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911 call: "My friend just got shot!"

A Suffolk jury heard the frantic 911 call Friday of one of the teens who stood feet away from Daniel Cicciaro Jr. when he was shot and killed in Miller Place by John White.

Grand jury: Strangling was manslaughter, not murder

Kelly Forbes, the woman who had been charged with murdering her husband with an electrical cord, has been indicted on a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter.

Nassau to cover sales tax shortfall with contingency

Faced with a dip in expected sales tax revenue, Nassau County has decided it will use its $10 million contingency fund for this year to cover the shortfall, officials confirmed Friday.

Conference teaches middle school students about AIDS

Five Jericho High School students stood before dozens of Nassau County middle schoolers Friday and described in detail how they contracted the HIV virus.

Hamptons restaurateur Bobby Van dead

Bobby Van, the eponymous founder of the Bridgehampton bar that became a hub for a generation of literati, died Tuesday in Westbury, his family said. He was 64.

Neighbors baffled by Calverton stabbing

David Vater remembers the joy in his neighbor Carl Hegquist's voice more than a year ago, when Hegquist first told how a Connecticut woman he met on the Internet was coming to see him at his home in Calverton.

Hundreds in Huntington for Clinton signing

Braving freezing temperatures, sleet and snow, hundreds stood in line for hours yesterday outside a Huntington bookstore to shake hands with former President Bill Clinton, who was signing his new book.

Special education numbers decline on LI, rise in state

Under pressure to mainstream more students and curb costs, Long Island schools have been cutting the number of students placed in special- education classes, even as such enrollments have risen statewide.

Police to patrol menorahs, nativity scenes in Suffolk

Nativity scenes, menorahs and other public symbols of religious faith will get added police protection from vandals during the holiday season in Suffolk County, officials said.