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Mom's boyfriend indicted for baby's death

A Port Jefferson Station man was indicted on murder, manslaughter and assault charges Tuesday for allegedly shaking his girlfriend?s child to death last month. Prosecutors say Howard Brooks shook 11-week-old

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Apr 15, 2009, 7:46 PM

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