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Long Island Muslims say they're wrongly portrayed (Newsday) - Beneath the white tent outside the gleaming peach-colored mosque in East Meadow, the women in their colorful head scarves and flowing robes sat on the left, while the men, some wearing traditional Muslim skullcaps, sat on the right. Politicians, police and even a rabbi spoke with delight from the podium over the opening of the newest mosque on Long Island, its 21st, and this one built by the ...

Toronto Nationals storm back to beat Long Island 14-13 for a place in the final (Yahoo! Canada Sports) - ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Merrick Thompson scored four goals, including the winner late in the fourth quarter, as the Toronto Nationals downed the Long Island Lizards 14-13 on Saturday in Major League Lacrosse playoff action.

POLICE: ARREST IN LONG ISLAND HATE-CRIME BEATING (New York Post) - GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- A man has been arrested on a hate crime charge in the beating of an Ecuadorean immigrant on Long Island. Suffolk County police say Ramon Rodriguez is due to be arraigned Saturday. The 20-year-old was arrested Friday on a charge...

Police: Arrest in Long Island Hate-Crime Beating (1010 WINS New York) -  A man has been arrested on a hate crime charge in the beating of an Ecuadorean immigrant on Long Island.

Arrest in Long Island Hate-Crime Beating (WGRZ-TV Buffalo) - GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) -- A man has been arrested on a hate crime charge in the beating of an Ecuadorean immigrant on Long Island. Suffolk County police say Ramon Rodriguez is due to be arraigned Saturday.

Long Island surfers get ready for big weekend waves (Newsday) - Surfers all around Long Island are readying themselves for swells that will pound South Shore and East End coastlines Saturday and Sunday courtesy of Hurricane Bill. Talk of the weekend marine forecast was on the tip of many a tongue at Island surf shops and beaches Friday. "Everybody's getting psyched up about the big waves coming through," said Mark Gagliardi, 24, co-owner of Religion Surf and ...

Car broadsides Long Island taxi van; 7 hurt (Newsday) - MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a drunken driver slammed into an eastern Long Island taxi van so hard that two people were hurled from the van, and seven were hurt in all. East Hampton Town police say the Lindy's Taxi van was broadsided at a Montauk intersection just before midnight Thursday. The driver and four passengers were hurt, two seriously after being thrown from the taxi. Two passengers ...

7 Hurt after Car Broadsides Long Island Taxi Van (1010 WINS New York) - Police say a drunken driver slammed into an eastern Long Island taxi van so hard that two people were hurled from the van, and seven were hurt in all.

Mass. woman dies after car crash on Long Island (Boston Globe) - An elderly Massachusetts woman has died after a car crash on Long Island. Suffolk County police say 93-year-old Frieda Newman, of Dalton, Mass., was a passenger in a car involved in a four-vehicle accident in Dix Hills.

Car broadsides Long Island taxi van; 7 hurt (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - August 21, 2009 6:05 PM ET MONTAUK, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a drunken driver slammed into an eastern Long Island taxi van so hard that two people were hurled from the van, and...