Name: LI Works: World of competitive eating with LI's Eric 'Badlands' Booker
Uploaded: 2025-07-08T09:00:00Z
Duration: 3 min 28 s
Description: How fast can Ken eat? NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa learns from, and challenges, compettive eater Eric "Badlands" Booker in this week's "LI works."

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Picture This: Physty the Whale ... Latest trend: Junk journals

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Things to Do

Fashion and Shopping

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Creating junk journals in Babylon

Babylon

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'This allows people to brain dump but creatively and artistically'

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NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano learns all about junk journaling with the Scrappy Hour team at Village Vibes in Babylon.

NewsdayTV&#39;s Macy Egeland takes a look back at the tale of Physty the Whale, who was rescued and revived near Robert Moses in 1981.

Long Island Nostalgia

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Picture This: That time Physty the Whale was rescued and revived

Oak Beach

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'People brought chicken soup to try to feed the sick whale'

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NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland takes a look back at the tale of Physty the Whale, who was rescued and revived near Robert Moses in 1981.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is setting up a program to have legal observers monitor immigration enforcement across the state. Newsday Nassau County Politics Reporter Bahar Ostadan has more.&nbsp;

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Letitia James deploying legal observers to monitor ICE

New York State

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NYS AG deploying legal observers to monitor ICE

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New York Attorney General Letitia James is setting up a program to have legal monitor immigration enforcement across the state. Newsday Nassau County Politics Reporter Bahar Ostadan has more.

Energy charges are going up 13% for electric customers and 29% for natural gas customers.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Ken Buffa has more.&nbsp;

Long Island

Politics

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Electric, natural gas bills expected to rise again this month

Suffolk

Nassau

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LI heating bills expected to rise again this month

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Energy charges are going up 13% for electric customers and 29% for natural gas customers. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa has more.

Nearly 690 pounds of cocaine were seized in what is being called&nbsp;one of the largest narcotics busts in Nassau County&#39;s history. NewsdayTV&#39;s&nbsp;Virginia Huie reports.&nbsp;

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One of the largest narcotics busts in LI history

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'This is over $20 million dollars of street value'

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Nearly 690 pounds of cocaine were seized in what is being called one of the largest narcotics busts in Nassau County's history. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Municipalities like the&nbsp;Village of Great Neck Plaza are stepping up efforts to remove&nbsp;snow piles that haven&#39;t melted over a week after a storm hit the region.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s&nbsp;Virginia Huie reports.&nbsp;

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Many Long Islanders frustrated with slow snow removal

Great Neck Plaza

Great Neck

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'It's been challenging'

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Municipalities like the Village of Great Neck Plaza are stepping up efforts to remove snow piles that haven't melted over a week after a storm hit the region. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Following the death of her father, Long Beach&#39;s Mindi Dovberg began swimming in the ocean every day to help &quot;shock the grief out of her system.&quot;&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Jamie Stuart reports.

Health

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Rain or shine, warm or cold, she takes a dip in the ocean every day

Long Beach

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'It's really a meditative experience for me once I get out of my head.'

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Following the death of her father, Long Beach's Mindi Dovberg began swimming in the ocean every day to help "shock the grief out of her system." NewsdayTV's Jamie Stuart reports.

NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Doug Geed visits a longtime Baiting Hollow restaurant that&rsquo;s been serving the community for decades &mdash; and is now offering homemade pot pies to go.

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Out East: A visit to the Cooperage Inn

Baiting Hollow

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NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits a longtime Baiting Hollow restaurant that's been serving the community for decades — and is now offering homemade pot pies to go.

The Islamic Center of Long Island&nbsp;on Sunday held its 22nd annual Black History Month celebration.&nbsp;NewsdayTV&#39;s Andrew Ehinger reports.

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Black History Month celebrated in Westbury

Westbury

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'Black history is not a side story'

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The Islamic Center of Long Island on Sunday held its 22nd annual Black History Month celebration. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

Long Island Rail Road data showed more trains ran on-time and ridership was at its highest since 2019. Newsday Transportation Reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.&nbsp;

Transportation

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Report: LIRR ridership and on-time performance up since 2019

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The LIRR carried nearly 82 million passengers in 2025

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Long Island Rail Road data showed more trains ran on-time and ridership was at its highest since 2019. Newsday Transportation Reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

Shop with Newsday food writer Marie Elena Martinez at Sprouts, which opened its first Long Island location in Centereach.

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Sprouts opens in Centereach: A foodie's guide to the store

Centereach

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A foodie's guide to shopping at Sprouts

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Shop with Newsday food writer Marie Elena Martinez at Sprouts, which opened its first Long Island location in Centereach.

