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Twisted Sister Music Hall Of Fame Will Boost Long Island Pride (ContactMusic) - TWISTED SISTER rockers DEE SNIDER and EDDIE OJEDA have praised the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, saying it will help New York City's neighbour to ov

Big Island Civil Defense Declares State Of Emergency (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - Big Island Civil Defense officials declared a state of emergency on Sunday after an earthquake struck off the Waikoloa coast.

FiOS TV Spreads on Long Island (MultiChannel News) - Verizon Communications won its ninth video franchise on New York's Long Island, with the board of Smithtown granting the phone company rights to offer its Verizon FiOS TV service to the town's unincorporated areas of Commack, Kings Park, Lake Ronkonkoma, Nesconset, Smithtown and St. James.

Marine From Long Island Killed In Iraq (CBS 2 New York) - A Long Island family is grieving after receiving word their loved one, a U.S. marine, has been killed in Iraq. Sgt. Julian Arechaga was just 23-years-old and on his third tour of duty when he was killed. His sister, Sheyla Randazzo says Arechaga died a hero.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame induction gala, Oct.15 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced the addition of Alec Baldwin to its lineup of presenters for its Sunday, October 15 First Annual Induction Gala at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 East Main St., Patchogue.

Big Island Civil Defense Declares State Of Emergency (The Hawaii Channel) - Big Island emergency crews scramble to clear roads and survey the damaged cause by an earthquake on Sunday.

Jury Deliberating in Deadly DWI Wedding Crash on Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - A jury on Wednesday began deliberating whether to convict a man of murder for driving the wrong way down a Long Island parkway - with his alcohol blood level allegedly three times the legal limit - and slamming head-on into a wedding limousine, killing the chauffeur and a 7-year-old flower girl.

LOST AND FOUND: Parrot from Tennessee located in Long Island, N.Y. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) -- A pet Amazon parrot who flew away from his owner in Johnson City has been found in Long Island, N.Y. Owner Kim Kendrick lost her 47-year-old parrot named Buzzy nearly two months ago while she was walking outside with him.

Globs of oil mar LI Sound coastline (Newsday) - An oil spill at an offshore fuel terminal in Long Island Sound left quarter-sized balls of fuel bobbing along the Riverhead town coastline, the state's Department of Environmental Conservation said yesterday.

LI Hall inducts first class of rockers (Newsday) - With shout-outs to local spots from Huntington to Syosset to Levittown, a roster of musicians spanning generations and genres celebrated their one common trait last night: a connection to Long Island.