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Why is there a giant cement re-enforced duck located on the east end of Long Island? Well, for one reason, less than 60 years ago the southeast extension of New York State was one of the top Peking Duck producers in the world.

A police dog riding in a car with his officer in pursuit of a driver who fled from a DWI checkpoint was killed when the officer lost control of his vehicle and hit a utility pole.

Police are looking for the person or people involved in the theft of an 18-ton piece of construction equipment.

A woman who painted a religious message on a tractor-trailer placed on her Riverhead farm in New York continues to fight town officials who say the trailer itself is a code violation.

Jurors are still deliberating the case of a Long Island carpenter who prosecutors say killed two women more than 20 years ago.

Long Island officials have agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle lawsuits involving the accidental death of a 21-year-old student college during Superstorm Sandy.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Suffolk County must pay $10.4 million for breaking a contract with a private firm hired to install solar panels at a Long Island rail station parking lot.