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Woman Strangled by NY Train Station Escalator

LIRR escalator had been slated for replacement

(Newser) - An 88-year-old woman was strangled yesterday on a Long Island Rail Road escalator that commuters said was malfunctioning for months. Irene Bernatzky was killed after she fell and her clothes became entangled in the treads of the moving stairs, investigators say. Officials say the escalator passed inspection last month after...

More Bones Found on Long Island

Dog walker spots remains that could be linked to serial killer

(Newser) - Still more bones have been found in a region of Long Island where at least five bodies have been discovered. A man jogging with his dog discovered the skeletal remains in Manorville woods, a suspected dumping ground for a serial killer linked to as many as 11 bodies in a...

Students Suspended for Tebowing

Administrators say QB impersonators were clogging the hallways

(Newser) - Two students were suspended this week for Tebowing in the hallway of their Long Island high school. The kids were imitating Broncos QB Tim Tebow's touchdown ritual of dropping to one knee in prayer, a pose that has become a nationwide fad. Despite what a few senders of hate...

Missing Prostitute's Bones Found on Long Island

Medical examiner thinks it was an accidental death

(Newser) - Police think they have at last found the remains of missing prostitute Shannan Gilbert, more than a year after the search for her led them to the discovery of a serial killer's graveyard . After an exhaustive, weeklong search of a 100-acre marsh in Oak Beach on Long Island, police...

Jeans of Missing Woman Found on LI Beach

Belongings linked to Craigslist escort found in serial killer area

(Newser) - Clothing and a purse believed to belong to a female escort who advertised her services on Craigslist have been found on an Long Island beach nearly two years after she vanished. Police discovered Shannan Gilbert's jeans, cell phone, shoes, and a purse with identification near the community of Oak...

Cops: It's Likely Just 1 Serial Killer on Long Island

They revise theory about two suspects

(Newser) - Long Island police say there's probably just one local serial killer responsible for the murders of 10 people whose bodies were stashed along desolate parts of Ocean Parkway, reports Newsday . Earlier this year, investigators began working on the theory that multiple killers were at large, mostly because two victims...

20 Students Nabbed in NY SAT Scam
20 Students Nabbed
in NY SAT Scam
Nov 23, 2011 1:02 AM CST

20 Students Nabbed in NY SAT Scam

They were paid to take tests for others: Investigators

(Newser) - Twenty students linked to five Long Island high schools have been charged with being part of an SAT test-taking scam. They were accused of accepting payments to take the SAT and ACT college entrance exams posing as other students over the last three years. A principal at one of the...

Couple Files to Trademark 'Occupy Wall Street'

They want to sell bags, shirts, shoes

(Newser) - A Long Island couple—or, as New York magazine more appropriately puts it, some totally “random” Long Island couple—has filed to trademark “Occupy Wall Street.” You see, the movement has the potential to become a “global brand,” say Robert and Diane Maresca and, as...

7 Busted for SAT Scam
 7 Busted for SAT Scam  
Sep 28, 2011 4:20 AM CDT

7 Busted for SAT Scam

High school students paid up to $2.5k for graduate to sit exam

(Newser) - Seven teens have been arrested in an SAT-cheating ring at a prestigious Long Island high school. Sam Eshaghoff, 19, took the exam for at least six other students, charging up to $2,500 for each one, prosecutors told the Los Angeles Times . The six Great Neck North students have been...

Irene Lands in NJ, Big Apple Braces

'Time for evacuation is over,' says Bloomberg

(Newser) - Barely a hurricane but massive and packed with rain, Irene lumbered onto the New Jersey shore this morning on its way toward pummeling New York, which the AP reports turned eerily quiet as the city hunkered down. The National Hurricane Center said the center of the huge storm reached land...

Winery Slammed for Hawking 9/11 Wine

Seriously, nobody is happy about it

(Newser) - One from the Bad Taste Hall of Fame: A Long Island winery is getting slammed for its decision to release two new wines ... in honor of 9/11. Almost every detail about the wine, as reported by the LA Times , is cringeworthy. The price? $19.11 a bottle. What to expect...

Husband, Wife Held in Pharmacy Killings

David Laffer, Melinda Brady arrested after murder of 4

(Newser) - Two years ago, they posed for a wedding photo: Him beaming broadly in a dark suit, she a fresh-faced bride. They soon started a promising life together in the suburban New York home where he was raised. Police mug shots of David Laffer and Melinda Brady released today portrayed an...

Underwire Bikini Sears Sunbather's Breasts

Long Island woman sues manufacturer after blisters

(Newser) - Now that's a hot bod. A Long Island sunbather is suing a bikini company after she suffered serious burns on her breasts when her underwire top started cooking on a 90-degree day, according to court documents "After about an hour, I was hurting," Robin Corrente, 50, told...

Hunt Resumes for LI Serial Killer Victims

New aerial photos from FBI inspire on-the-ground investigation

(Newser) - Recent aerial photographs taken by the FBI are prompting investigators to return to a barrier island south of New York's Long Island in their search for more remains in a possible serial killer case. State and local police will search an area of the Robert Moses Causeway today. The...

20 Costco Workers Hit $201M Lottery Jackpot

Long Islanders become quick millionaires on Powerball

(Newser) - A Long Island Costco store had to make do with a skeleton crew because 20 employees struck it rich in the lottery, reports the New York Post . They hit the $201 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday, meaning they'll pocket about $3.5 million apiece if they take the lump-sum payout...

Two Cops Eyed in LI Serial Killer Case

Both NYPD officers had run-ins with prostitutes

(Newser) - There was already some speculation that the Long Island serial killer might be a cop , and now the New York Post reports that two NYPD officers are being eyed in the case, both of whom got into trouble related to prostitutes. One was forced to resign in the 1990s when...

DA: At Least 2 Killers in Long Island Deaths

Killing methods, circumstances different between 10 remains found

(Newser) - Long Island officials on the trail of a suspected serial killer now say that at least two murderers are behind the string of human remains found in a desolate beach area. Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota said today that different killing methods and circumstances indicate the work of at least...

Personality Profile Emerges of Long Island Serial Killer: Smart, Rich, Sadistic
Long Island Serial Killer
Is Smart, Suave, Sadistic
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Apr 24, 2011 12:57 PM CDT

Long Island Serial Killer Is Smart, Suave, Sadistic

That's the best guess of criminologists sketching a personality profile

(Newser) - With a suspected serial killer dumping bodies near Long Island's Ocean Parkway, the New York Times rounds up a personality profile based on interviews with experts. Among the guesses:
  • It's a white man in his mid-20s to mid-40s who is either married or has a girlfriend.
  • He's
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'Great Gatsby Mansion' Torn Down: Demolition on Long Island's 'Land's End' Began Saturday
 'Gatsby Mansion' Torn Down 
Apr 18, 2011 8:37 AM CDT

'Gatsby Mansion' Torn Down

Demolition started Saturday on Land's End

(Newser) - Shed a tear, literature lovers: The 25-room Long Island mansion said to have inspired The Great Gatsby is in the process of being torn down. The demolition of Land's End, where parties in the 1920s and 1930s were attended by the likes of Winston Churchill and Ethel Barrymore, began...

Latest Remains Not Related to LI Killer

Search for Shannan Gilbert takes to the sea

(Newser) - The serial killer that Long Island cops suspect is using a lonely stretch near Jones Beach as a dumping ground may not be the first to have done so: The latest remains pulled from the area are too old to be connected with those of four prostitutes found in December....

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