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The environmental agency conducted a minimal review and concluded in 2016 that no drums remained buried at Bethpage Community Park.

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Port Washington's Connor Long, 13, hosts the "NY Flight Jets Talk" podcast, which, along with his August call-in the The Rich Eisen Show, has started to earn him some fame among Jets fans. Newsday TV's Jamie Stuart reports.

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3,000 American flags were placed in Ackerson Plaza in Brightwaters to honor those lost on 9/11. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

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The FDNY honored added the names of 32 firefighters who have died of 9/11-related illnesses to its memorial wall in a ceremony Wednesday. NewsdayTV's Drew Scott reports.

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The 44-year-old man will be sentenced in November, according to the Suffolk district attorney.

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Daniel Coppola, accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife and her boyfriend, pleaded not guilty from a hospital bed. Coppola, who injured himself while under suicide watch, had surgery this week for a spinal cord injury, attorneys say.

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The top female sunfish sailors gathered in Amityville to prepare for this weekend's North American championships on the Great South Bay. 

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All middle school students in the district will be required to lock up their cell phones in pouches for the entire school day. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  

Some parents say they won't allow their kids to comply 

Police said a Lindenhurst teen was arrested after threatening in an online chat to shoot people at the school.

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Police ID victim found dead in suitcase 

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