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Entrepreneur makes remote control cars for Drake, New York Giants

NEW HYDE PARK, NY _ Most entrepreneurs can't count the New York Giants among their first customers. Steve Pinto billed the team more than $14,000 on his first sale.

Newsday · Jul 15, 2019

Zack Wheeler headed to injured list with right shoulder fatigue

MINNEAPOLIS _ Zack Wheeler is hurt, thrusting into question his status as the Mets' most likely and best trade chip this month.

Newsday · Jul 15, 2019

Summer office fashion, from no-sweat shirts to cooling socks

"Never let them see you sweat" is popular advice for handling difficult situations, but making that work in the literal sense during a busy day at the job can be a problem in the summertime.

Newsday · Jul 14, 2019

'Three Women' review: Erotic, sometimes insightful chronicles

Lisa Taddeo has spent eight years chronicling the erotic lives of three American women: an Indiana homemaker, a Rhode Island restaurateur and a North Dakotan whose accusations of statutory rape resulted in a bruising trial that acquitted her high school English teacher.

Newsday · Jul 12, 2019

USWNT's Allie Long says hotel room burglarized after ESPYs

Allie Long, fresh off a World Cup title with the United States women's national soccer team, said her Los Angeles hotel room was burglarized with her wedding ring, cash and key to New York City among the missing items.

Newsday · Jul 12, 2019

Black Sox scandal: How it unfolded 100 years ago

"Say it ain't so, Joe" was probably never said, but for nearly 100 years that line has been synonymous with Shoeless Joe Jackson and the most notorious event in major league baseball history: The 1919 Black Sox Scandal.

Newsday · Jul 12, 2019

Knicks' Mitchell Robinson wants to shoot more 3-pointers in his second season

LAS VEGAS _ When Mitchell Robinson took the floor for the first time in the Las Vegas Summer League Friday night, it wasn't surprising that he piled up four blocked shots in 22 minutes. The blocked shots were just a continuation of what he started in his rookie season in…

Newsday · Jul 11, 2019

'The Lion King' review: Visually stunning, technically innovative

Cutting-edge technology tells a story of primal power in Disney's new version of "The Lion King." It's the studio's third reworking of an animated classic this year, following an overstuffed "Aladdin" and a weighed-down "Dumbo," but get ready: "The Lion King" is a whole different animal. It may not capture…

Newsday · Jul 11, 2019

'Crawl' actors meet alligators at Long Island Aquarium

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. _ The first clue this isn't a typical press junket for a new film is the live alligator.

Newsday · Jul 11, 2019

Editorial: Secretary of labor should resign over role in Epstein case

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are taking another crack at holding serial pedophile Jeffrey Epstein accountable for his reprehensible behavior more than a decade ago. While the new indictment of the well-connected financier in the Southern District of New York is very aggressive, it sends a strong message that the rich…

Newsday · Jul 11, 2019