Fire officials on Long Island are sounding the alarm&nbsp;on shortages in both recruitment and retention. NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Virginia Huie reports.

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Proposal to pay firefighters to be on call

Uniondale

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'We can no longer guarantee that a fire truck or ambulance will arrive as quickly'

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Fire officials on Long Island are sounding the alarm, on shortages in both recruitment and retention. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

West Babylon&rsquo;s Rivers triplets are making history as skiers for Jamaica. One of the triplets, Henri IV, will compete in February&#39;s Winter Olympics in Italy. Newsday Sports Reporter Ben Dickson has more.

Sports

Olympics

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West Babylon skier on his way to compete in the Winter Olympics

Brightwaters

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'In my mind he's already won'

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West Babylon's Rivers triplets are making history as skiers for Jamaica. One of the triplets will compete in February's Winter Olympics.

The EAC Network is helping senior citizens apply for financial assistance to pay for home heating bills. NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Virginia Huie reports.

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Helping seniors during cold snap

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'It's really helped me'

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The EAC Network is helping senior citizens apply for financial assistance to pay for home heating bills. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.

Long Islanders pay nearly $4,000 per year on their vehicles because of dangerous and failing roads, according to a&nbsp;report from the national transportation research nonprofit group, TRIP.&nbsp;AAA Northeast&#39;s Robert Sinclair explains.

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Report: LI drivers spend $3,700 per year due to congested, unsafe roads

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'There are a lot of factors that are working against us'

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Long Islanders pay nearly $4,000 per year on their vehicles because of dangerous and failing roads, according to a report from the national transportation research nonprofit group, TRIP. AAA Northeast's Robert Sinclair explains.

The MTA spent nearly $1.5 billion dollars in overtime costs in 2025. Newsday Transportation Reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.&nbsp;

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MTA sets new record with $1.5B in overtime spending

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The MTA spent nearly $1.5 billion dollars in overtime costs in 2025. Newsday Transportation Reporter Alfonso Castillo has more.

A Utah court is expected to soon rule on whether Gabby Petito&#39;s parent can bring a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department. Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky has the story.

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Utah court to rule on whether Gabby Petito's parents can sue

Blue Point

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Police: 'It was unforeseeable'

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A Utah court is expected to soon rule on whether Gabby Petito's parent can bring a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the Moab City Police Department. Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky has the story.

What to know about Long Island&#39;s sidewalk snow cleanup laws. NewsdayTV&#39;s Andrew&nbsp;Ehinger reports.&nbsp;

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Keeping LI sidewalks clean after a snowstorm

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'We would rather have the property owners clear their sidewalks than write a ticket'

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What to know about Long Island's sidewalk snow cleanup laws. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

The Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is conducting its annual count of unhoused people on Long Island,&nbsp;in part to help dole out resources to eradicate homelessness.

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Annual count shows spike in homelessness on Long Island

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'We're looking to hear directly from people who are in need'

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The Long Island Coalition for the Homeless is conducting its annual count of unhoused people on Long Island, in part to help dole out resources to eradicate homelessness.

NewsdayTV&#39;s Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean.

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What you need to know about Gov. Hochul's proposed $50M Jamaica station redesign

New York City

Queens

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NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland and Newsday transportation reporter Alfonso Castillo talk to commuters and experts about what a revamped Jamaica station would mean.

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Five years after a Newsday investigation into police hiring, neither county has diversified ranks to reflect the communities they serve.&nbsp;Newsday&#39;s Virginia Huie and Jim Baumbach reports.&nbsp;

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Despite 30% increase in Hispanic officers, LI police forces still overwhelmingly white

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'Could we do better? Absolutely'

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Five years after a Newsday investigation into police hiring, neither county has diversified ranks to reflect the communities they serve. Newsday's Virginia Huie and Jim Baumbach reports.

The rooms &mdash; which one judge described as &ldquo;putrid&quot; and &quot;cramped&rdquo; &mdash; have been packed with multiple detainees at same time. NewsdayTV&#39;s Andrew Ehinger reports.&nbsp;

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ICE has detained dozens on LI in 'putrid, cramped' conditions for prolonged periods

Central Islip

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'These are conditions that no person should be held under'

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The rooms — which one judge described as "putrid" and "cramped" — have been packed with multiple detainees at same time. NewsdayTV's Andrew Ehinger reports.

From small mom-and-pop motels to high-end national brands, the problem is rampant on Long Island, experts say, with victims as young as 11 years old. NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Macy Egeland.

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59 hotels on LI where prostitution, sex trafficking occurred, including some with minors

'A case in almost every major hotel here'

From small mom-and-pop motels to high-end national brands, the problem is rampant on Long Island, experts say, with victims as young as 11 years old. NewsdayTV's Macy Egeland.