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Long Island police officer killed in crash (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - February 22, 2009 4:55 PM ET COMMACK, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island police officer has died on duty after his car was hit by another motorist arrested on a drunken-driving...

Softball edges Long Island, 5-4 in tourney finale (Texas Longhorns) - Texas uses a three-run homer by sophomore catcher Amy Hooks in the seventh to knock off Long Island, 5-4. CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – The Texas Softball answered a sixth-inning Long Island rally with a three-run homer by sophomore catcher Amy Hooks in the seventh to knock off the Blackbirds, 5-4 in UT’s Cathedral City Classic finale.

Lamp designer sees the light in Long Island City (amNewYork) - Gordon Joseph opened his lamp-design shop in Long Island City in October 2008. By Lana Bortolot Special to amNewYork Lamp designer Gordon Joseph saw an opportunity when he moved his shop, Lightbox Home, from the East Village to Long...

Infamous Long Island child molester dies in prison (The Auburn Citizen) - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- An infamous sex offender collapsed and died Saturday at a Long Island jail after refusing medical treatment, Suffolk County officials said.

FirstService Awarded Leasing Assignment to Long Island Retail Center (Commercial Property News) - FirstService Williams has secured the exclusive retail leasing assignment to The Waterfront at Port Chester, a half-million-square-foot retail center on the Long Island Sound in Port Chester, N.Y. The complex is anchored by Costco, Super Stop & Shop, Loew’s Cineplex and Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Gillibrand makes first visit to Long Island as senator (Newsday) - Kirsten Gillibrand, in her first visit to Long Island since being appointed to the U.S. Senate last month, reassured advocates of gun control and immigrant rights on Friday that she's open to views different than her own.

Gillibrand Meets with Long Island Business Leaders (WCBS 880 New York) - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been meeting with Long Island business and political leaders in ``get-to-know-you'' sessions. READ MORE>>

Beach cleanup boosts off-season business on Long Beach Island (The Star-Ledger) - Long Beach Island merchants are filling their winter tills thanks to the federal government's clean up of leftover World War I explosives. APsome of the more than 1,100 old fuses and small anti-aircraft shells that have been found as the...

Mother, 3 Children Killed In Long Island Fire (WCBS-TV New York) - An early-morning fire engulfed two apartments above a coin-operated laundry on Long Island on Thursday, killing a woman, her two young daughters and her teenage son, CBS 2 HD has learned. Eight people jumped out of the second-floor windows and survived. Investigators said the fire did not start in the laundry. They were focusing their investigation on a stairway on the ground floor that leads to ...

Ordnance clean up good for Long Beach Island business (Daily Record) - SURF CITY, N.J. (AP) — Long Beach Island merchants are filling their winter tills thanks to the federal government's clean up of leftover World War I explosives.