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Long Island Gun Buyback Nets 475 Weapons (WCBS-TV New York) - Authorities say 475 illegal guns have been turned in at Long Island churches during an initiative that paid owners to get rid of the firearms. Saturday's event was Nassau County's first gun buyback program in 20 years. District Attorney Kathleen Rice says the results greatly surpassed officials' expectations.

Police: Drug Bust At Noted Long Island Magic Shop (WCBS-TV New York) - Police say a Long Island magic shop that helped inspire a young Criss Angel has recently been peddling drugs along with illusions. Nassau County police searched The Magic Shop in Hicksville Saturday and arrested owner Philip Piacentini and a woman who lives with him, Danielle Lazaroff. Police say the two repeatedly sold cocaine and marijuana to undercover officers at the store in the last five ...

Man munches 7 pounds of potato pancakes in 8 minutes to win Long Island latke-eating contest (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - LAKE GROVE, N.Y. - That's a lot of latkes. A 23-year-old mechanical engineering student has downed 46 of the potato pancakes in eight minutes to win a contest at a Long Island deli.

Long Island Gun Buyback Nets 475 Weapons (FOX 5 New York) - More than 400 illegal firearms were turned in at Long Island churches under a cash-for-guns program. Saturday's event was Nassau County's first gun buyback program in 20 years.

Off-duty New York police officer rescues man from Long Island marsh (Middletown Times Herald-Record) - MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities say an off-duty police officer has rescued an 80-year-old man who apparently got lost and then trapped in a muddy marsh on Long Island.

In Rhode Island, an Old Mobster Lets Go of a Long-Kept Secret (New York Times) - The location of Joe Onions? body was one secret Nicholas Pari would not to take to the grave.

Long Island Man Accused of Bank Heist, Saying He Had Gun (FOX 5 New York) - A Long Island man is accused of robbing cash from a bank after pretending he had a gun and threatening to shoot a customer.

Santa visits Long Beach Island Grade School (Press of Atlantic City) - Harvey Cedars police Detective Chuck Sahlberg, portraying Santa Claus, visits with pre-kindergarten student Nolan Anderson at the Long Beach Island Grade School in Ship Bottom. The event, sponsored by Policemen's Benevolent Society 175 of Long Beach Island and PBA 373 of Long Beach Township, included giving children gifts donated by Fantasy Island Amusement Park in Beach Haven. Pre-kindergarten ...

STORM WATCH: Long Island Blanketed With Snow and Sleet (FOX 5 New York) - Roads on Long Island were plowed many times throughout the day. As the snow fell hard--and fast--intersections became hard to navigate. As Fox 5's Andrea Day reports, drivers had a tough time getting though all the slush on the ground.

Public gets long-awaited gift from state: Elmer's Island (New Orleans Times-Picayune) - Christmas arrived last Monday for Louisiana sportsmen and other outdoors lovers at a Grand Isle press conference. Gov. Bobby Jindal -- sans the white beard and red suit -- played Santa at a photo-op we've been waiting six years to...