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Soccer Players From Manhasset Play for Long Island United (Manhasset Press) - Three young soccer players from Manhasset have been selected to play for Long Island United, the Long Island Junior Soccer League's new Academy program. Oliver Muran, Alex Smith and Johan Alzate are considered amongst the best 10-year-old soccer players on Long Island.

7 Long Island students diagonosed with staph infection (WCAX-TV Vermont) - Associated Press - October 25, 2007 9:35 PM ET MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Another student on Long Island has a confirmed case of a penicillin-resistant bacterial infection, at least the seventh...

More Long Island Students Diagnosed With MRSA (WCBS-TV New York) - Four more students on Long Island have been diagnosed with an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. The latest cases brings the number on Long Island to a total of six.

7 Long Island students diagonosed with staph infection (WSTM-TV NBC 3) - MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - Another student on Long Island has a confirmed case of a penicillin-resistant bacterial infection, at least the seventh student diagnosed with the MRSA infection this month.

Full moon flooding threat Friday for Long Island Sound (The Journal News) - MAMARONECK - A threat of minor coastal flooding tomorrow was announced for Long Island Sound residents by the National Weather Service. The weather pattern, along with high tides due to the full moon, had potential to push tides 1 foot above normal and cause minor tidal flooding.

A little bit of Sicily, by way of Long Island (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Long Island might as well be Sicily's closest neighbor. The delis, restaurants and food markets reflect those sun-kissed, vibrant Italian flavors. John E. Bonk of Minneapolis grew up on Long Island, and notes that though he's lived here for decades, he has yet to find an Italian restaurant that expresses this unique Long Island/Italian style. "That is not a slight to chefs locally," he ...

Long Island reading program selects next book (Newsday) - Want to get a flying head start on the coming year's Long Island Reads selection? It's "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 City's Delicate Balance (The New York Sun) - For years Long Island City, in Queens, has been called the "next hot neighborhood." Its tantalizing proximity to Midtown (one subway stop on the 7 train to Grand Central), its spectacular views of Manhattan (better than those from Brooklyn), its robust industrial architecture combined with row houses all made Long Island City seem a natural for hotness. Yet only recently has the neighborhood ...

'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.