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Long Island bank robberies are up (Newsday) - Police and experts say drug addiction and tough times are among the reasons for the increase. Greed. Desperation. Drug addiction. All are chief reasons behind most bank robberies, which are increasing across Long Island, experts said.

Northeast Conference at Long Island (KXMB CBS12 Bismarck) - AP-BKC Half: MTSM 34 LNGI 30 Northeast Conference at Long Island Half: Mount St. Mary's 34 Long Island 30 (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 01-04-07 1847CST

Legislator Steve Stern announces removal of railroad car from Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills (Babylon Beacon) - Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD announced that the old deteriorated railroad car "Visitors Center" that had been located on the South Service Road of the Long Island Expressway in Dix Hills for almost 20 years has been removed by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works.

Dept. of Energy to Burn Toxic Waste on Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - The Department of Energy plans to burn more than 10 million pounds of toxic waste, much of it from out-of-state facilities, including the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, at a special incinerator in Oak Ridge.

Mount St. Mary's outlasts Long Island in four overtimes (ESPN) - Visit ESPN.com for the complete story.

Mount St. Mary's 78, Long Island U. 76, 4OT (SportingNews.com) - NEW YORK -- Will Holland's 3-pointer to open the fourth overtime -- his only field goal of the game ...

Easter Island looks to the future (USA Today) - This volcanic flyspeck is arguably the most remote inhabited spot on the planet marooned in the South Pacific 1,200 miles from its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles from Chile, which calls the shots. It's also one of the strangest.

Performing panto: Local theater troupe presents improv-inspired 'Treasure Island' (Eagle-Tribune Online) - Jim Hawkins, check. Long John Silver, check. Floody Mary, the Wicked Witch of the Wet? Nope, you won't find her in 19th-century author Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island."

NY Islanders team up with Island Harvest (Massapequa Post) - New York Islanders goaltender Rick DiPietro, left, along with Head Coach Ted Nolan and General Manager Garth Snow, recently joined Island Harvest, Long Island's Source Authority on Food Rescue, at a community food drive in Carle Place as part of Island Harvest's annual Turkey and Trimmings Campaign to help provide warm, nutritious meals to those in need this holiday season.

Life in prison for MS-13 gang member on Long Island (Boston Herald) - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A member of the MS-13 street gang, convicted of conspiring to murder a fellow gang member suspected of being a police informant, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. ...