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Long Island lawmaker fights back (The Post-Standard) - It's the cupcake revolt. After at least eight school districts on Long Island banned desserts, including the cupcake, at school birthday parties, one legislator decided to fight back.

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.

Long Island school bans Halloween costumes after Captain Underpants costume caper (The Arizona Republic) - Call it the Misadventure of Captain Underpants and the Peeved Principal.

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.

Long Island's Indian diaspora thrilled with Jindal's win (Hindustan Times) - Making India proud: A file photo of the new Louisiana's governor Bobby Jindal with his family.

Fidel Castro pokes fun at George W. Bush (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro poked fun at President George W. Bush on Sunday for proclaiming "Long Live Free Cuba," likening it to Spain's king saying the same during his colonial rule over the island.

Captain Underpants ruins Halloween in N.Y. (USA Today) - A suburban Long Island high school has banned all Halloween costumes after three senior girls showed up last year dressed as the underwear-baring subject of a series of best-selling children's books.

A plan on LI for low-wage houses (Newsday) - Long Island's low-paid nonprofit workers, who sometimes have less income than the people they serve, may now get housing help for themselves thanks to a state-sponsored employer assistance program.