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The attorney for the family of a slain Florida couple said Wednesday they made a small donation to a martial arts program run by one of the men accused of killing them. Source

A Long Island-born man participated in an attack on an American base in Afghanistan and funneled information on the subways and Long Island Rail Road to al-Qaida after he was trained in a Pakistani terror camp, according to published reports. Source

The Salvation Army is offering emergency financial aid over the next four weeks to Long Islanders who have lost jobs since September. The grants – which are being funded by local Wal-Mart and Target department stores – can reach up to $1,500 per household and must be used toward rent, utilities or mortgage payments. Source

Trans fats would be banned in public schools that receive federal funding under legislation proposed Tuesday by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, part of a multipronged effort to combat childhood obesity. Source

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

Only a year ago, Barack Obama was doing the same thing on the campaign trail that Sonia Sotomayor did this week in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He scrambled to keep some of his past positions and words from serving as ammunition for Republicans seeking evidence of radical stealth agendas. Source

Can your favorite plant be a demon in disguise? Find out here, and — if it is — we’ll help you find a suitable replacement. Source

I baked a cake that required greasing the pan, lining it with foil, and then greasing it again. Can you explain when to grease, when to grease and flour and when to grease and/or flour and/or use foil and/or parchment paper? — Ellen Lee Mangino, Riverhead Source

DOWN AROUND MIDNIGHT: A Memoir of Crash and Survival, by Robert Sabbag. Viking, 216 pp., $25.95. Source

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