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Call Of The Cicadas In Full Force On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - On Thursday night on Long Island, there was a sign and sound of the times. An insect infestation that occurs every 17 years is really bugging residents. They're called cicadas and as CBS 2 HD has learned, everything you've heard about them is true.

GUN LINKED TO NEWARK TRIPLE MURDER FOUND ON LONG ISLAND (New York Post) - A gun linked to three New Jersey playground killings has been recovered during a weapons seizure in New York, authorities said Thursday. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota on Long Island said in a statement Thursday that the ...

Cicadas Invade Long Island (FOX 5 New York) - It sounds "like a spaceship," according to one person. But it's insects, not aliens, that are all over Coram, Commack and a third Long Island town. It's an infestation that happens once every 17 years. Fox 5's Rob Malcolm talked to people dealing with the pesky, noisy bugs.

Long Island churches unite to help the victims of the Gulf Coast (Amityville Record) - The churches of Long Island united to help the victims of the Gulf Coast during the President's week school vacation.

"Pub Crawl" fundraiser for Long Island's Ed Lowe (Amityville Record) - Ed Lowe, popular Long Island columnist, has begun the long process of physical therapy to recover from a recent stroke. To support this effort the Ancient Order of Hibernians (Huntington division four) has scheduled a "Pub Crawl" to raise money for Ed's treatment.

Many Long Island markets, eateries yank tomatoes (Newsday) - While federal authorities searched for the source of a salmonella outbreak, many Long Island supermarkets and restaurants this week stopped serving tomatoes suspected of being contaminated with the bacteria.

Long Island Luncheonettes (Newsday) - Long Island still has dozens of luncheonettes. Here's what's great about 25 of them.

Power out in parts of Queens, Long Island (New York Daily News) - Tens of thousands of households on the Rockaway Peninsula and on Long Island have lost power. The Long Island Power Authority says the blackout started at 1:30 p.m. and has been traced to a substation in Valley Stream. The cause is not known.

Power Restored To Rockaways, Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - After an incident at a substation in Valley Stream left nearly 24,000 without power in the Rockaways and another 24,000 in Hempstead, Long Island, LIPA has reported complete power restoration to all regions affected, CBS 2 HD has learned. A-train service in both directions between the Howard Beach-JFK Airport Station and the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue/Rockaway Park-Beach 116th Street Stations is ...

50 Cent Cant Sell Long Island Home (New York Times) - A judge has told 50 Cent that he may not dispose of the Long Island property where a $2.4 million house was destroyed by fire two weeks ago, The Associated Press reported.