimated 70-pound bull dolphin with his speargun. After a standoff...Tags: Fishing, TNT (tv network), Lake Okeechobee, Pompano Beach, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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Apr 23, 2013
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