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Long Island Prices Fall as Housing Slump Extends Suburban Grip (Bloomberg) - Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Long Island house prices fell the most in at least four years in the third quarter as the national housing slump extended its grip on New York City's suburbs.

Long Island premiere of "The Pillowman" (Newsday) - WHAT Long Island premiere of "The Pillowman," Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about a writer in a totalitarian state interrogated about his gruesome short stories.

Long Island National Cemetery annual Veteran's Day service (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island National Cemetery Memorial Organization invites the public to attend the annual Veteran's Day Memorial Service on Sun., Nov. 2, 1:30 p.m. at the Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, Wellwood Avenue entrance. Military and organizational color guards will present their colors as they pass in review.

Long Island Town Praying For Wounded NYPD Officer (WCBS-TV New York) - There are a lot of people pulling for the swift recovery of NYPD Officer Shane Farina. Many of them are in his Long Island neighborhood. Farina was shot in his side, just under his bullet proof vest, by a suspect inside a Queens subway station on Tuesday. In Center Moriches, neighbors are concerned about Farina and his family.

Racist fliers placed on cars at Long Island rail station (New York Daily News) - Commuters found fliers with the image of a white-hooded horseman holding a blazing cross placed on the windshields of hundreds of cars parked at a Long Island Rail Road station.

KKK Fliers at Long Island Parking Lot (FOX 5 New York) - An apparent white supremacist group stuck KKK recruitment fliers on cars in a train station parking lot on Long Island. A lot of commuters who found the fliers were shocked and disturbed. Cops are investigating, but they say the fliers are probably protected by the First Amendment.

Long Island's job market tightens (Newsday) - For many Long Islanders, the road to new employment has become an uphill battle.

SUNY Albany student from Long Island shot, killed off campus (The Journal News) - ALBANY - A 26-year-old Albany University, SUNY, student from Long Island died yesterday, about 14 hours after he was shot in the head on a city street, police said.

Long Island college student shot to death near University of Albany (New York Daily News) - A college student from Long Island who dreamed of following in his father's footsteps and becoming a cop died Tuesday after he was gunned down near his upstate college.

Uniondale's Long Island Marriott Hotel Unveils $21 Million Renovation of Meeting Space & Guest Rooms (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - The Long Island Marriott Hotel & Conference Center recently completed a $21 million renovation, unveiling extensive updates to the hotel's guest rooms, lobby, meeting space, wedding venues & lounges.