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Boats Collide Off Long Island (FOX 5 New York) - Five people were hurt after two boats collided Saturday off Long Island. The crash happened shortly after 2 p.m, in the waters off Merrick, N.Y. One person was hospitalized with a back injury; the others suffered cuts and bruises.

Long Island Sound Cleanup Efforts Get Boost (Hartford Courant) - Efforts to clean up Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay got a $3.3 million boost this week, thanks in part to two settlements in pollution cases.

Suspected Con Artists Arrested On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - As the economic crisis worsens, police on Long Island said unscrupulous con artists are taking advantage. Last week in Suffolk County and Thursday night in Nassau, two men arrested in separate fraudulent realtor crimes.

TV Choice and Competition Near for Residents of the Long Island Communities of Cove Neck and Brightwaters (Broadcast Newsroom) - NEW YORK , Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of two Long Island villages are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.

Notorious Long Island Slumlord Arrested (WCBS-TV New York) - There was a surprise arrest of a Long Island landlord on Wednesday. He's the owner of a West Babylon house where three tenants died from carbon monoxide poisoning last year, including a 4-year-old girl.

Gwaltney back playing on Long Island (Babylon Beacon) - He is arguably the best running back Long Island has ever had. His numbers top the record books. His name is synonymous with gridiron chatter, but Jason Gwaltney hadn't played in a football game in almost three years. He was handed a silver platter with scholarships to some of the nation's best schools: USC, Ohio State, West Virginia, which he ultimately took.

Pirate Festival underway on Tybee Island (WTOC 11 Savannah) - Pirates from all over the country descend on Tybee Island for a weekend long celebration.

Travel: Disputed tours coming to island where JFK Jr. wed (The State) - IF YOU GO CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE: Reachable via ferry from St. Marys, Ga., about 265 miles south of Columbia Ferry reservations are required; tickets are $17 for adults, $12 for children younger than 12 and $15 for seniors, plus $4 park entrance fee for anyone over 16. Open daily with ferry departures at 9 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. The island has 50 miles of hiking trails and 17 miles ...

Long Island's Nassau Co. now Democratic (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - October 8, 2008 2:05 PM ET MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans in Long Island's Nassau County, once 1 of the country's foremost Republican...

Long Island's Nassau Co. now Democratic (The Post-Standard) - MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Registered Democrats now outnumber Republicans in Long Island's Nassau County, once one of the country's foremost Republican strongholds.