Nassau

• New Cassel children laid to rest

• Residents protest South Shore sewage proposal

• "Greatly moving " service for teen who drowned

• Cops: Homeowner fires shot, scares off robbers

• Janitor accused of improper contact with students

Suffolk

• Brentwood man shot by home burglars

• WBLI host to apologize to Mastic area residents

• Where rare owls hunt in shadow of development plan

• County tight-lipped on sale of Suffolk Health Plan

• YOUR COMMUNITY WATCHDOG: Freight trains = eyesore in Deer Park

New York City

• Cabbie arrested in abandoned baby case

• Search continues for suspect in stabbing death

• Hundreds attend grand reopening of Plaza Hotel

• Web site's Leap Day cash giveaway becomes Manhattan melee

• Top officer testifies for prosecution in Bell case

Sports

• Yanks' future more than just a few arms

• Mets' injuries mount

• Ken Berger: Marbury wants to get away from Knicks

• Shorthanded goal trips Isles in loss to Flyers

• Hofstra's Agudio honored in front of home crowd

Entertainment

• Goodwill is spread on 'Oprah's Big Give'

• 'The Other Boleyn Girl'

• Report: It's Max and Emme for J. Lo and Marc Antony

• 'Semi-Pro'

• Lohan opens up about her post-rehab career in film

Business

• Could gas rise to $4 a gallon?

• Northrop Grumman wins $35B contract

• Richard J. Dalton Jr.: Autism in the marketplace

• Small business: Riding out the economic slowdown

• IRS to send out reminders about tax rebates

Health/Science

• Local schools toss out beef amid recall

• Having faith to get rid of the fat

• Flu shots urged for all kids over 6 months

• More dangerous form of TB is spreading

• What the heck is a leap year?

Nation/World

• Obama: New Clinton ad playing 'on people's fears'

• Clinton campaign sending mixed messages

• Obama forged path as Chicago community organizer

• Obama: New Clinton ad playing 'on people's fears'

• Utah Home Search Planned in Ricin Case

Editorials

• Yes, in our backyard, please

• Ending NAFTA wouldn't fix the problem

• Editorial: Honoring William F. Buckley Jr.

• Editorial: Two big gifts lift LI higher education

• Short takes