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Long Island,NY Industrial Vacancies Nudge Higher, Rents Rise (PR Web) - Industrial vacancies in Long Island's two-county market crept higher during the 2006 second quarter as propsective tenants resisted higher rents, the commercial real estate services firm Sutton & Edwards Inc./TCN Worldwide reported. (PRWEB Jul 17, 2006)

Long live the Empire (Long Island Business News) - BROOKHAVEN – Brookhaven’s Empire Zone just earned another decade. The state Empire Zone Designation Board granted qualified businesses in the 1,280-acre zone 10 more years of tax credits and benefits – incentives that can help a company succeed and keep it on Long Island.

Gianini leads Robins over Long Island (Stamford Advocate) - STAMFORD -- Stamford Robins' pitching ace Matt Gianini tossed another gem last night, limiting the Long Island Stars to three hits and one run in eight innings as the Robins defeated the Stars, 3-1, at Cubeta Stadium.

Nature Conservancy of Long Island Succeeds in Helping Piping Plovers Recover (RedNova) - By Henry E. Powderly II According to the Nature Conservancy of Long Island, 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the piping plover's listing under the Endangered Species Act, a designation that has helped the birds recover.

Wheeling Island Gaming’s credit rating downgraded (The Charleston Gazette) - WHEELING — Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded the credit rating for Wheeling Island Gaming Inc. to a B+ with negative implications, citing imminent competition from slot machines at Pennsylvania racetracks.

'We thought we would die sadness' (New York Daily News) - Not far from where TWA Flight 800 exploded over Long Island, hundreds gathered yesterday to mark the decade since the tragedy that killed 230 people.

Earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia's Java island, 86 killed, many missing (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - CIAMIS, Indonesia (CP) - An earthquake sent a two-metre-high tsunami crashing into beach resorts on Java Island Monday, killing at least 86 people, leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing in an area spared by the devastating tsunami of 2004, officials, witnesses and media reports said.

UN food agency launches campaign to bolster peace in Philippine island of Mindanao (EuropaWorld) - More than 2 million deprived people on the war-ravaged southern Philippines’ island of Mindanao are benefiting from a $27-million aid operation launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week in support of Government effort to end the long-standing conflict with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Earthquake and tsunami hit Indonesia’s Java island; 47 reported killed (Lake Sun Leader) - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake sent a 6-foot-high tsunami crashing into beach resorts on Indonesia’s Java island Monday, killing at least 69 people, leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground, officials and witnesses said.

LIRR RIDERS BEHAVING BADLY READERS' STORIES (Newsday) - As part of its coverage of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter's Council survey of bad behavior on the trains, Newsday is asking readers to send in stories of behavior they could do without. Here are samples: