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Rain Causes Major Flooding on Long Island (WPIX 11 New York) - Torrential Rain Causes Significant Flooding in Huntington Station; Homes and Business are Submerged in Water Believe it or not some coastal locations fared better than inland areas of Long Island.

Long Island Railroad Provides Additional Service For Religious Holidays (WPIX 11 New York) - Long Island Rail Road is providing extra service on the Babylon, Far Rockaway, Port Jefferson and Port Washington branches on Tuesday and Good Friday.

Long Island Couple Accused of 11 Armed Robberies (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island couple is accused of committing 11 armed robberies in about a month.

Long Island driver accused of running down child while high on heroin (Greenwich Time) - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A Long Island prosecutor says a driver took heroin before mowing down an 11-year-old girl last fall. Maureen Lambert pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment with a top charge of manslaughter.

Beach Erosion Fears Rise With Tide On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Long Island was really getting pounded by heavy rain on Monday evening, and some people still haven't recovered yet from the last round of storms. Doris Salazar's biggest fear isn't that she won't be allowed to move back into her home -- she's worried the landlord will tell her to come home ... to a nightmare. Her apartment was one of 18 in a Lynbrook building damaged by last month's monster ...

JetBlue to move HQ to Long Island City (Queens Chronicle) - JetBlue won’t be flying south anytime soon. Executives at the Forest Hills based airline said the company would stay in Queens on Monday — turning their backs on a year-long courtship with Orlando officials, who wanted JetBlue to elope.

A battered Rhode Island watches as the water rises (AP via Yahoo! News) - A record-shattering rainstorm hammered the Northeast on Tuesday, delivering widespread flooding for the second time this month and unleashing particular havoc in Rhode Island, a tiny coastal state already beleaguered by a sagging economy and backbreaking unemployment rate.

Long Island Flooding (FOX 5 New York) - What a wet March it has been, according to weather experts. The rain has pounded the Tristate, although the heaviest rain has ended and the storm system is moving away.

Police investigate Long Island Jell-O tampering (WABC-TV New York) - Police are still searching for the person responsible for tampering with pudding packages on Long Island.

Long Island couple, Mets fans first to celebrate wedding at Citi Field (New York Daily News) - Two Long Island lovebirds hit a home run yesterday by becoming the first couple to celebrate their wedding at Citi Field.