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LI doctor sentenced in fatal DWI that killed nurse

A Setauket cardiologist was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a nurse last year. As News 12 has reported, Dr. Thomas Stavola, 56, admitted to running a

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