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Swastikas are painted on Long Island church (The Buffalo News) - SOUND BEACH (AP) - Police are looking for vandals who painted at least eight swastikas on a Long Island church. Clergymen arriving Sunday at St. Louis de Montfort Church discovered the swastikas.

Honolulu Officials Back Rail as Best Long-Term Transportation Solution on Island, But Decision Remains on Final Route (Smart Growth Online) - Urged by residents, labor leaders and other officials, including University of Hawaii-Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan and Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie, the Honolulu City Council's Transportation Committee passed a bill (79) that calls rail ''the best selection for the long-term needs and demands of our growing island population,'' with Mayor Mufi Hannemann optimistic the full council

Grey Island's InterFleet Wins Long Island Rail Road Contract (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Grey Island Systems International Inc today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary InterFleet Inc. has been awarded a contract with the Long Island Rail Road , to track and manage its fleet of 550 service vehicles.

Canadian Woman Mourns Sister Killed In Big Island Crash (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - A Vancouver, Canada, woman killed in a car crash on the Big Island Friday night was remembered by her sister as a bright, funny person who loved to travel.

BU starts slow, unable to catch Long Island U. (Press & Sun-Bulletin) - BROOKLYN -- For four and a half long minutes, the zero sat under the Binghamton University men's basketball team's name on the scoreboard. While the Bearcats were being blanked, Long Island University was running up and down the court, hitting shots, passing the ball well and making defensive plays.

Dell gets virtual with Second Life island (Austin American-Statesman) - Inhabitants of online society can soup up PCs and then go buy them. Dell Inc. has planted its flag in the virtual new world. The company Tuesday unveiled Dell Island, a patch of real estate in the increasingly popular Second Life three-dimensional online society.

Long-term parking fees considered for ferry terminal (KTVA Anchorage) - The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly has given initial approval for long-term parking fees at the airport ferry terminal parking lot on Revilla Island. The matter comes back for a second vote on November 20th. The ferry terminal parking lot is for people who use Ketchikan International Airport.

Long Island city hires first black officers in 4 decades (The Buffalo News) - LONG BEACH (AP) - This Long Island city has hired its first black police officers in nearly 40 years. Two of four new officers being sworn in next Wednesday are black. All come from the New York Police Department.

Marler Park Back After Long Hiatus (RedNova) - By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Nov. 14--O ing, but Gene Taylor, cast net at the ready, was enjoying his afternoon at refurbished Marler Park anyway. KALOOSA ISLAND -- The mullet weren't cooperat-"I think it's great," he said about the park Monday.

San Juans butterfly, long thought extinct, won't get threatened species status (The Olympian) - The Island Marble butterfly, a recently rediscovered species thought to have been extinct for more than 90 years, will not be added to the federal list of threatened and endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today.