http://www.newsday.com/news/local/?track=rss Headlines from Newsday.com en ©2009, Newsday.com Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:43:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-nyterr2312992966jul22,0,6640900.story?track=rss 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. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:03:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-nylock2312992699jul22,0,1407205.story?track=rss 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. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lipark2312985955jul22,0,6139584.story?track=rss Since he was a baby, Ed Kelley has spent most summer weekends at the West End 2 area of Jones Beach. Until this year. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-pofoto2312994007jul22,0,7834326.story?track=rss Editors of a Suffolk weekly newspaper, the South Shore Press, said they were just trying to be "bipartisan." Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:13:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lipass2312994396jul22,0,6790351.story?track=rss The president of the Long Island Rail Road is taking steps to reinforce regulations barring unauthorized people from riding in a train engineer's cab, following allegations that a LIRR conductor allowed a passenger to operate a diesel locomotive earlier this month. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-licras2312993107jul22,0,1228968.story?track=rss A 79-year-old man died when he drove into a parked car in Stony Brook, knocking it over, and then crashed again a short distance away, according to Suffolk police. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lisalv2312993492jul22,0,4234442.story?track=rss 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. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-bzwage2312993062jul22,0,6865066.story?track=rss For the past two weeks, more than 50 companies that use Advantage Payroll Services in Freeport have been calling to "show their displeasure" about the federal minimum wage, which rises 70 cents to $7.25 an hour Friday. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:33:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lidrug2312992800jul22,0,4501175.story?track=rss A Bay Shore woman stopped for speeding on a Nebraska interstate was arrested and charged with intent to distribute drugs after a canine unit found "three bales of marijuana" weighing 116 pounds in her car trunk, police said Wednesday. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:53:00 -0400 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liteac2312992404jul22,0,6087821.story?track=rss Suffolk cops say man met teenager online. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:43:00 -0400