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1. Walt Handelsman - Off We Go



2. The Lemonade/Master Cleanser Diet

While I relish extreme cuisine (Korean silkworms, here I come), I do not like excessive diets. However, in the name of "Dieter's Diary," I went on the Master Cleanser Diet, also known as the Lemonade Diet.

3. A Rocket that's all about flying solo

Roger Clemens is everything the Yankees don't need and everything they claim not to want.

4. Son found with dad's body in E. Patchogue

Carlton Shaw Jr. is only 3 years old, but he knows this: When his father is resting, he can fall asleep on top of him.

5. Dry cleaner chemical taints Queens water

Trace amounts of a chemical used by dry cleaners and auto body shops have been detected in a section of the New York City water system serving parts of southeastern Queens, city health and environmental officials said last night.

6. A Rocket that's all about flying solo

To a pitching staff strapped by injury and inexperience and a relief corps worn thin by overuse, add one more bullpen-eater, a five-inning pitcher at best. On a roster that is aging in all the wrong places, let's throw in a 44-year-old going on 45.

7. The Fort Dix plot and illegal immigrants

So three of the men arrested for plotting to massacre American soldiers in New Jersey were here illegally. Here's a dumb question: Why are there any people here in this country illegally?

8. JetBlue's Neeleman stepping down as CEO

David Neeleman, the founder of low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways Corp., one of the country's most successful airlines that has been troubled lately by losses and massive storm-related flight cancellations, Thursday said he is stepping down as the company's chief executive officer, but will remain non-executive chairman.

9. Boy, 14, beaten for cell phone

Two men said they wanted to buy his cell phone, so a 14-year-old showed up at the arranged Roslyn Heights location to make the sale.

10. Roosevelt cuts elementary teachers

The state-run Roosevelt school district plans to cut about two dozen grade-school teachers -- 16 percent of its elementary school teaching force -- as part of the district's struggle to recover from this year's overspending.

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