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Former Rikers Island guards plead guilty

A pair of Rikers Island correction officers copped sweetheart pleas Friday for turning a blind eye to the 2008 beating death of a teenage inmate.

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Pats’ Welker not afraid of Revis Island

The route, called on third-and-2 from the Jets’ 15-yard-line late in the second quarter, required a short, quick maneuver by Patriots wideout Wes Welker and provided a small window into the precision of the Patriots’ passing game.

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Long Island man escapes home invasion

A Long Island man saved his family from a brutal home invasion robbery Monday morning when he walked in on the armed thieves ransacking his parents house.

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Long Island vet pleads guilty to pharmacy slay

A drug-addled Long Island army vet pleaded guilty Thursday to all charges in a pharmacy robbery that left four people dead, avoiding a painful trial for the victims’ relatives.

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Evacuations begin on tiny NC island ahead of Irene (AP)

An image released by the NOAA made from the GEOS East satellite shows Hurricane Irene on Aug. 24, 2011 as it moves northwest from the Dominican Republic. Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.  Federal officials have warned Irene could cause flooding, power outages or worse all along the East Coast as far north as Maine, even if it stays offshore.  (AP Photo/NOAA)AP – Evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a major Category 3 storm over the Bahamas on Wednesday with the East Coast in its sights.


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Norway gunman fired for 1.5 hours on island (AP)

Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, center, shakes hands with a survivor of the shooting at an island youth retreat, as he visited survivors and relatives at a hotel in Sundvolden, Norway, flanking the prime minister at right is the leader of the Labour party's youth group Eskild Pedersen who was on the island during the attacks, Saturday, July 23, 2011.  The 32-year-old man suspected in bomb and shooting attacks that killed at least 91 people in Norway bought six tons of fertilizer before the massacres, the supplier said Saturday as police investigated witness accounts of a second shooter.  Norway's prime minister and royal family visited grieving relatives of the scores of youth gunned down in a horrific killing spree on an idyllic island retreat. A man who said he was carrying a knife was detained by police officers outside the hotel, as the shell-shocked Nordic nation was gripped by reports that Norwegian gunman may not have acted alone.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP – A gunman who opened fire on an island teeming with young people kept shooting for 1.5 hours before surrendering to a SWAT team, which arrived 40 minutes after they were called, police said Saturday.


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91 dead in island massacre, bombing in Norway (AP)

This Thursday, July 21, 2011 aerial view shows Utoya Island, Norway. On Friday, July 22, 2011, a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at the island youth camp connected to the ruling party. (AP Photo/Mapaid, Lasse Tur)AP – A Norwegian gunman disguised as a police officer beckoned his victims closer before shooting them one by one, claiming at least 84 lives, in a horrific killing spree on an idyllic island teeming with youths that has left this peaceful Nordic nation in mourning.


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