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5 Injured In Long Island Boat Accident (WNBC) - Five people are recovering from a boat collision in the waters off Long Island.

Boat Collision Off Long Island Injures 5 (WCBS-TV New York) - Five people are recovering from a boat collision in the waters off Long Island. Police in Nassau County say a 29-foot motorboat hit a 22-footer in Merrick on Saturday afternoon.

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.

Rhode Island has ample supply of flu vaccine (The Providence Journal) - Thousands of doses of flu vaccine are going out to health-care providers around the state, and public flu clinics are already under way, as Rhode Island’s unique, centralized flu-shot distribution program moves into its second year.

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.

O’Connell brings football back to island (Galveston County Daily News) - GALVESTON — The O'Connell Buccaneers brought football back to the island following Hurricane Ike with a 24-20 victory over Katy Faith West.

Overdue salute to Ellis Island's first immigrant (New York Daily News) - More than 80 years after her death, the first person to pass through Ellis Island finally has a marker on her last resting place. A Celtic cross carved from Irish blue limestone was placed Saturday on the Queens gravesite of Annie Moore.

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.