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    Maria Ricapito is a writer who lives in the Hudson Valley.

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      By Maria Ricapito

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      Whether you're the N.R.A. or Dunkin' Donuts or a Trump, break the law in the great state of New York and she—and the office she represents—will come at you.

      By Maria Ricapito

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      Career advice
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Books
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Politics
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Culture
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      By Maria Ricapito

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      Career advice
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Health-fitness
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Celebrity
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Sex love
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Sex love
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      By Maria Ricapito

      Culture
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      My Dad Was a Serial Killer

      They thought they knew their fathers—as protectors and playmates, as teachers and disciplinarians—but these women's dads had dark sides that would shatter not just their victims' families, but also their own.

      By Maria Ricapito

      Culture
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      The Women We Lost in Charleston

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      By Maria Ricapito

      Culture
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      The terrifying rite of passage has no choice but to die out.

      By Maria Ricapito

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