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Long Island planetarium's new telescope in time for lunar eclipse (FOX 5 New York) - A total lunar eclipse will occur Wednesday night, and the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium on Long Island plans to use its new telescope to see it.

Pedestrian Finds Lenoir Man's Stabbed Body In Long Island Parking Lot (WSOC-TV Charlotte) - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- The body of a North Carolina man has been found in a Long Island parking lot. Nassau County police say a pedestrian passing by the Hempstead lot early Sunday morning saw the man lying on the ground and called for help.

Man's Stabbed Body in Long Island Parking Lot (FOX 5 New York) - The body of a North Carolina man has been found in a Long Island parking lot.

Pedestrian finds NC man's stabbed body in Long Island parking lot (The Herald-Sun) - The body of a North Carolina man has been found in a Long Island parking lot. Nassau County police say a pedestrian passing by the Hempstead lot early Sunday morning saw the man lying on the ground and called for help. Police determined the man had been stabbed several times in the torso.

Cops probe Long Island machete slay (New York Daily News) - Long Island cops are investigating the machete murder of a man found hacked to death in his backyard Friday night.

Nippon Oil Buys Crude From Sakhalin-1 Under Long Term Contract (Bloomberg.com) - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Nippon Oil Corp., Japan's largest refiner, signed a long-term contract to buy Russian oil from Sakhalin island, the first such agreement by the country's refiners in a drive to diversify supply from the Middle East.

Long Island Machete Murder (FOX 5 New York) - A Long Island man was found slashed to death with a machete. Police said the Brentwood man had cuts all over his body. His body was discovered Friday night in his backyard.

No. 12 Xavier survives Rhode Island's second-half rally (USA Today) - Josh Duncan scored 23 points and B.J. Raymond added 14 to help No. 12 Xavier edge Rhode Island 81-77 on Monday night.

No. 10 Xavier beats Rhode Island (AP via Yahoo! News) - Josh Duncan scored 23 points, B.J. Raymond added 14 and No. 10 Xavier overcame a furious second-half run to hold on for an 81-77 win over Rhode Island on Monday night.

TRITEC Plans $145M Mixed-Use for Long Island Store Site (Commercial Property News) - Long Island, N.Y., is not known for dense development, but a proposal is afoot for a $145 million mixed-use redevelopment in Suffolk County.