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Authorities say a 72-year-old Long Island man has lost part of his leg after it got caught in a wood chipper he was operating.

WEST ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Police say they're searching for a man who was recorded on surveillance video pocketing a snake at a Long Island reptile store and walking away.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors say an off-duty Long Island police officer had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit when they say he smashed into a van in a deadly wrong-way crash last week.