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Long Island legislator sentenced for tax fraud - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. A Long Island legislator will served 18 months in federal prison for failing to report on his taxes $226,000 he received from a developer. Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin was sentenced Monday. Federal Judge Sandra Feuerstein also ordered Corbin to serve three years of supervised...

Long Island Magician Gets Jail for Secretly Taping Girls - A man who called himself "Long Island's Favorite Magician" is going to prison for secretly videotaping women and girls in a photo studio dressing room in his home.

Long Island legislator sentenced - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) A Long Island legislator will served 18 months in federal prison for failing to report on his taxes $226,000 he received from a developer.

State sued over Long Island Sound stormwater pollution by environmental groups - WHITE PLAINS The environmental group Soundkeeper has filed a lawsuit against the state, alleging the Department of Environmental Conservation isn't doing enough to control stormwater dumped into Long Island Sound and other bodies of water.

Long Islands Unidentified Murder Victims - The horn blows. Then a puff of smoke. Its 6 a.m. and already 84 degrees on Fordham Street. Officers, black faceless silhouettes in the early morning sun, line the pier, a dead end area off-limits to the public. They wait, pacing at the waters edge. Then a rumble from behind. A white truck barrels through [...]

Long Island legislator sentenced - Associated Press - June 29, 2010 6:05 AM ET CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island legislator will served 18 months in federal prison for failing to report on his taxes $226,000 he received...

Money Erodes a Holdout of Old Long Island - Old hotels in the once unmanicured fishing hamlet of Montauk have been transformed into fashionable resorts.

Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride Invites Public to Ride Along on Long Island - JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On July 23 and 24, New Yorkers are invited to join injured service men and women as they participate in a three-day rehabilitative bicycling ride across Long Island. As wounded warriors from the current conflicts benefit from the physical rehabilitation and are honored by local supporters, the public is encouraged to ride along, get to know ...

Report: Cesspools Polluting Long Island Waterways - An environmental group said cesspools in Long Island's Suffolk County were releasing high levels of nitrogen into the area's waterways. A report by Peconic Baykeeper said the nitrogen was harming fish life and causing algae blooms and invasive weeds. It called on the county to overhaul its septic code, designate nitrogen-sensitive areas and create incentives for homeowners to replace old systems.

Long Island cop uses shotgun-like gizmo Res-Q-max to rescue drowning man - A quick-thinking Long Island cop rescued a drowning man in dramatic fashion early Saturday morning with the help of a James Bond-type device, police said.