Gas prices drop under $3.50

Nassau

• Teens charged in two office burglaries

• 3 men charged with stealing GPS units

• Con Ed worker killed blast wanted out of manhole duty

• In Elmont, voters uneasy over nation's future

• Hot dog! Schools may ban processed meats

Suffolk

• 110-Jericho plan draws skepticism

• 1 motorcyclist killed; another critically hurt

• Board won't stop Suffolk deputies from highway patrol

• Irene Virag: Sharing love for trees at Cold Spring Harbor Lab

• Alfred Gallodoro, renowned musician, dies at 95

New York City

• 5 dead in Chelsea fire

• Lawmakers, rail board address LIRR disability reforms

• Con Ed worker from Hicksville dies in Brooklyn blast

• Metallica drummer to sell Basquiat painting in NYC

• NYC tanker truck accident causes fuel spill

Sports

• Isles fall to Brodeur's Devils without DiPietro

• Rangers top Hawks, 4-2

• Dice-K leads Sox past Rays for 1-0 series lead

• Myers hits, pitches Phillies to Game 2 victory

• Palmer won't start vs. Jets

Entertainment

• Three of some kind

• 'W' a prime candidate for Oliver Stone

• Linda Winer: Trouble on Broadway?

• 'Celebrity Autobiographies'

• Britney Spears: 'What was I thinking?'

Business

• Paulson says feds to buy stock in banks

• Closing bell ends Dow's worst week since 1914

• Blog: GM, Chrysler in merger talks?

• Atlantic City plans 7-day smoking ban

• Will the Fed cut help consumers? Maybe

Health & Fitness

• Physicists studying 'broken symmetry' win Nobel Prize

• Report: City girls have fewer chances at sport

• 1 in 4 U.S. teen girls got cervical cancer shot

• Satellites collect data on sea temperatures, reefs

• Behind-the-scenes talks prompted drug industry to adopt FDA recommendation on cold remedies

Nation/World

• Sensitive Palin ethics report kept secret, for now

• Balloon gondola crash kills 1 at N.M. fiesta

• Russia's Putin gets tiger cub for his birthday

• Palin tax returns for 2006 and 2007 released

• Finland's Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

Opinion

• Viewsday: Fields and borders

• Viewsday: Anger management

• Not like that, Mr. Mayor

• Down on the farm

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