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Long Island Pol Accused of Stealing from Dying Priest (Gothamist) - Stealing from a priest sounds pretty sleazy, but you know what sounds even slimier? Stealing from your priest cousin, who's given you power of attorney because he's dying of cancer and can't take care of himself. That's the allegation leveled at one John Orlando, who gets bonus scoundrel points for being a Long Island politician. Orlando, a village trustee in tony Bellport , was hit with a ...

2 hurt in shooting at Long Island gym (Middletown Times Herald-Record) - NEW YORK (AP) -- Police on Long Island say two men were hurt when someone in a parking lot fired shots that went into a gym.

2 plead not guilty to upgraded charges in Long Island murder-for-hire case (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - Two suspects have pleaded not guilty in the shooting of a Long Island attorney in what authorities say was a murder-for-hire plot. James DiMartino was shot outside a restaurant in October. His business partner, Ronald Thornton, is accused of paying three people to have him killed.

Supreme Court won't disturb Conn. decision to deny permit for Long Island Sound gas pipeline (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - I would guess that Long Island would be an ideal place for wind towers. Small ones in neighborhoods instead of a huge "farm" would … read more eliminate the need for extensive grids to carry power.

The New Napa Valley (in Long Island!) (New York Post) - "My blood pressure drops as soon as the Jitney gets to the other side of Riverhead," says Juliette Pope, the beverage director at the Gramercy Tavern-and an avid fan of the East End of Long Island. "There is an unspoiled quality to the landscape there-quaint towns, farm stands and pick-your-own fields along the way." In the past three years, Juliette's lost some of her closest friends from ...

Riverhead Wins Long Island Division II Title (East Hampton Independent) - Elmont should have never shown up. The 2008 Nassau County Division II football champion's bus should have made a quick circle around Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium parking lot, surveyed its situation and headed back west while the getting was still good.

Island Park homes evacuated after gas leak (Newsday) - Train service to Long Beach running after brief suspension A gas leak caused the evacuation of homes in Island Park and interrupted LIRR Long Beach branch service, officials said.

Police: NY doctor dead at scene of suicide pact (AP via Yahoo! News) - A Long Island doctor who admitted killing his terminally ill wife last month in a botched suicide pact has apparently taken his own life.

Burnout Paradise to Introduce New Island Next Year (1up.com) - Among its other planned downloadable content for 2009, Burnout Paradise is preparing to unlock an entirely new island. Dubbed "Big Surf Island" for its massive jumps, the area is said to be about the size of Downtown Paradise. The island will be the ultimate destination of the incomplete suspension bridge off the coast of east downtown. Big Surf Island is centered around long drifts ...

Jekyll Island Authority Approves Private Partnering Agreement with Linger Longer Communities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) - In a called board meeting Monday, the Jekyll Island Authority approved a Private Partnering Agreement with Linger Longer Communities, establishing a public-private partnership intended to bring about revitalization and long-term sustainability of Jekyll Island. Linger Longer was selected by the Jekyll Island Authority in September 2007 as the revitalization partner, and has since worked with ...