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Long Island 73, St. Francis, Pa. 70 (OT) (TimesLeader.com) - LORETTO, Pa. - James Williams scored a game-high 21 points and five of his team's first seven points in overtime to lead Long Island to a 73-70 win over St. Francis, Pa., on Thursday night.

State and New York City agree on Long Island Sound pollution (New York Newsday) - After years of negotiations and litigation between New York, Connecticut and New York City, the city Tuesday agreed to greatly reduce the amount of nitrogen waste discharged into the East River and western Long Island Sound within 11 years.

Long Island ultrarunning star captures 50-kilometer event (Poughkeepsie Journal) - STAATSBURG — He's one of the most prolific and successful ultramarathon runners in the New York City area. And on Sunday, Byron Lane brought his long-running show to the mid-Hudson Valley.

State and New York City agree on Long Island Sound pollution (Newsday.com) - ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York City will pay about $710 million over the next 10 years to upgrade sewage treatment plants that pump too much nitrogen into Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay under an agreement reached with the state, officials said Tuesday.

Long Island man gets 25 years to life in wife's slaying (New York Daily News) - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island man was sentenced to 25 years to life Tuesday following his conviction on murder charges for killing his estranged wife in front of her three children.

State and New York City agree on Long Island Sound pollution (WCAX 3) - ALBANY, N.Y. New York City will pay about 710 (m) million dollars over the next 10 years to upgrade sewage treatment plants that pump too much nitrogen into Long Island Sound and Jamaica Bay under an agreement reached with the state.

Long Island Democrat poised to challenge Spitzer in governor's race (North County Times) - MINEOLA, N.Y. -- New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who made some powerful enemies with his crackdown on Wall Street abuses and is now running for governor, could face a strong challenge from a fellow Democrat bankrolled by one of Spitzer's fiercest corporate foes.

Mount women halt Long Island (Evening Sun) - Dominique Mazzuchi scored a career-high 16 points in the first half to help Mount St. Mary's jump out to a 20-point lead en route to a 69-58 victory against Long Island in Northeast Conference women's basketball action on Monday at Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Powell River Peak - This week - 01/12/2006 - Gas stops Regals-North Island game (Powell River Peak) - Powell River Regals played a couple of games in Port Hardy on the weekend against the North Island Capitals. Usually it takes awhile to get the legs going after the long ferry and bus trip, but on this occasion the Regals players were perplexed by their lethargic performance.

Man Killed Replacing Windows On Long Island Job Site (WNBC) - A Brooklyn construction worker was stacking crates of windows on the driveway at a site on Long Island when one of the crates hit him on the head, crushing his head and upper torso, police said.