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On Long Island, More Are Priced Out of the Housing Market (New York Times) - A new report shows that just 2 percent of the houses sold on Long Island in 2006 could be classified as "affordable" for families earning up to $100,000 a year.

Long Island Sportsman Association Vegas Night to be held February 2 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Sportsman Association is sponsoring a Vegas night, Friday, February 2 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 588 Long Island Ave., Deer Park. The doors open at 7 p.m. There will be Roulette, Blackjack, Craps and Beat the Dealer. Food and drink will be available. For more information call 631-243-0474 up to 4 p.m. only.

Cab Driver Dies in Long Island Crash (1010 WINS New York) - A Long Island cabbie was killed when he crashed his taxi into two telephone poles and a fire hydrant in Central Islip.

LIBOR Raises $35,000 for Ronald McDonald House of Long Island (SYS-CON Media) - The Long Island Board of Realtors (LIBOR)announced that it raised more than $35,000 for the Ronald McDonald House ofLong Island to sponsor a room in the new wing at the House. Realtors fromQueens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties joined together to raise the funds andwere on hand at the Ronald McDonald House 'Lights of Love' celebrationduring the holiday season to commemorate the donation.

Long Island Board of Realtors(R) Bowl-a-Thon Raises $12,000 to Strike Out Diabetes (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - The 11th annual "Realtor Rumble" bowl-a-thon raised more than $12,000 for the Diabetes Foundation of Long Island. The fun-filled Realtor® event held in October at the Syosset Lanes in Syosset, New York included unlimited bowling, raffles and prizes. Funds raised were earmarked for diabetes research.

State trooper killed in Long Island crash (WSYR 9 Syracuse) - A New York State Police trooper was killed Wednesday morning when his car skidded into oncoming traffic and collided with an oncoming SUV on eastern Long Island.

LIBOR Raises $35,000 for Ronald McDonald House of Long Island (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Long Island Board of Realtors announced that it raised more than $35,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island to sponsor a room in the new wing at the House. Realtors from Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties joined together to raise the funds and were on hand at the Ronald McDonald House "Lights of Love" celebration during the holiday season to commemorate the donation.

Long Island teens find parents dead in home after school (WSYR 9 Syracuse) - Syosset, Long Island (AP) - As police searched for the killers of a couple whose young sons found them shot dead in their home, family friends and relatives said they ...

Indian American couple found dead in Long Island (Hindustan Times) - An Indian American couple in the US was found dead by their children when they returned home from school on Tuesday. Jaspal Singh, 46, and Geeta Singh, 55, were likely to have died of gunshot wounds at their Doone Drive home in Long Island, police said.

Activist Shapes Renaissance in Long Island City (The New York Sun) - Erik Baard arrived at the Kew Gardens Community Center in Queens one evening this week, anxious to find a bike rack. Then, helmet in one hand, vegan snack in the other, one pant leg still rolled to his knee, he strode into a room full of somber-suited bureaucrats. The Department of Buildings commissioner for Queens, the Queens parks commissioner, and the director of the Mayor's Office of Long ...