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$16.5M price for former Newsday building
With Newsday now moved out of the Alicia Patterson Building on Dershon Road in Melville, the newspaper’s former owner, Tribune Co., has put the 186,145-square-foot building up for sale. Phil D'Avanzo of Cushman & Wakefield has the listing for the 18-acre property, offered for $16.5 million. D’Avanzo said the one-story building has 40,000 square feet of [...]
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The Levy Breaks
At least for this morning, the mustachioed misfit of the governor's race--Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy--is everywhere. Yesterday, Media Matters' new investigative reporter ran a story about how Mr. Levy may have bullied Newsday into re-assigning two critical reporters. And, well, today Mr. Levy is on the cover of the Long Island daily with an optimistic headline: "Levy for Governor? HOW ...
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Henry Wittenberg, Champion Wrestler, Dies at 91
Wittenberg was an Olympic gold and silver medalist had an undefeated streak of more than 300 matches and was one of the first wrestlers to lift weights.
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Hills West has to forfeit win, no longer unbeaten
bob.herzog@newsday.com A technicality has handed the nationally ranked and undefeated Half Hollow Hills West boys basketball team a forfeit loss, Newsday has learned.Hills West athletic director Joe ...
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Police hunt for Teddy Roosevelt walrus tusk thief
Authorities are hunting for the person who stole a 15-inch walrus tusk from Theodore Roosevelt's home on Long Island.
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Elsewhere: Cuomo's Slogans, Massa's Tale, Bloomberg's Soda
Possible Cuomo 2010 slogans: "Leadership that works for change." Or: "Independent leadership we can depend on." Obama's group slaps Hiram Monserrate. Peralta beats up on Albany. Albany beats up on New Jersey. Steve Levy bullies Newsday . Eric Massa talks trash. Mike Green won't run for Massa's seat. Massa's woes probably predate Jared Smith's wedding. Michael Bloomberg comes out in favor of ...
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View a photo that Bob Howarth
Media Matters Joe Strupp says evidence suggests that the newspaper did, including the Suffolk County county executive's own admission that he urged Newsday to reassign one of the reporters.
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NY Islanders Team Report
General manager Garth Snow preached patience when the Islanders embarked on his rebuilding plan two years ago, and the team's fans likely are going to have to wait at least another year just to get back to the playoffs.
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Brazil president plans for World Cup final
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is he's so confident of Brazil's chances in the World Cup that he is already planning to be at the final on July 11. "I'm so optimistic that when I was in Mexico with President (Felipe) Calderon and he asked me if I was going to the opening game of the World Cup, I said I'm not going to the opener -- I'm going to the final," Silva...
Weir will skip world championships
Three-time US men's figure skating champion Johnny Weir, sixth at the Vancouver Olympics, will not compete at the World Championships later this month in Italy, he announced Tuesday.
The world championships of America
On his way to the practice range Tuesday at Doral, Padraig Harrington stopped to sign autographs for three fans. One was from Puerto Rico, another from Colombia, the third from Peru. So at least it sounds like a World Golf Championship. And there is little doubt that events like the CA Championship look like a World Golf Championship, with 19 countries represented in a field of 68 players.
Goal.com World Cup 2010 Stadium Guide - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
For the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Port Elizabeth has produced a fine stadium, which has been named after one of South Africa’s most famous sons, Nelson Mandela.
Bode Miller decides to sit out World Cup ski final
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller has decided to end his season, a week before the World Cup finals in Germany.
Vonn on verge of 3rd overall World Cup title
Her body aching but her outlook strong, Lindsey Vonn enters the final downhill of the season with a chance to win the overall World Cup title for the third straight season. After winning six of seven World Cup downhills and the Olympic gold medal, Vonn is the overwhelming favorite in Wednesday's race, the first event of the World Cup finals.
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