Dec 14th, 2008 · "Little Jackie" is Imani Coppola and Adam Pallin. They are a Motown-influenced pop act. Pallin is a multi-instrumentalist Boston native and Coppola is a singer-songwriter from Long Island. They speak with Liane Hansen about their debut album, "The Stoop".
May 12th, 2008 · The New York cable company Cablevision plans to buy one of the area's major newspapers, Newsday, based on Long Island. Last week, it looked like Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. would buy Newsday, but Cablevision offered more money: $650 million.
Apr 6th, 2008 · Three days after the Rev.. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, performer Nina Simone and her band played at the Westbury Music Festival on Long Island, N.Y. They performed "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)", a song they had just learned, written by their bass player Gene Taylor in reaction to King's death.
Feb 26th, 2008 · In this week's New Yorker, staff writer Calvin Trillin writes about the trial of John White, a black man from Long Island convicted of manslaughter for killing a white teenager who came to his home and threatened his son in the summer of 2006.
Aug 29th, 2007 · When people ask me, "What was it like to grow up on Long Island?" I give them a copy of Alice McDermott's novel That Night. "Read this," I say.
Aug 1st, 2007 · The mortgage lending giant American Home Mortgage is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. The Long Island, N.Y.-based firm says its credit lines are cut off and it may have to liquidate assets. The company has been badly hurt by the downturn in the mortgage market.
Jul 17th, 2006 · It has been 10 years since TWA Flight 800 crashed off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., killing all 230 people on board. Investigators determined that wiring had sparked an explosion in the plane's fuel tank. Ten years later, a key safety recommendation to prevent such explosions has gone largely unheeded. But overall, airline travel is safer than ever.
Feb 10th, 2006 · Defections and infighting have crippled the legislature in Nassau County, a suburb of New York City on Long Island. The battles between Republicans and Democrats have gotten so bad that lawmakers haven't been able to meet all year.