An accuser lacking any credibility, the absence of evidence of a crime, and a detailed timeline that corroborated the defendants' stories led the North Carolina attorney general to dismiss all charges against the three Duke lacrosse players and declare them innocent, according to a new report.

'He was my savior'

BY SOPHIA CHANG.sophia.chang@newsday.com

Dr. Craig Levine couldn't save his 9-year-old son, Robbie, from dying of sudden cardiac arrest on a Little League ballfield in September 2005, but when faced with a similar situation with a patient this week, he made a difference.

THEY DROVE TOO FAST

Cops say two who died in horrific crash were high school seniors whose car hit tree, disintegrated

BY ZACHARY R. DOWDY.zachary.dowdy@newsday.com; Emerson Clarridge and staff writer Dave Marcus contributed to this story.

Speed killed them.

This mystery's a real killer

BY ANDREW STRICKLER.andrew.strickler@newsday.com

The year is 1929. The scene: The Moon Cat Cafe in Manhattan. The murder victim: Louie "The Lamb Chop" Risotto, a mobbed-up chef who'd decided to go straight. Maybe.

Student slain by ex-beau mourned

BY CHRISTINE ARMARIO.christine.armario@newsday.com

There was one phrase those who attended Erika Delia's wake Friday kept repeating: "She didn't deserve this."

Suffolk to move some sex offenders

BY CHAU LAM.chau.lam@newsday.com

In the face of community protests, Suffolk County plans to move homeless sex offenders living temporarily in a trailer parked in Westhampton to another one at the Riverhead jail next month, officials said.

JUDGE: SORRY NOT ENOUGH

Before sentencing the man who killed an anti-gang activist, judge tells defendant he must pay for crime

BY ANN GIVENS.ann.givens@newsday.com

Saying it's not his job to forgive criminals, a Nassau County Court judge Friday sentenced a Roosevelt man to 20 to 30 years in prison for killing anti-gang activist Hykiem Coney.

LONG ISLAND BRIEFS

SMITHTOWN EYES PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FLOODS

STACEY ALTHERR

SMITHTOWN EYES PROPOSAL TO LESSEN FLOODS. The Town of Smithtown announced what may be the first step in alleviating flooding problems for residents living close to the Lake Ronkonkoma bog. At a Thursday night meeting, the town board agreed to transfer $400,000 in federal money to divert water pumped from the Browns Road/Nichols Road/Alexander Avenue area into Lake Ronkonkoma to two underused county recharge basins in the area of Nichols and Townline roads. Homes south of the area, in the Town of Islip off Terry Road, also are experiencing severe groundwater issues. A study done by the county in 1986, the last time the homes experienced such severe water damage issues, recommended a number of remedies, including draining some of the lake into the Connetquot River. But soon after the report was published, the water table receded and no work was ever done. Sanford said the bid will go out May 7 and will be awarded by May 24 with completion projected by July 4. Raymond A. Giusto, an attorney hired by eight homeowners who spoke at the meeting, said after 18 months his clients have not seen relief and have been "left in the dark." "We would like to open up a dialogue with the town, and the county as well," Giusto said.

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