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Call it gallows humor. Source

If the Mets needed a reason to fire Tony Bernazard, there was no need to conduct any sort of “internal investigation.” Source

The Islanders have signed goaltender Martin Biron to a one-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. Source

Millions of Asians turned their eyes skyward Wednesday as dawn suddenly turned to darkness across the continent in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see. Millions of others, fearing a bad omen, shuttered themselves indoors. Source

An American has been charged with receiving training from al-Qaida and providing the terrorist organization with information about the New York City transit system. Source

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an ambitious environmental agenda, but it turns out he’s running afoul of his own anti-pollution policy. Source

Since he was a baby, Ed Kelley has spent most summer weekends at the West End 2 area of Jones Beach. Until this year. Source

President Barack Obama is defending his relentless campaign for a health care bill before Congress’ August recess, saying “the default in Washington is inaction and inertia.” Republicans assailed a rush to act on overhauling the nation’s $2.4 trillion system of medical care. Source

Palin’s quitting. Jackson’s gone. Espada’s partying again with Democrats. Source

The question was never whether, but always how, ethnicity would come up. Source