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Haitian Vodou Lives in the Unlikeliest of Places: Long Island (The Village Voice) - Haitian religious rites in the unlikeliest of places: a Long Island suburb (By Tamara Lush)

Clairvest reports US$263M sale of Winters Bros. Waste Systems of Long Island (Canadian Business) - TORONTO (CP) - After just 15 months, Canadian merchant bank Clairvest Group Inc. (TSX:CVG) is reporting a big gain on its investment in Winters Bros. Waste Systems Inc. of Long Island, N.Y.

Diddy throws White Party on Long Island (The Clarion-Ledger) - White was the dress code at a star-saturated party thrown by Sean "Diddy" Combs at his Long Island home, and the dress code was strictly enforced.

Alcohol Leads To Argument, Accident On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - This argument had no winners. A Long Island man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after fighting with his girlfriend, who insisted he was too drunk to get behind the wheel—and then suffered a broken leg when he ran her over with his car, Suffolk County police said Monday.

Swastika & sick graffiti defile Long Island synagogue (New York Daily News) - BRAZEN VANDALS defaced the door of a Long Island synagogue with a swastika - then came back hours later and painted even more sickening graffiti, congregation leaders said.

Shark panics Long Island beachgoers, then dies and washes ashore (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - NEW YORK (AP) - The swimmers were back at Long Island's Rockaway Beach on Sunday after hundreds were scared out of the water a day earlier by an apparently ill shark.

Ducks return from long road trip with win over Warriors (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., Sept. 4, 2007) - The Long Island Ducks cruised past the Road Warriors on Tuesday 6-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 6,025 at Citibank Park.

Acres of Long Island parkland remain off-limits (Newsday) - Over the past eight decades, the state has acquired more than 5,000 acres in Suffolk to preserve the land and create six beautiful parks.

Coney Island 'icon' near end (The Record) - NEW YORK -- It's been a roller-coaster year for the owner of Coney Island's Astroland amusement park. Carol Albert sold the venerable attraction last November to a developer and braced for a long, difficult goodbye.

Dozens jailed for unauthorized bash on Susquehanna River island (The York Dispatch) - HARRISBURG -- Dozens of partygoers were jailed after a man drowned during an unauthorized, weekend-long bash on an island in the Susquehanna River.