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July 15: Five Things You Need To Know Today

Bites of information to kick off your morning.

1. The final installment in the Harry Potter series at theaters around the nation, including Douglaston's own Movie World. Did you see it? Did you dress up as a wizard or an owl or a broom? Tell us in the comments.

2. Thursday was Bastille Day! We'll have a story from the celebration at Little Neck's coming later today.

3. Riders of the Long Island Railroad will no longer have to cross the tracks to get a ticket -- the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be installing on the north bound platform as part of a larger station renovation project slated to take places in February.

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4. Douglaston and Little Neck residents are listed among the city's top five most loyal Yankees fans in a new study by transit directions website HopStop.

5. New details have emerged in the tragic slaying of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy found dead on Wednesday.

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