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'Aloft' chosen as spring Long Island Reads selection (Newsday) - Now is the time to get a flying head start on this year's Long Island Reads selection. The book for the spring library-sponsored program is "Aloft," Chang-Rae Lee's 2000 novel about a Long Island widower and retired landscape contractor who glides through the sky solo in his small airplane as he deals with family problems on earth.

Long Island's Indian diaspora thrilled with Jindal's win (IANS via Yahoo! India News) - New York, Oct 24 (IANS) The Indian-American community of Long Island are ecstatic about Bobby Jindal's landmark win as the Louisiana governor and becoming the first-ever politician of Indian descent to become governor of any of the US states.

Long Island's Indian diaspora thrilled with Jindal's win (EARTHtimes.org) - New York, Oct 24 - The Indian-American community of Long Island are ecstatic about Bobby Jindal's landmark win as the Louisiana governor and becoming the first-ever politician of Indian descent to become governor of any of the US states.

Controversy over a $25K lottery ticket on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - A ripped lottery ticket could be standing between a Long Island woman and $25,000 dollars.

Soldier from Long Island receives Medal of Honor (WABC-TV New York) - The first Medal of Honor awarded for combat in Afghanistan was presented Monday to the weeping parents of a Navy SEAL from Long Island, who gave his life to make a radio call for help for his team.

Long Island Navy SEAL to get Medal of Honor Monday (Newsday) - For an act of heroism on a lonely Afghanistan mountainside, far from the White House's ceremonial rooms, President George W. Bush Monday will posthumously bestow the nation's highest military honor to the son of a Long Island family.

Antarctic island named for 2 scientists (AP via Yahoo! News) - The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has chosen to name an island off the western edge of the Antarctic peninsula after a husband-and-wife team of University of Alabama at Birmingham scientists who spent 30 years working in the cold waters off the continent.

2 small planes land safely after collision over Long Island (New York Daily News) - Two small airplanes collided in midair over Long Island Sunday - and then landed safely minutes later at a nearby airport, officials said.

New thriller, 'Funny Games,' set on Long Island (Newsday) - Long Islanders will have Naomi Watts to thank (or blame, as the case may be) for helping to bring Michael Haneke's new suspense film set to their back doors.

Hit-and-Run Leaves Student from Long Island Dead (WCBS 880 New York) - A college student from Long Island was killed by a hit-and-run driver minutes after being ticketed for speeding on an interstate highway.