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Gurung at NY Fashion Week: From edgy to elegant

NEW YORK (AP) -- Prabal Gurung offered a dramatic runway show Saturday at New York Fashion Week starting with sharp, edgy black outfits with strong silhouettes, slashed sleeves...

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Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed

J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built.

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Whitney Houston Dead: Twitter Reacts

Whitney Houston, the popular pop singer who wowed fans with her powerful voice, has died. She was 48. The singer’s publicist confirmed to the Associated...

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Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous...

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Whitney Houston Dies

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her...

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Obama budget seeks to boost trade enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's new budget proposal will ask Congress to devote millions for a new trade enforcement center and more U.S. inspectors in China as...

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US faces tough fight in cash smuggling crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border - and professed...

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US faces tough fight in cash smuggling crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border - and professed...

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US faces tough fight in cash smuggling crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border - and professed...

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US faces tough fight in cash smuggling crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border - and professed...

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Unions expect right-to-work will cost them members

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's unions expect a drop in membership after the passage of a right-to-work law last week. Organizers are meeting with members around the state to...

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Skimming Devices Discovered at 2 LI Gas Stations

Nassau County police are investigating the discovery of skimming devices at two gas stations in Roslyn and Greenvale. Detectives said the discovery was made after...

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Detroit Symphony webcast sets record for viewers

DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit symphony has set what it believes is a record for the most viewers of a live, online performance by a U.S. symphonic group. The Detroit Symphony...

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Barbie’s wardrobe celebrated at Fashion Week bash

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barbie threw open the sparkly, pink doors of her dream closet to rock a party she hosted for her fellow fashionistas. She (well, actually the Mattel marketing...

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‘The Vow’ Tops Box Office, ‘Safe House’ No. 2

“No one is safe.” Actually, The Vow was safe from Denzel Washington’s latest film Safe House, which earned second place at the box office on...

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Greece’s grim choice: deep budget cuts or default

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs...

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First lady walks ‘the platypus walk’

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Add another dance move to Michelle Obama's repertoire. This one has to do with a certain celebrity platypus.

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Family, teachers remember Powell boys in Tacoma

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell thanked police, social workers, teachers and everyone who cared about her two sons at a funeral Saturday for...

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1 Killed, 1 Injured in Port Jefferson Crash

Suffolk County police are investigating a crash that killed a 23-year-old Port Jefferson man early Saturday morning. Police said Michael Peggs was driving a 2001...

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Cops: Person Found Dead After Wainscott Fire

Suffolk County police homicide and arson squad detectives and the East Hampton Town police department are investigating a fire that killed one person in Wainscott...

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Light Snow Falls on Long Island

Good luck trying to make some snow angels. Long Islanders woke up to light patches of snow on the ground Saturday morning, with most of...

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LIE Tractor Trailer Driver Nabbed for Drugged Driving

The driver of a tractor trailer was arrested for getting behind the wheel of the big rig while high on drugs on the Long Island...

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Faces of protest are as varied as Russia itself

MOSCOW (AP) -- The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and...

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Faces of protest are as varied as Russia itself

MOSCOW (AP) -- The faces of the Russian protesters who braved brutal cold to express their discontent were as varied as the vast country itself: youthful and aged, unshaven and...

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Vatican besieged by leaks, conspiracies

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts.

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Jolie: nervous, excited about premiere in Bosnia

BERLIN (AP) -- Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey." The...

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Jolie: nervous, excited about premiere in Bosnia

BERLIN (AP) -- Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey." The...

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Jolie: nervous, excited about premiere in Bosnia

BERLIN (AP) -- Angelina Jolie says she's nervous and excited about the upcoming premiere in Sarajevo of her Bosnian war movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey." The...

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Tommy Hilfiger menswear: Military and sports looks

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tommy Hilfiger told the story of a young cadet's military and sport lifestyle in his fall men's collection that debuted Friday during New York Fashion...

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Old well becomes focus of search for more bodies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A death row inmate has led authorities to an area of Northern California believed to be the burial sites of two victims of the notorious "Speed Freak...

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For Romney, a new strategy after a Santorum surge

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is casting himself as a strict conservative as he looks to reset his campaign following three losses to rival Rick...

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‘Big Valley’ star Peter Breck dead at age 82

NEW YORK (AP) -- The actor who played a son of ranch owner Barbara Stanwyck on the 1960s Western "The Big Valley," has died. Peter Breck was 82.

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Fight breaks out at a funeral in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) -- A fight broke out during a funeral at a Phoenix church after a friend of the departed punched a man who had reportedly been fighting with the deceased before he...

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Navy names ship for former congresswoman Giffords

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for...

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Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction...

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Uzbek man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty Friday to plotting to kill President Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction...

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APNewsBreak: Satellite spots tanks in Syrian city

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) -- Satellite image provider DigitalGlobe Inc. released photos Friday that appear to show Syrian army tanks and other armored vehicles in the city of Homs.

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Quote of the Day: "Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." -...

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Quote of the Day: "Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all." - Alexander the Great

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It's not too early to start making plans for the summer. If you want to make a d...

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It's not too early to start making plans for the summer. If you want to make a difference in your community while getting paid, you're a PERFECT candidate for the...

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Black History Month Fact: Marjorie J. Hill is the Chief Executive Officer of Gay...

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Black History Month Fact: Marjorie J. Hill is the Chief Executive Officer of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), the nation’s oldest AIDS service organization. Throughout...

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Fashion’s newness coming from old-school Hollywood

NEW YORK (AP) -- Marlene Dietrich is having a moment. The runways of New York Fashion Week are paying homage to the late star's sultry, glamorous but sometimes slightly...

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How Jason Wu picks models, tweaks looks for runway

NEW YORK (AP) -- Casting and fitting models for a fashion show is more art than science, but, says designer Jason Wu, there's still a formula. "It's like...

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ATTENTION PANTHERS: Did you know that if you like this page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelphi-University/111868772163989 you're NOT following the OFFICIAL Adelphi...

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Libertine Fashion Week show big on embellishment

NEW YORK (AP) -- Energy ran the runway for Libertine's fall collection. Designer Johnson Hartig studded everything from tights to coats to dresses with circles of silver,...

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Will.iam: Obama isn’t a ‘magic man’

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Will.i.am said he hoped to raise $1 million for his charity that benefits needy students at a concert Thursday night. Instead, he raised $5 million. He hosted...

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Man Killed, Son Burned in Commack House Fire

A 78-year-old Commack man was killed and his son was burned when their house caught fire on Friday afternoon. Suffolk County said police 48-year-old Timothy...

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Huge art work honoring Havel on display in Prague

PRAGUE (AP) -- Two artists have used wax from the thousands of candles that Czechs lit to mourn the death of President Vaclav Havel to create a large heart honoring him. Lukas...

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Cops: Fla. Man Stole Doctor’s Liposuction Machine

A Florida man has been accused of stealing a liposuction machine and medical supplies from his business partner’s Great Neck doctor’s office. Nassau County police...

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Q&A: Obama and the birth control controversy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- What birth control debate? A half-century after the introduction of the pill, acceptance of birth control by American women is virtually universal.

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NH 14-year-old shoots self in face in cafeteria

WALPOLE, N.H. (AP) -- A 14-year-old shot himself in the face in a New Hampshire elementary school cafeteria filled with dozens of students eating lunch, officials said Friday. The...

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