Doug and Margie Hemme were desperate for answers. From the day their son John was born, every time they tried to feed him a bottle of formula, he would vomit violently. The couple’s pediatrician prescribed a low-dose reflux medication and switched formulas, but the problem persisted. Underweight and barely able to keep anything down, the Hemmes feared their baby was slowly starving.

Marvin Rostolder, 69, of Sands Point, is training for a 1,500-mile bike ride from Vancouver, , , to San Francisco. He has attached bright yellow saddle bags to the back of his bike to carry his gear during the ride. (July 26, 2011) (Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas) At age 69, Marvin Rostolder is about to embark on the ride of his life.

Freeport, NY, Wednesday, June 16, 2010: This is the Soul with Heart Book Club members Thursday June 16, at the Library. From l-r are JoAnn Beaufort, 58, Freeport, Tawn Edna Seabrook, Freeport and Ronnie Tiffany. Back row, Eileen Weaver of Freeport, Suan Cohen, , Monica Webb, 58 Freeport, Natrai Burdn, 32, (check spelling), Sandi Long-Belfon, 60, of and Meta Mereday .

Judy hasn’t had sex in five years — not because she couldn’t but because she chose not to.

BY PAT BURSON STAFF WRITER Author's 'Year of Yes' to every single prospective date got her out of a rut. Try as she might to find true love in New York City, Maria Dahvana Headley remained unsatisfied. "I was like most women where you just walk down the street, you see a guy and you say, 'Absolutely not,'" says Headley, an Idaho native, who had left potato country for the Big Apple to study playwriting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

She was a pudgy 13-year-old; he was a hockey goalie with crystal-clear blue eyes. While other kids made fun of Jessica Wickiewicz, the goalie said he thought she was beautiful. They started dating in seventh grade. He started hitting her their senior year. Domestic violence is rising among teenagers. Intervention is the best prevention, experts say.

When their search for a new home for their soup kitchen failed, volunteers took lunch on the road.

It was a night of tears and cheers, of remembrances of lives lived and too soon lost. Thousands gathered last night, lining up outside Williams Arena hours before the beginning of the memorial service for Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, daughter Marcia Wellstone Markuson and three campaign staffers who perished with them Friday when their plane crashed. (This story was originally published in Newsday on Oct. 30, 2002.)

A mobile with brightly colored masks dangles from the ceiling, paintings dot the walls, and decorated glass vases sit atop desks and window sills in the dining hall of The Interfaith Nutrition Network's soup kitchen in Hempstead. The pieces were created by local artists and donated by a group of friends who call themselves The Seven of Us. For a decade the close-knit group of women -- all artists -- has used its collective conscience and creativity to raise awareness and money to help The INN continue providing an open door, a hot meal and a helping hand to Long Islanders who are hungry and homeless.

Last year, Paul M. Klass of Brentwood embarked upon a new career -- actually his third in 28 years. It was a move made of necessity. An engineer, Klass was laid off in June 2009 from Long Island defense contractor BAE Systems. He was 49. After a yearlong, unsuccessful job search, he started working as an independent financial consultant and franchisee with Compound Profit Advisors, assisting small businesses with alternative financing, equipment leasing and other services.

Virginia Lane, 93, of Franklin Square, sits in the driver's seat of a car that has been adjusted for her needs at the AAA Senior Driver Expo in Garden City. (Aug. 5, 2010) (Credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Every morning, the Franklin Square resident slides behind the wheel of her 2003 Toyota Corolla and drives to Mass.

That's the person who ignores the bride's and groom's request to RSVP and. then shows up at the wedding anyway. Or the couple that comes with their. uninvited and wailing infant or uncontrollable toddler in tow. Or the woman who. intentionally dresses to upstage and outshine the bride. Or the man who drinks.

when she visited an online dating Web site. She was looking for a very specific. "I knew I wanted to meet an Orthodox Jewish man," says Berman, 22, a recent. graduate of Touro College and an intern at a public relations firm in. Manhattan. He also had to be friendly, love to travel and meet new people and,

It may seem that cutthroats and back-stabbers have the upper hand in the world -- in business, in relationships and in life -- and that nice guys really do finish last. But authors of three new books contend that being charming, nice and kind can have a powerful impact on other people, your bottom line, your community and you.

Sick of where her taste in men was getting her, the then-20-year-old undergrad decided to put her dating life in fate's hands.

"I have a picture of her. She was about to get on the bus, and she was. She couldn't wait to go to school," says Marino, a veterinarian from. Fort Salonga. "I frequently look at that picture and say she went to school. At home, Grace was outgoing, funny and bossy to her little sisters. just the opposite at school: She was withdrawn, her face a blank stare.