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Bishop William Murphy is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.
Bishop William Murphy is the head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.
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Bishop: "We should not be discouraged" by current events
ellen.yan@newsday.comFrom the homeless in the housing crisis to respect between nations and neighbors, Bishop William Murphy on Christmas Day wove the meaning of a long-ago birth into these trying, modern times. "We are the co-workers of Jesus," he told a packed St. Agnes...Tags: Crimes, Diseases, Cancer, Assault, Christmas
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'Blue Christmas' services eye holiday's somber side
bart.jones@newsday.comEveryone knows about a white Christmas, but what about a blue one? Times are tough all over the country, with the economy plummeting, people losing their jobs and U.S. soldiers embroiled in two wars. So Christmas, usually a time of celebration, is taking...Tags: Christianity, Religious Festivals, Jesus Christ, Long Island, Music
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Anniversaries
65th JANET AND FRED PATI, who have lived in Wantagh more than 55 years, renewed their vows at St. Francis de Chantel Roman Catholic Church in Wantagh and celebrated Nov. 27 at the Milleridge Inn with their two daughters, two grandsons and a niece and...Tags: John Adams, Armed Forces, Dining and Drinking, Ozone Park, West Hempstead
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Sheriff's chopper helps class take off
Special To The SentinelYoung people who play video games might be surprised to find out their favorite pastime could help them learn to fly a helicopter. This was just one fact that officers Rick Lovelace and Jack White relayed to a group of about 200 teens recently at Mount...Tags: Mount Dora, Diseases, Police, Alzheimer's Disease, Law Enforcement
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Plenty of pain to go around
james.madore@newsday.comALBANY With New York hit hard by the recession, Gov. David A. Paterson will propose a budget for 2009-10 tomorrow that cuts services and increases fees - but not income tax rates, sources said. The reductions will affect everything from hospitals and...Tags: Long Island, Personal Income, Long Island Expressway, State Budgets, Executive Branch
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Sources: Big cuts in guv's budget, but no tax boost
james.madore@newsday.comWith New York hit hard by the recession, Gov. David A. Paterson Tuesday will propose a budget for 2009-10 that cuts services and increases fees - but not income taxes, sources said. The reductions will affect everything from hospitals and schools to...Tags: Long Island, Long Island Expressway, Executive Branch, State Budgets, Medicaid
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Call for state probe in Black Friday stampede
keith.herbert@newsday.com; Staff writer WilliamThe state attorney general, not Nassau County police, should investigate the Black Friday stampede that killed a security worker at a Valley Stream Wal-Mart, a Brooklyn lawyer said yesterday. Bruce Baron represents two people claiming to have been...Tags: Police, Justice System, Values, Health and Safety at Work, Law Enforcement
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Nassau sheriff search ends, again, at Mark Farsi
Spin CycleAfter the Suozzi administration???s search for sheriff was found flawed, Nassau re-advertised. But the first-picked candidate, Mark Farsi ??? expected to double-dip as a retired official from NYC Corrections ??? is due to get the $132,000 post after all.....Tags: Baldwin, Police, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Law Enforcement, Minority Groups
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Poll of suburbanites shows Obama in lead as economy foremost on minds
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has lost the edge he held just a month ago over Democrat Barack Obama among suburbanites, according to a poll released yesterday by Hofstra University. The nationwide poll, conducted Oct. 22-26 for Hofstra's...Tags: John McCain, Hofstra University, Polls, Barack Obama
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12th District: Partisan politics is the real challenge
william.murphy@newsday.comHe's a one-issue candidate, Democrat Keith Scalia of Massapequa says -- at first. "My No. 1 issue is campaign finance reform. Clean money, clean elections. Give all people an opportunity to run rather than people with access to big donors," said Scalia,...Tags: John Adams, Parties and Movements, Sexual Assault, Long Island, Television Industry
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6th district: Newcomer looks familiar
william.murphy@newsday.comKristen McElroy, running in the 6th State Senate District, doesn't mind the comparisons to Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. McElroy, 34, bears a physical resemblance to Rice and hopes to replicate the kind of stunning electoral upset...Tags: Long Island, Parliament, Health and Safety at School, Legal Services, Justice System
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5th district: Driven to unseat GOP incumbent
william.murphy@newsday.comAn environmentalist who runs an auto repair business called The Little Garage is running on the Democratic ticket in the 5th State Senate District against a Republican incumbent who is chairman of the state Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation....Tags: Long Island Sound, East Norwich, Parliament, Long Island, Health and Safety at School
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