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Named tigers because of their black and white stripes, they were initially spotted on Long Island 10 years ago. According to Mary Ellen Laurain, spokeswoman for the Nassau County Department of Health, the Asian tiger was first identified in the county through routine surveillance activities in 2003. In Suffolk, the first showed up in a mosquito trap put out by the county in 2004, Campbell said. They have been moving and have now spread into Brookhaven Town, with a few spotted on the South Fork, he said.

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Gator stops traffic on N.C. highway
Wildlife officials were on hand to remove a 300-pound alligator spotted along a North Carolina highway. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports. “Catch me some Gator’s” says New Yorker “Deny” as she watched this Gator Clip. An ongoing joke she tells us.

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More to the Story of the Biogenesis Scandal-There’s still going to be a lot more that comes out from the Biogenesis scandal. I’m having trouble deciding where I come down on this, too. If the players mentioned actually did everything they supposedly did, suspensions are more than warranted. But there’s so much more to the story. I suspect we don’t even know the half of it.

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Gordon Gee “retired” as President of Ohio State today. I put “retired” in quotes intentionally. Because I’m not really sure how much choice he had in the matter. The way I see it, you can call it anything you want. The bottom line remains the same though. Gordon Gee had to go and everyone knew it. So whether it was completely his decision or he was in fact forced out (which is what I suspect), Ohio State did the right thing. Something that Rutgers can learn from.

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Finally, over in the National League is the biggest surprise team of them all. As crazy as it sounds for a team that won the World Series two years ago and went back to the NLCS last season, I’ve been stunned by the success of the St. Louis Cardinals this season. No matter what, they always seem to do it. Chris Carpenter out for the year, whole new cast of characters, best record in the Majors. It’s truly a testament to the entire organization. What the Cardinals are doing is working.

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The moon will come within 222,000 miles (357,000 kilometers) of Earth and turn full around 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT), making it the best time to view.This year’s closest and largest full moon will occur on June 23 at precisely 7:32 a.m. eastern. Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon.

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Breaking Bad’s Finale Season Starts Aug 11th, 2013 and not in July as many expected. This final season of Breaking Bad from AMC will be the continuation from last year. You will have a second chance to catch up on …

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James Gandolfini, best known for his role as a mob boss on HBO’s tv series “The Sopranos,” died Wednesday while on vacation in Italy. He was 51 years young.

The exact cause of death is not known, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack.

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