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When NASA Defined Long Island (New York Times) - Long Island was once known for being the birthplace of aviation and a home to NASA. The death of Walter Cronkite stirred up some of the old lunar fever.

LONG ISLAND WOMAN BITES FIRST RESPONDERS: REPORT (New York Post) - First responders on Long Island last night were bitten, kicked and punched by the woman they were trying to aid, authorities said. When two cops and an ambulance worker arrived to help Courtney Anderson, 27, of Hicksville, she fought them...

KFC's Secret Recipe Decoded by Long Island Man? (Gothamist) - Via KFC Cruelty KFC, which guards its secret recipe so closely that it's kept in a safe at corporate headquarters, can't be too happy about this: A Long Island man says he's all but figured out the secret to KFC's distinctive taste. Two years ago Ron Douglas quit his job as finance manager at JP Morgan to fully devote himself to his website , which publishes recipes that aim to recreate menu ...

Canadian air means boon for Long Island weather (Newsday) - With high temperatures at Long Island MacArthur Airport topping 80 degrees only 10 days all year and humidity readings well below normal, the question must be asked: Who turned on the AC?

Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI), the Largest and One of the Most Prestigious Multi-Specialty ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Throughout August and September, doctors in the Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island practice will perform FREE surgery at the Island Eye Surgicenter to give the gift of sight to those who have lost some or all of their vision because of cataracts.

Thieves Take 17 Plasma TV's from Long Island Hotel (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island hotel under construction was robbed at gunpoint Saturday, with the thieves getting away with 17 plasma televisions, police said.

Long Lake island dedicated as nature preserve (Post-Tribune) - VALPARAISO -- Ed Seykowski's family moved from the Chicago area to Long Lake in Liberty Township in October 1947, when Seykowski, a retired naval officer, was a boy. He has fond memories of growing up on the lake, where he still lives, and what he described as a Huck Finn-like boyhood of catching frogs and falling through ice on the frozen lake. On Sunday, he joined about 50 other people ...

Lobsterman Shot On Matinicus Island (WCSH 6 Portland) - MATINICUS (NEWS CENTER) --  A lobsterman on Matinicus Island was shot Monday morning -apparently the result of a long feud over fishing territory in the waters around Matinicus.

Scuderi brings Stanley Cup home to Long Island (Newsday) - Long Island has long been familiar territory for the Stanley Cup, with people here hoisting it in May and hosting it in the summer. This time was different, though. On Friday, for the first time, the Cup was on Long Island because one of the winners had brought it home.

NY Man Drowns In Rough Waters Off Fire Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Police on Long Island say a Queens man wading in waters off Fire Island drowned after a current pulled him away from shore. Police say 22-year-old Rahul Bhola was in chest deep water with a friend off Cherry Grove early Saturday night when it happened. His friend tried to help him but was unsuccessful. There were no lifeguards on the beach in the area and the water was reported to be rough.