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Long Island U. 72, St. Peter's 61 (SportingNews.com) - JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Aubin Scott's 16 points and 12 rebounds led Long Island to a 72-61 victory over...

Long Island's year in review (Newsday) - It was a year of tragedies, and a year of hope on Long Island. A drunk driver was convicted of murder for plowing into a limousine carrying a wedding party and killing the driver and a little girl. Another group of children who waited in Honduras and Ecuador for treatment of life-threatening ailments got it at a Long Island hospital.

Organ Stolen from Long Island Church (WCBS 880 New York) - Someone broke into a Medford, Long Island church and stole the keyboard organ and two speakers - worth seven thousand dollars.

Island-shopping keeps widow hopping (San Jose Mercury News) - Some people collect stamps. Christine Svenningsen collects small islands. The widow, whose private ways and extravagant tastes in real estate have tongues wagging along Connecticut's coast, has spent about $33 million in recent years to buy 10 of the Thimble Islands in Long Island Sound.

Long Island Offshore Windmills meeting January 3 (Babylon Beacon) - On Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 7 p.m. the Babylon Green Party will host Beth Fiteni of the WindWorks Long Island, also known as the Long Island Offshore Wind Initiative (LIOWI), to speak about the windmills being placed off the Babylon shore.

Wright, No. 9 Jayhawks beat Rhode Island (AP via Yahoo! News) - Julian Wright, held out of the starting lineup for the first time this season, scored a career-high 23 points and No. 9 Kansas avenged one of its most painful losses with an 80-69 victory over Rhode Island on Saturday night.

Verizon Communications presents $15,000 Technology Grant to Vision Long Island (Babylon Beacon) - On November 17th, 2006, Verizon Communications presented Vision Long Island with a $15,000 technology grant at Vision’s 5th Annual Smart Growth Summit, held at the Huntington Town House. Verizon’s Susan Beyer Hayes presented the grant to the organization in order to facilitate improved community outreach efforts.

Armed robber left Sauvie Island (KATU Portland) - A man gave a ride across the Sauvie Island bridge Saturday without realizing his passenger was wanted by police in connection with a violent armed robbery of two sisters. The search for him continues.

The Archi Awards are design of the times (Newsday) - Winners recognized for their outstanding architectural work on homes and projects on LI and elsewhere It's not every day that you see a home on Long Island with three roofs, each adorned with its own landscaped garden.

Old ball bouncing its way back (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Had an unshaven Tom Hanks been the one pining away for his old ball -- the one he named "Wilson," painted a face on and got strangely attached to over countless long, fireside conversations on that desert island in "Cast Away" -- then maybe the NBA's midseason switcheroo would make more sense. But scrapping Spalding's new microfiber composite basketball, the one forced on ...