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Long Island man acquitted of spa sex abuse (Newsday.com) - NEW YORK (AP) _ A masseur accused of inappropriately touching two customers at a spa on Long Island was acquitted of any criminal wrongdoing.

Man arrested for drunken driving on Long Island flees in police cruiser (CNews) - SELDEN, N.Y. (AP) - A man arrested on Long Island, N.Y., on Saturday for alleged drunken driving slipped off his handcuffs, slid into the driver's seat of a police car and sped off, police said.

Long Island Crisis Center recognizes volunteer of the month, Amityville resident Regina Harris (Amityville Record) - Long Island Crisis Center, the oldest crisis intervention hotline on Long Island, recognizes Regina Harris as Counselor Assistant of the Month. Counselor assistants answer business lines, greet walk-in clients, and help out counselors in any way possible.

Long Island Coalition for Life Oratory contest application process underway (Babylon Beacon) - All tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students are invited to participate in the Long Island Coalition for Life Oratory Contest to be held Sunday, April 2, 2006 at Kellenberg Memorial High School, Uniondale.

"Wild" Bill Boer: legendary Long Island drag racer and auto mechanic (Babylon Beacon) - Bill Boer was a Long Island drag racer who always triumphed the race and stole the trophy at the Hampton Dragway quarter-mile. His winning ability combined with his habit of whipping off his helmet after he shifted into second gear earned him the nickname Wild Bill.

Stehle (27), Crimson roll over Long Island (Boston Globe) - Matt Stehle scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Harvard's 91-79 victory over Long Island University last night in Cambridge.

Stehle (27), Crimson roll over Long Island (Boston Globe) - Matt Stehle scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Harvard's 91-79 victory over Long Island University last night in Cambridge. Drew Housman and Jim Goffredo each added 18 points for the Crimson (6-3) as they broke a three-game losing streak.

Long Island Tree Trimmer Dies When Branch Breaks (WNBC) - HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. -- A Long Island tree trimmer was killed Wednesday after a branch broke and he fell 100 feet to the ground, Suffolk County police said.

NY agency approves Verizon cable deal for Long Island village (Newsday.com) - NEW YORK -- The state Public Service Commission announced Wednesday it has approved an application from Verizon to operate a cable television franchise in the village of Massapequa Park, the first competition on Long Island for the long-established Cablevision.

300+ fish killed at Brunner Island (The Patriot News) - Investigators for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recovered the carcasses of about 300 fish in the wake of the fish kill that occurred Nov. 30 downriver of PPL Corp.'s Brunner Island electric generating facility on the Susquehanna River.