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Rooster raid on Long Island (New York Daily News) - Officers confiscated 13 fighting roosters from a Long Island home after a neighbor reported hearing and seeing the scrawny birds in the backyard, officials said Sunday.

LIPA, Census Bureau differ on Long Island population (Newsday) - Has Nassau County lost 28,011 people this decade, as the U.S. Census Bureau estimates, or gained 20,758, as calculated by the Long Island Power Authority?

Fighting roosters seized from Long Island home (Middletown Times Herald-Record) - NEW YORK (AP) – Animal control officers on Long Island say they confiscated 13 fighting roosters from a home in Copiague after a neighbor reported the birds crowing in the afternoon and an especially scrawny one pecking around the backyard next door.

Long Island plans future indoor ski resort (AP via Yahoo! News) - The 35-story indoor ski mountain would soar over bucolic pine barrens and farms at the twin forks of Long Island.

Cannons fall in OT battle with Long Island (OurSports Central) - BOSTON, MA - Saturday, May 31, 2008 - The Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) were defeated in a hard-fought battle with the Long Island Lizards, in overtime by a score of 20-19, in front of 3,642 fans at Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, New York, on Saturday night.

Man dies, woman gives birth after Long Island car crash (Asbury Park Press) - RIDGE, N.Y. — A pregnant woman who drove into a head-on car crash on a Long Island road has given birth. But the 74-year-old man who was driving the other car has died. Suffolk County police say 28-year-old Jennifer Jorgensen was driving east in Ridge on Friday afternoon while Robert Kelly was driving west with his 70-year-old wife in the passenger seat next to him. Their cars slammed into each ...

Forbes trial begins on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - The trial of a woman accused of killing her husband began on Monday.

Eco-Realty Comes To Long Island's Upscale East End (WCBS-TV New York) - The east end of Long Island is famous for its multi-million dollar homes and luxurious living. But some potential home buyers are going green and they want their homes to be green, too. CBS 2 HD talked to two people who are providing luxury living that's good for the environment. Peter Sabbeth is an artist turned eco-builder. He wanted to prove that lavish Long Island living can also be green, ...

50 Cent's Long Island house up in flames; ex-girlfriend and son escape (The Star-Ledger) - A Long Island home owned by rapper 50 Cent but occupied by his former girlfriend burned down Friday morning in what authorities are terming a "suspicious" fire, the Associated Press reports.

Island of Rum is handed back to community (Times Online) - It is one of the most romantic of all the islands of the Hebrides - but also one of the saddest. On one single day in July 1826, the Island of Rum was “cleared” of its entire population of 350 people, shipped out to Nova Scotia by its debt-ridden owner, to be replaced by 8,000 sheep.