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What’s killing the cheeseburger deluxe?

Amped? Stoked? Otherwise afflicted by a desire to ride fast-moving barrels of churning ocean water? Montauk will cure what ails you.

So where are today's gangs of New York? Turns out they're on the verge of extinction.

Last January, Jason Kidd was in Arizona facing domestic-abuse charges. Today, the new star of the New Jersey Nets is the best-loved player on either bank of the Hudson. What a difference a year makes.

Twenty miles and a world away from Conscience Point, the Springs still offers affordable land, and an odd mix of artists and contractors -- sometimes on the same softball team. And sometimes, they even get along.

With arms like bazookas and a reputation as a warrior, Precinct Commander Mike Marino battles morale problems and an elusive serial-stickup man. But the crime numbers tracked at one Police Plaza are what really make him reach for his tums.

What kind of a career is lifeguarding? To the guards at Jones Beach, many of whom choose winter gigs -- even entire lives -- that let them return summer after endless summer, it's the only one there is. A Jones Beach veteran writes about the view from the main stand, and how he violated the lifeguard's first commandment: "Never Leave the Beach."