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Missing Long Island Man Hit By Train In Manhattan (WNBC) - NEW YORK -- A missing Long Island man has been identified as the person who was struck dead by a No. 1 train Sunday in lower Manhattan, Nassau County police said.

Long Island Cops 'Squeeze' Sleeping Driver (1010wins.com) - Jan 15, 2006 12:25 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.) A man was charged with driving under the influence of drugs after allegedly sleeping behind the wheel of his SUV as it rolled slowly along the Long Island Expressway, police said.

Long Islanders Bristle at Increase in Cross Sound Ferry Traffic (WFSB 3) - SOUTHOLD, N.Y. (AP) -- Frustration among residents in an eastern Long Island town is rising faster than increasing ferry traffic that brings cars and motorists from Connecticut.

Long Island remembers Martin Luther King (Newsday.com) - Inspired by her brother, who at Martin Luther King's urging, became the first black lawyer in Moore County, NC, Gloria Simmons' memory of marching with the civil rights leader played our vividly in her head as she participated in a ceremony in Hempstead for the slain civil rights leader.

Island life beckons for families (BBC News) - Four families will soon be a step closer to their dream of island life when they are shortlisted to live on Fair Isle.

Inhabited barrier island on slow road to recovery (The Daily Comet) - GRAND ISLE -- When the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina washed over the east end of this small shrimping and tourist island, it took an especially heavy toll on the state park that’s situated there.

Rhode Island Governor Responds to Casino Proposal (Rolling Good Times) - PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – As reported by the Pawtucket Times: "Gov. Donald Carcieri vowed Thursday that he will 'fight tooth and nail' against a proposal to amend the constitution to allow a privately run Narragansett Indian casino in West Warwick.

Ex-Islander Aucoin trying to heal (Newsday) - CHICAGO -- Adrian Aucoin is now the Blackhawks' captain, but some piece of his heart still resides on Long Island, where his career took off in the previous three seasons.

Eminent domain battle shaping up at Padre Island (The Bryan-College Station Eagle) - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Willacy County officials think good things could at long last happen for their remote corner of Texas - if only they could overcome the 9.5-mile bay that separates the mainland from their section of Padre Island.

Joye Brown (Newsday.com) - What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. make of Roger Corbin and David Kapell? One is black, the other white. One is a Nassau County legislator, the other is mayor of the tiny Suffolk County village of Greenport. Both are challenging Long Island's status quo in bodacious ways, taking a real risk of getting politically creamed in the process.