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Long Island Teen Arrested After Gasoline Attack (WCBS-TV New York) - Police on Long Island have made an arrest in a gasoline attack. Detectives said Friday the suspect tried to burn a teenage boy alive, and in doing so nearly set an entire apartment building on fire. Doused with 20 ounces of gasoline from a plastic container, and chased by the perpetrator holding a lighted road flare torch, police said the 14-year-old victim ran down an apartment hallway ...

Long Island Gym Owner Indicted for Murder (FOX 5 New York) - A Long Island businessman was indicted for murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Christian Tarantino is part-owner of the Synergy Fitness Club in Farmingdale, N.Y. Fox 5's Mike Sheehan talked to the wife of one victim and shocked residents.

Long Island Meningitis Alert (FOX 5 New York) - Five students on Long Island were recently diagnosed with viral meningitis in separate cases. For the full story, watch the video report from Fox 5's Andrea Day.

'Going Green Long Island' on Ch. 21 (Newsday) - THE SHOW "Going Green Long Island"

Havens: Smith Island, Maryland (New York Times) - Out on the water and back in time, this Chesapeake Bay island community offers second-home buyers a place to get away from it all.

New Subpoenas From Cuomo on L.I.R.R. Disability Cases (New York Times) - The attorney general has sent subpoenas to officials at the Long Island Rail Road and the Railroad Retirement Board as part of an investigation into questionable disability payments.

Rhode Island eyes offshore wind for power (MSNBC) - Rhode Island has granted a firm the right to develop a wind farm in Narragansett Bay that would generate 15 percent of the state's electricity needs in the coming decade, officials said.

Financial bailout tough sell on Long Island, too (Newsday) - Using taxpayer money hits bumps on Main Street USA -- and Jericho Turnpike.

Herm Island: Lovers' rock (Independent) - At little more than one-and-a-half miles long and boasting no more than 50 inhabitants, Herm Island has long been revered by residents and holiday-makers alike as a destination unsullied by the modern world.

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.