Sorry for posting this later than usual. This week, the Nassau County district attorney won a rare murder conviction against a DWI driver in a trial that received a lot of attention. "We would hope that this verdict sends a message that if you drink and drive and kill someone, you will be prosecuted for murder," the D.A. told the Times. Meanwhile, Suffolk County prosecutors decided not to prosecute a woman alleged to be drunk when she fatally struck a priest in East Hampton. 

• Staten Island: Nude Wrong-Way Speeder Kills Pedestrian (S.I. Advance)
• Related: No Headlights Driver Says She Was on Ecstasy (S.I. Advance) 
• Mineola, L.I.: Driver Who Hit Limo in 2005 Is Convicted of Murder (NYT)
• Related: Jury Members Almost Came to Blows (Newsday)
• East Hampton, L.I.: Prosecutors Will Not Seek Murder Conviction (Newsday)
• New Haven: SUV Critically Injures Officer Directing Traffic (N.H. Register)
• Related: SUV Driver Is a Senior Federal Judge (N.H. Register) 
• Related: SUV Driver Is President Bush’s Cousin (AP via Newsday) 
• Edison, N.J.: 3 Killed as Camry Collides With Tractor-Trailer (Star-Ledger)
• Lopatcong, N.J.: 2 Killed as Chevy Crosses Median and Hits Jeep (Star-Ledger)
• Brooklyn: Hit-and-Run Leaves 1 Dead and Teacher Clinging to Life (Daily News)
• Bronx: Grandfather Mowed Down by Hit-and-Run Driver (Daily News)
• Queens: Man, 31, Dies in Crash on Grand Central Parkway (Newsday)
• Centereach, L.I.: Man, 25, Killed Trying to Pass Another Car (Newsday)
• Shelton, Conn.: Man, 21, Dies After Hitting Tree (New Haven Register)
• Atlantic City Expressway: Woman, 42, Killed as Van Flips (Star-Ledger)
• Medford, L.I.: Motorcyclist, 20, Killed in Collision with SUV (Newsday)
• Bardonia, N.Y.: Pedestrian, 36, in Critical Condition (Journal News)
• N.J. Turnpike: 2 Officers Injured as Tractor-Trailer Rams Vehicle (Star-Ledger)
• Spring Valley, N.Y.: Multi-Car Crash Outside Police Station (Journal News)
• Somers, N.Y.: Driver in Critical After Downing Power Lines (Journal News)
• Yonkers: Bronx Woman Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run (Journal News)
• Related: Charges Upgraded in Crash That Killed Football Player (Journal News)
• Stony Point, N.Y.: Man Extricated From SUV on Its Side (Journal News)
• Yonkers: Several Injuries in 2 Crashes on Sprain (Journal News)
• Newark: Family of Woman Killed in SUV Crash Sues City (Star-Ledger)
• Editorial: Get a Grip on the Carnage (Newsday)