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Long Island Health Network recognizes Good Samaritan nurse as 'Hero of Healthcare' (Babylon Beacon) - Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center Nurse Renee Schacker, RN, shown center, was honored by the Long Island Health Network as a "Hero of Healthcare" during its recent annual symposium attended by some 700 nurses, doctors and other caregivers.

Long Island Chapter of the NYS Association of Health Care Providers awards local resident (Babylon Beacon) - Long Island Chapter of the NYS Association of Health Care Providers takes three of this year's HCP awards.

Long Island Gun Buy Back Nets 475 Weapons (1010 WINS 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.

Thugs Rob Long Island Pizza Man of Car, Cash, and Pizza (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island delivery man has been robbed of his car, his money and his pizza.

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.

Man munches 7 pounds of potato pancakes in 8 minutes to win Long Island latke-eating contest (Sun-Sentinel) - LAKE GROVE, N.Y. (AP) — 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's small retailers trying to stay afloat (Newsday) - As the economy continues its nosedive the pace of business around Long Island has small merchants worried.

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 ...

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.

Web site lets Cubans abroad buy gifts on island (AP via Yahoo! News) - A country that shunned Christmas for decades is now looking to cash in on the holiday season, promoting an online shopping site designed to let Cubans overseas buy everything from flowers to flat-screen TVs for delivery to relatives on the island.