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Newsday columnist Diane Werts
Catch those season finales

5/17/13 IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL But TV loves it this weekend. Roosevelt rap sensation Public ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Glenn Gamboa
Shannon McNally salutes Bobby Charles

5/14/13 Shannon McNally wanted everything about her new album "Small Town Talk" (Sacred Sumac) to be ... Read more »

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer.
'Master Builder': Turturro an uneasy match

5/20/13 The last time John Turturro came to play in Brooklyn, he was at his most ... Read more »

Lifestyle

Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy
Beau's needy kin clouds her wedding hopes

5/16/13 DEAR AMY: I am a divorced woman about to turn 50 in a loving relationship ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Beth Whitehouse
Parental guidance: Concern over Snapchat app

12/24/12 My kids keep talking about something called Snapchat. What is that? ... Read more »

Erica Marcus (face disguised) is Newsday's food writer.
Recipes for spring's vegetable bounty

5/15/13 After months of cooking with vegetables shipped in from warmer climes (or plucked from the ... Read more »

Rabbi Marc Gellman
God Squad: Life lessons from Mom

5/16/13 Thanks to all of you who shared with me the most important life lesson you ... Read more »

Jessica Damiano, Newsday columnist
Don't plant impatiens, even in pots

5/17/13 DEAR JESSICA: We live in Cutchogue, where the deer eat everything in sight. So to ... Read more »

Newsday's new food columnist, Lauren Chattman, lives in
'No Bake Makery' inspires young cooks

5/22/13 When my daughter, who is off to college in August, asked me for a panini ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Marc Morrone
Training a dog to eliminate in one spot

5/15/13 Q: We have two Cavalier King Charles spaniels. We also have 18-month-old twins who now ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Marge Perry
3 Simple grilled dishes

8:08 AM Three grilling recipes for your next barbecue. ... Read more »

Sylvia Carter
Finding a doctor today with tomorrow in mind

8/16/12 My theory about dentists and doctors is that they ought to be young enough that ... Read more »

Sports

Newsday columnist Neil Best
Yanks, Mets' TV ratings swing and miss

3:13 PM Here we are on the doorstep of Memorial Day and of the truncated, four-game Subway ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Bob Glauber
Recent history doesn't bode well for Rex

5/11/13 Judging from the way he looked on the practice field -- chatting amiably with his ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Mark Herrmann
LI qualifiers living the U.S. Open dream

5/18/13 The prospect of qualifying for the U.S. Open brings out thousands of golfers and millions ... Read more »

Newsday Knicks beat writer Al Iannazzone.
Knicks Insider: Sixth sense about J.R. Smith

4/20/13 J.R. Smith thought he had done everything necessary to become the Knicks' starting shooting guard ... Read more »

Newsday columnist John Jeansonne.
Reaction to Jason Collins shows enlightenment

5/4/13 Whatever the Robert's Rules of Order in this already sweeping discussion of NBA veteran Jason ... Read more »

Mark La Monica
Fast & furious, flyweights pack heavy punch for UFC

1/25/13 There will be nothing wrong with your televisions if they're set to Fox on Saturday ... Read more »

David Lennon has been a staff writer for
Yankees can't afford to lose Kuroda

12:18 AM Not only is success fleeting, it's fragile, too, and the Yankees got slapped with another ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Greg Logan
Disappointing end to first season in Brooklyn

5/5/13 The opportunity was ripe for the Nets to grow a tradition in Brooklyn. With the ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Anthony Rieber
Marlins' Fernandez did it -- why can't Wheeler?

4/7/13 Wow, 20-year-old Marlins phenom Jose Fernandez was impressive against the Mets yesterday in his major-league ... Read more »

Tom Rock
Do Giants have any 'oddities' left in them?

12/25/12 Tom Coughlin looked at the four-rung ladder that the Giants must climb Sunday to get ... Read more »

Arthur Staple
Rangers not getting job done

5/21/13 Pick your reason why the Rangers are staring at a chasm in this series with ... Read more »

Newsday columnist Steve Zipay
Tortorella: Let's go to the videotape

5/18/13 Welcome to Professor Tortorella's class, students. ... Read more »

Business

Newsday columnist Carrie Mason Draffen
Sharp drop in LI unemployment rate

5/21/13 Long Island's unemployment rate dropped sharply to 6 percent in April, the lowest since 2008, ... Read more »