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Pumpkin-Throwing Vandals Plague Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police on Long Island are searching for vandals who have thrown pumpkins at several cars, shattering windows and leaving many frustrated and without drivable vehicles. Nassau County residents Robert and Ellen Meade are two of the victims who woke up to find their car sustaining serious damage from one of the gourds. A ten-pound pumpkin was hurled their the rear window of their new Chevrolet

Vandals Mar Holiday On Long Island (WNBC) - Long Islanders find broken windshields on their cars in the day before Thanksgiving.

Despite Fewer Lockups, NYC Has Seen Big Drop in Crime (Washington Post) - NEW YORK -- The correction commissioner walks down a long row of cells painted blue, his footsteps echoing inside the massive Rikers Island jail block.

Four Arrested For Shoplifting On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Economists will tell you this is the beginning of the biggest shopping season of the year. Storeowners agree, but also say it is the beginning of the biggest shoplifting season too. Suffolk County police say they were called to the Victoria Secrets Store in the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington Station last night about shoplifters.

Bid awarded for island bridge (Eastern Shore News) - CHINCOTEAGUE -- Though the calender still says it's November, it's Christmastime for Chincoteague residents, as a long-awaited contract was awarded for construction of a new island bridge last Thursday.

Gopher Victory, 70, Long Island 54 (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Lawrence McKenzie scored 24 points and Dan Coleman added 21 to lead Minnesota to a 70-54 victory over Long Island on Friday night. More Sports News

Long Island Politicians Defend Unconventional Uses of Campaign Funds (WCBS 880 New York) - Some Long Island politicians are spending campaign money on items ranging from Spanish lessons to funeral flowers, according to a Newsday report.

Crooked Island - Off the beaten track (The Nassau Guardian) - Crooked Island is one of the group of three - Crooked Island, Acklins and Long Cay which are jewels in the southern Bahamas. Crooked Island and Acklins are enclosed in a shallow lagoon known the Bight of Acklins.

Penguins Notebook: Crosby's status for game today remains unclear (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Sidney Crosby skated at Mellon Arena yesterday morning and plans to do it again today on Long Island.

MDMK workers to take part in day-long fast (New Kerala) - Coimbatore, Nov 23: MDMK workers and party MPs and MLAs will take part in a day-long fast in New Delhi on November 27 to protest Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's visit to India.