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Beloved Long Island Pastor Faces Deportation (WCBS-TV New York) - Time is running out for a Lutheran minister in this country on a worker's visa. He's facing the possibility of being sent back to Germany. His Long Island church is taking steps to keep him right here. Reverend Haiko Behrens, pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church in Franklin Square, is worried that he could be deported.

Show Horses Found Starved On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - A Long Island man is facing animal cruelty charges. Five severely malnourished and sick horses were removed from a property in Central Islip on Monday. And as CBS 2 HD found out, the rescue came just in the nick of time.

Alert the Pup-parazzi and Roll Out the Red Carpet for Camp Bow Wow® Long Island City's Grand Opening and Adoption Event (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Camp Bow Wow® Long Island City Celebrates its Grand Opening in New York. Join in on the excitement and set up a free interview for your dog today!

Long Island Fiber Exchange acquires Exobit Networks (Lightwave) - September 29, 2008 -- Long Island Fiber Exchange Inc. (LIFE), a regional provider of fiber-optic bandwidth and services for education, government, and business, says that they have acquired Exobit Networks, Inc., a regional Internet and network services provider.

Long Island Sound Water Quality Upgrades Funded (Environment News Service) - , September 29, 2008 (ENS) - Grants for improving water quality in Long Island Sound were announced Friday at a gathering of federal and state environmental officials in Westchester County near the shore.

Gang Assult Suspected in Long Island Bar Stabbing (FOX 5 New York) - Four young men are charged with gang assault in the stabbing death of a 21-year-old outside a Long Island bar. The last of the four was arrested Saturday night.

Suspected Church Robber Arrested On Staten Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police have made an arrest in a string of Staten Island church burglaries. In some cases, the suspect was able to "case" his alleged targets by attending AA meetings. When you come out of church, you hope to feel the hand of god, not the long arm of the law. Yet, that's how it was for 42-year-old Lonnie Faulk, said to be homeless. He was arrested Saturday morning after he crawled out a window of ...

Clinton speaks to Long Island business, civic group (Newsday) - The fundamentals of the economy may not be so strong, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has crafted her own reply to John McCain's fumbled pep talk earlier this month.

Joel to aid NY clammer's kin with funeral costs (AP via Yahoo! News) - Billy Joel, who has championed the cause of Long Island, New York, fishermen in songs like "The Downeaster Alexa," is helping with the funeral expenses for a clam-digger whose body was found not far from the singer's mansion.

Dubai ups the ante with $2.2b hotel on Palm island (+video) (The New Zealand Herald) - DUBAI - It's the latest word in Gulf excess - a sprawling US$1.5 billion (NZ$2.2 billion) resort boasting a US$25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific, all atop a palm tree-shaped island.