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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

For the past six years, celebrity chef Ina Garten has been a fixture on The Food Network, where, on her “Barefoot Contessa” show, she shops, cooks and entertains, demonstrating for viewers that simple is not only easier – it’s better. Not surprisingly, her casual elegance carries over from her kitchen to her garden. Source

The auditorium of Bay Shore High School was standing room only. Among the guests lucky enough to score a special green ticket – promising a Bay Shore variation of the venerable Irish blessing, “Where the Sea Breezes Are Always At Your Back” – were the local monsignor and a group of Hibernians. Source

Remaking big-screen flicks for the small screen may be the ticket for creating new hits. Source