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Stolen Chihuahua pup returned to Long Island store (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - April 15, 2009 5:45 PM ET BELLMORE, N.Y. (AP) - A stolen, $3,000 Chihuahua puppy has been returned to a Long Island pet store with an apologetic note.

Long Island Colleges Vie for Hispanic Students (HispanicBusiness.com) - As Hispanic students increase their presence on college campuses -- going from 10 percent to 12 percent of students nationwide between 2006 and 2007 -- Long Island colleges are reaching out to capture the demographic.

Long Island-based ship attacked by pirates, officials say (FOX 2 News St. Louis) - Somali pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at a Long Island-owned vessel traveling through perilous waters off the Horn of Africa, officials said Tuesday.

Long Island LNG terminal seems less likely (MSNBC) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its opposition to a proposed massive floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound.

Island Hotels Group Employees awarded Long Service Awards (Maltamedia.com Daily News) - 56 members of staff within the Island Hotels Group received a commemorative long service award following periods of service ranging from 5 to 20 years.They were given their awards during a special ceremony held in the Grand Ballroom at the Radisson SAS Golden Sands resort & Spa on Monday 6th April. Twenty-four employees were in fact [...]

Feds oppose gas terminal in Long Island Sound (Journal Inquirer) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its opposition to a proposed massive floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound. Environmentalists hailed the decision as a victory over “the corporate Goliaths of our time.”

Pirates attack ship owned by Long Island firm (WABC-TV New York) - Somali pirates fired on an American freighter from Long Island.

AG Long Island Exec Ran Massive Fraud (WPIX 11 New York) - The Long Island head of one of the largest process-serving firms in the state was arrested Tuesday morning on charges of running a massive fraud scheme by failing to properly serve court papers on thousands, authorities said. As a result of the actions by William Singler, the head of American Legal Process in Lynbrook, the victims from Long Island and around the state had their finances frozen ...

Long Island foreclosures rise (Long Island Business News) - Nassau County home foreclosures jumped 41 percent in the first quarter of 2009, while foreclosures rose 14 percent in Suffolk compared with the last quarter of 2008. Altogether there were 943 foreclosure auctions on Long Island in the first quarter of this year, 222 more than the previous quarter, a 31 percent spike, according to the [...]

Pirates attack ship owned by Long Island firm (WABC-TV New York) - A ship with ties to Long Island came under attack by Somali pirates on Tuesday.