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COPS SHOOT, KILL LONG ISLAND MAN WITH FAKE GUN (New York Post) - Cops fatally shot a Long Island man today after he trained what appeared to be a machine gun -- later determined to be fake -- on them from his stoop, police said. Investigators found Keating, 56, standing on the front porch of his Bellport home...

Police fatally shoot man on Long Island (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - August 6, 2009 11:15 AM ET BELLPORT, N.Y. (AP) - Police on Long Island have shot and killed a man they say pointed what appeared to be a submachine gun at them.

Police fatally shoot man on Long Island (Journal Inquirer) - BELLPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Police on Long Island have shot and killed a man they say pointed what appeared to be a submachine gun at them. Suffolk County police say officers responded to a 911 call of shots fired in Bellport Village early Thursday.

Newark 8, Long Island 2 (OurSports Central) - Tim Raines and The Newark Bears defeated Gary Carter's Long Island Ducks 8-2 at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium on Thursday afternoon in downtown Newark, NJ.

American hot: tropical gardening in Long Island (Daily Telegraph) - Long Island's cold winters make it an unlikely setting for tropical plants but two growers there have taken advantage of the humid summers to create a dramatically exotic garden.

Police shoot, kill man on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - There is an investigation on Long Island after a man was fatally shot by Suffolk police.

Elderly Long Island Man Dies after Suffering Burns (1010 WINS New York) - Police on Long Island say a 76-year-old man died after suffering burns at his home in Shirley.

Reptile seized from Long Island pool (The Journal News) - WEST BABYLON, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities have seized a pet reptile found swimming in a Long Island family's pool.

Long Island Expressway Reopens (FOX 5 New York) - The westbound lanes of the Long Island Expressway near the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway have reopened. A truck overturned on Wednesday morning spilling mulch.  The truck was uprighted at around 7 a.m. Traffic delays continue in the area from Sunnyside Boulevard to Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. Take the Northern State Parkway as an alternate. 

DA: Largest Seizure of Uncut Heroin on Long Island (WPIX 11 New York) - Authorities on Long Island seized more than 17 pounds of uncut heroin during a drug bust in Melville - making it the largest seizure of the powerful drug in Suffolk County's history, officials said.