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5 Long Island House members seek $1 billion in earmarks (Newsday) - WASHINGTON - In the first required disclosure of all House earmark requests, Long Island's five representatives have asked for nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to fund local projects and other programs.

Fire destroys businesses on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - A fire burned through the roof of businesses on Long Island Thursday.

Long Island Jews celebrate Passover's first night (Newsday) - With bitter herbs and unleavened bread, observant Long Island Jews yesterday celebrated the first night of Passover with rituals harking back to the Jewish people's liberation from slavery in Egypt more than three thousand years ago.

Born in the U.S.A.: Whitman museum on Long Island a hallowed site (Journal Inquirer) - HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — They are called “Whitmaniacs” and they make the pilgrimage from around the globe to the Walt Whitman birthplace in Huntington, Long Island.

Police: Freon leak sickens 11 at Long Island store (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Police say a Freon gas leak at a Long Island supermarket has sent 11 people to a hospital with dizziness and sore throats.

Tonight, debut of 'Harper's Island,' 'Southland,' 'Parks and Recreation' (The Buffalo News) - They've been promoted to death for weeks. Now CBS' “Harper's Island” and NBC's “Southland” and “Parks and Recreation” don't have very long to impress.

Kayaker rescued in Long Island Sound (New Haven Register) - Associated Press RYE, N.Y. — A rescuer says a severely hypothermic man spent at least half an hour in the 38-degree Long Island Sound after his kayak capsized.

History blooms once again at Apple Island (West Bloomfield Eccentric) - The homes have long since been removed, but Apple Island is still full of history.

Fla.-bound jet returns to Long Island airport (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - April 6, 2009 9:55 PM ET RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (AP) - A Florida-bound Southwest Airlines jetliner has returned to New York's Long Island MacArthur Airport after experiencing...

Two teens rescued in Long Island Sound (Norwalk Advocate) - DARIEN -- Two teenage brothers were rescued in Long Island Sound Sunday afternoon after strong winds blew their kayak four miles south of the Darien-Norwalk shoreline.