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Long Island adds few jobs (Long Island Business News) - The Long Island economy has added the fewest number of jobs in a one-year period since the region lost jobs in 2002, although the unemployment rate indicates a healthy market, according to data released Thursday.

Long Island Worker Dies Following Roof Collapse (The Ridgewood Times News) - by Robert Pozarycki The construction of a five-unit building along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona was halted after a roof collapse on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 7 that killed a Long Island worker and injured four of his colleagues, it was reported.

Three More Long Island Communities Grant Cable Franchises to Verizon (Broadcast Newsroom) - NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of the Long Island communities of Farmingdale, Valley Stream and the Town of Huntington are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television services, thanks to recently approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service in those communities.

Three More Long Island Communities Grant Cable Franchises to Verizon (SYS-CON Media) - Residents of the Long Island communities of Farmingdale, Valley Stream and the Town of Huntington are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television services, thanks to recently approved agreements authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service in those communities. The boards of trustees in all three communities voted last night (Oct. 16) to approve video franchises for

Long Island Champions Tour event extends title sponsorship (SportingNews.com) - EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- Commerce Bank extended its title sponsorship agreement for the Champion Tour's ...

Still No Verdict in Long Island DWI Case (WCBS 880 New York) - Jurors at a drunken-driving murder trial on Long Island sent a second note to the presiding judge today, saying they are still deadlocked.

Man dies after scuba diving accident in Long Island Sound (Cyber Diver News Network) - NEW ROCHELLE, New York (16 Oct 2006) -- A man died after a scuba diving accident in Long Island Sound.

Long Island Sound (Harbor News) - By Fay Abrahamsson Guilford Courier Staff Writer “I can’t believe it has been 12 years,” said State Representative Patricia Widlitz, recalling the length of time she’s spent in office as she prepares to run for her seventh term as representative in the 98th District.

Bill Joel, Joan Jett inducted into Long Island Music Hall of Fame (The Star Online) - PATCHOGUE, New York(AP): Long Island now has a Music Hall of Fame all its own, and its first inductees include homegrown singer Billy Joel.

N.Y. man assaulted with plumbing snake (AP via Yahoo! News) - A mentally disabled handyman was hospitalized after two teenagers sexually brutalized him with a plumbing snake at the Long Island bowling alley where he worked, police said Thursday.