WASHINGTON – The Mets, at the very least, kept their shirts on for all nine innings of yesterday’s 3-1 loss to the Nationals. What’s remaining of their pride and dignity already has been stripped away, either by allegations of front-office mayhem or simply playing bad baseball. Source
ESPN has banned staffers from the New York Post from appearing on any of its programming after the newspaper ran photos from the video showing sideline reporter Erin Andrews nude in a hotel room. Source
Bryant Neal Vinas, who grew up in Patchogue, helped attack a U.S. base and funneled information on the LIRR and subway to al-Qaida. Source
The U.S. Senate narrowly defeated Wednesday an amendment to the defense appropriations bill that would have negated state laws like New York’s that limit the carrying of concealed handguns. Source
Police have arrested a 36-year-old ex-con for his alleged role in the slaying of Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker last week in East Harlem. Source
Suffolk cops say man met teenager online. Source
Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but a national cancer-awareness group says they’re hazardous to your health and should carry warning labels. Source
She spoke in tones as flat as a law book. She was as difficult to ruffle as the court’s wooden bench. In day after day of direct interrogation, the nation learned barely anything. Source
While he was an Illinois legislator just a few years ago, Barack Obama spoke favorably of a “single-payer” or government-run system for health insurance like other wealthy nations. Source
Garden Detective Jessica Damiano spent a recent afternoon with celebrity chef Ina Garten, The Food Network’s “Barefoot Contessa,” touring her East Hampton garden and talking about plants, food and life. Source