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This year's deadly wrong-way collision on the Taconic Parkway may lead to a tough new DWI law in New York, one that could be the toughest of its kind in the nation.

Thomas Ruskin said Diane Schuler had lengthy conversation with McDonald's employees.

The legislation also requires all motorists convicted of DWI to install an ignition locking device that prevents a vehicle's engine from starting if alcohol is detected on the breath.

A. Paterson conceded Monday that a bill making it a felony to drive drunk with a child in the car may have to be watered down to pass the Assembly.

State Police did not get the access they desired to family members of Diane Schuler during their probe of the wrong-way Taconic State Parkway crash, according to authorities and the official 15-page police report, with witness interviews attached, that was released last week.

Diane and Daniel Schuler pose for a photo on their wedding day. The sister-in-law of Diane Schuler, the alleged drunken driver who died along with seven others in a fiery wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway, told investigators Schuler was a heavy marijuana user and drinker, the attorney for the family of two of those killed said Saturday.

Nicholas Cosmo arrives at federal court in Central Islip. On one hand, Dom DiColandrea, one of the victims in the Ponzi scheme allegedly run by Nicholas Cosmo, is encouraged he's going to see a share of the money recovered by the court-appointed trustee of Cosmo's bankrupt company.

The accused Fort Hood shooter has more in common with the murderous duo in Columbine High.

109, West Babylon No Phone Yet Barry Zimmerman has dabbled with chicken-and-ribs joints in Great Neck and Melville through the years, but he never equaled the success of his advertising firm on Madison Avenue, which has been around for 30 years.

This vehicle was crushed in an accident that killed five from Long Island on the Taconic State Parkway.

Oprah Winfrey interviewed family members of Taconic Parkway crash victims on Tuesday.

Carin Lane dives into the flavored water market on her blog: We're told to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day.

Undated photo of Diane and Daniel Schuler. The widower of the West Babylon woman who authorities say drove drunk and high on marijuana in the wrong-way Taconic State Parkway crash will declare himself the sole administrator of her estate as he prepares to face lawsuits from the victims' family.

A truck carrying a filled dumpster toppled onto the Veterans Memorial Highway during rush hour on Monday.

Long Island needs proactive, innovative officials if it's to prosper. Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone fills the bill.

While the citizenship process for some can take multiple years, about 10,505 men and women in the armed forces took advantage of the government's expedited citizenship process for green-card holders in the fiscal year that ended Sept.

The bizarre incident happened at 11:15 p.m. in the eastbound and westbound lanes near Exit 36, Straight Path, in West Babylon.

If there are no more cases by the first heavy frosts, the decrease will mark a sharp drop from last year's 29 confirmed cases in Nassau and Suffolk counties, including four fatalities.

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Lauren Chattman is the author of a dozen cookbooks, including "Mom's Big Book of Baking" and "Cake Keeper Cakes." One of my daughter's classmates celebrated a birthday the other day.