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Paterson Seeks Investigation Into Long Island Rail Road Disability Benefits (New York Times) - Gov. David A. Paterson is giving New York?s attorney general broad powers to investigate how Long Island Rail Road employees may have manipulated disability and pension benefits.

Dubai ups ante with $1.5B hotel on palm island (The Charlotte Observer) - It's the latest word in Persian Gulf excess: a $1.5 billion resort boasting a $25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific - all atop an island built in the shape of a palm tree. Environmentalists have long criticized both Palm Jumeirah island and some of the features of the Atlantis hotel, set to open Wednesday. And analysts wonder if global financial turmoil will crimp ...

Staten Island lacks sufficient primary care, survey finds (Staten Island Advance) - Advance file photoCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office orchestrated a survey on primary health care in New York City. The city today acknowledged something Staten Island residents have long known: We need more primary health care. The entire borough was...

Dubai ups ante with $1.5B hotel on palm island (AP via Yahoo! News) - It's the latest word in Persian Gulf excess: a $1.5 billion resort boasting a $25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific — all atop an island built in the shape of a palm tree.

Dubai ups the ante with $1.5B hotel on palm island (AP via Yahoo! News) - It's the latest word in Gulf excess — a sprawling $1.5 billion resort boasting a $25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific, all atop a palm tree-shaped island.

Long Island POWs share painful memories (Newsday) - Martin "Andy" Andrews, 89, who helped organize Friday's gathering, said about 140 known former prisoners of war live on Long Island.

WMJC's 'Unsigned bands get airplay on Long Island's WMJC-FM (Newsday) - Rick Eberle knows he's fighting an uphill battle, but that's nothing new to the musician-promoter-manager from Ronkonkoma who recently added disc jockey to his Long Island scene duties.

Long Island heavyweight turf war - Madison vs. McKnight (Hot Boxing News.com) - NEW YORK CITY (September 20, 2008) – Long Island bragging rights will be on the line September 26, when New York State heavyweight champion Darrell Madison squares off against Elfair “The Wyandanch Warrior” McKnight, in the six-round co-feature on “Havoc At The Hilton.”

Paterson Seeks Study of Benefits at L.I.R.R. (New York Times) - Gov. David A. Paterson said New York?s attorney general would probe possible abuses at the Long Island Rail Road.

Dubai ups ante with $1.5B hotel on palm island (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay) - By ADAM SCHRECK and BARBARA SURK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- It's the latest word in Persian Gulf excess: a $1.5 billion resort boasting a $25,000-a-night suite and dolphins flown in from the South Pacific _ all atop an island built in the shape of a palm tree.