From: Newsday on Sat, Jul 09 2011 11:48 PM

Three New Hyde Park sisters bought their favorite childhood haunt, Sundae Palace, and now run the successful chocolate shop. (Videojournalist: T.C. McCarthy (July 9, 2011)

From: Newsday on Fri, Jul 08 2011 1:24 PM

A small plane crashed into a central California hospital’s unoccupied office building and burst into flames just after takeoff Thursday night, killing two people on board the plane. AP video. (July 8)

From: Newsday on Fri, Jul 08 2011 1:24 PM

Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk says the man suspected in seven Michigan shooting deaths has killed himself and two hostages he was holding are safe. AP video. (July 8)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 07 2011 6:09 PM

The family of Sgt. Louie Varias met him at MacArthur Airport to welcome him home after nine years of service overseas. Videojournalist: Frank Posillico (July 7, 2011)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 07 2011 2:51 PM

Tens of thousands of people gathered on Wednesday in Benghazi, Libya for a rally aimed at sustaining momentum for their nearly five month-old uprising against the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. AP video. (July 5)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 07 2011 2:51 PM

Bike polo players don’t only like it for the sport, but also for the sense of community. Over the past few years bike polo has grown, with more than 280 cities worldwide offering some sort of organized games. AP video. (July 7)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jul 07 2011 1:42 AM

Wednesday marked the groundbreaking for a Lowe’s home improvement store on the site of the former catering hall in Huntington. Videojournalist: Peter Walden (July 6, 2011)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jul 06 2011 3:54 PM

A coroner says that a badly decomposed body found in an Indianapolis river isn’t that of a missing Indiana University student or a great-grandmother from a nearby suburb. AP video. (July 5)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jul 05 2011 4:59 PM

The penguin who strayed from his Antarctic home continues to recover his health in Wellington Zoo, 2 weeks after turning up on a New Zealand beach. Updates and appeals about the bird found to be male by DNA tests can be found on the internet. AP video. (July 5)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jul 05 2011 1:43 PM

Chinese emergency services on Monday staged a dramatic rescue of dozens of people stranded on a bridge which had collapsed under the force of surging floodwaters. AP video. (July 5)

From: Newsday on Sat, Jul 02 2011 11:33 PM

A Toyota sport utility vehicle struck two parked cars, rolled over and then struck a third car early Saturday in Copiague. Videojournalist: Paul Mazza (July 2, 2011)

From: Newsday on Fri, Jul 01 2011 3:17 PM

Amateur video shows a massive lightning bolt striking the spires of the Willis Tower in Chicago. No damage was reported. AP video. (July 1st)

From: Newsday on Fri, Jul 01 2011 3:17 PM

A Nigerian man with no passport and clutching another traveler’s expired boarding pass made it through a New York airport security checkpoint and boarded a Virgin America jetliner to Los Angeles Int'l Airport. The AP's John Mone has the story. AP video. (June 30)

From: Newsday on Thu, Jun 30 2011 4:48 PM

A Dix Hills woman jumped from the roof of her burning house into the waiting arms of a Suffolk County police officer early Thursday morning. Videojournalist: Paul Mazza (June 30, 2011)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jun 29 2011 7:08 PM

Researchers from Hofstra University will close for the season the dig site at Lake and Main streets in Setauket that has been excavated to uncover the history of a community settled by African-Americans and American Indians. Videojournalist: Ed Betz (June 29, 2011)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jun 29 2011 7:08 PM

Researchers from Hofstra University will close for the season the dig site at Lake and Main streets in Setauket that has been excavated to uncover the history of a community settled by African-Americans and American Indians. Videojournalist: Ed Betz (June 29, 2011)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jun 29 2011 3:26 PM

The penguin dubbed "Happy Feet," who took a massive detour to NZ from its native Antarctica, is continuing to improve, days after an operation removed sand from its guts. An advisory group suggests it be released into the Southern Ocean. AP video. (June 29)

From: Newsday on Wed, Jun 29 2011 3:25 PM

Nancy the shepherding Chihuahua is creating a stir in the farming world by rounding up flocks with all the skill of a seasoned Border Collie. AP video. (June 28)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:11 PM

A first-of-its-kind program in Fort Worth, Texas is giving frequent 9-1-1 callers a new way to get help. And the ambulance company that runs it is saving millions in the process. AP video. (June 28)

From: Newsday on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:11 PM

One defendant in Cambodia’s war crimes trial challenged the case against him, while another walked out Tuesday. They're among four former leaders of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia charged with genocide. AP video. (June 28)