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Long Island Sportsman to hold Vegas night Jan. 27 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Sportsman Association is sponsoring a Vegas night, Friday, January 27 at the Knights of Columbus, 175 Park Ave., Babylon. The doors open at 7 p.m. Food and drink will be available. For more information call 631-243-0474 up to 4 p.m. only.

Sleeping driver has long rap sheet (Newsday.com) - In the years leading up to the recent afternoon when police said they caught Stephen Nielsen fast asleep while driving for miles along the Long Island Expressway with a crack pipe resting on his lap, he was arrested several times and charged with crimes usually involving his drug habit.

Roosevelt Island Housing Boom (WNYC New York Public Radio) - Theres going to be a housing boom on Manhattans Roosevelt Island. The two mile long island, rich in city history, is already the place 10,000 New Yorkers call home and several new buildings are under construction. WNYCs Richard Hake visited the site to find traces of New Yorks medical history.

Sen. Clinton Tells Nassau-Suffolk County Conference That SCORE Act Would Help Revitalize Long Island's Older Suburbs (Smart Growth Online) - One of New York City's first-ring suburbs, ''Long Island is the victim of its own success,'' said Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at an Adelphi University conference of Nassau and Suffolk counties in Garden City, noting that the island has attracted thousands with its high quality of life, but hasn't saved itself from the pockets of poverty initially typical of urban areas, and that her Suburban

Residents Debate Proposed Offshore Wind Park Off Long Island (RedNova) - By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jan.

The Polar Bear Club Braves the Cold of Long Island Sound (Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot) - On the first day of 2006, Sunday, Jan. 1, I was invited to the 7th annual polar bear club swim. It was 30 degrees with no wind and no sun and the water was like glass. There was a Christmas tree standing tall in the sand and a bonfire neatly arranged not far away.

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.

EYE ON THE ISLAND (Newsday.com) - Wrestling and Wednesday have become synonymous for the Long Island winter sports schedule. It's a rare occurrence when more than a smattering of basketball games take place on Wednesday, considering those events almost monopolize the Tuesday, Friday and Saturday schedules.

Singapore should conduct long-term earthquake study: US scientist (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Singapore should conduct a long-term study on the impact of earthquakes on the city-state, Southeast Asia's commercial hub where key facilities are built on reclaimed land, a top US scientist says.

LONG I. 'FAIL' ROAD (New York Post) - -- Riders on the Long Island Rail Road suffered more delays and train accidents in 2005 than in years past, according to a report released yesterday.