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Waiting for Conclusion in Long Island School District Scandal (New York Times) - The sentencing of the former Roslyn schools superintendent, Frank A. Tassone, who pleaded guilty to stealing $2 million from his well-to-do Long Island district, has been postponed again.

Act earmarks millions for Long Island Sound preservation (WTNH-TV New Haven) - (Bridgeport-AP, Oct. 5, 2006 6:53 AM) _ Connecticut officials are awaiting President Bush's signature on a bill that would provide some $100 million for Long Island Sound.

Act earmarks millions for Long Island Sound preservation (Norwalk Advocate) - A federal bill that would provide up to $25 million a year to preserve and improve sites along the Long Island Sound coast is now awaiting the president's signature.

Crisis or Solution - Preparing for Workforce 2020 on Long Island (PR Web) - Nielsen Associates addresses Long Island businesses regarding the next generation workforce. (PRWeb Oct 5, 2006)

Sutton & Edwards Reports Long Island, NY, Industrial Vacancies Fell During 2006 Third Quarter; Asking Rents Higher (PR Web) - As industrial property users on Long Island face higher rents and rising interest rates, they are increasingly turning to leasing as an alternative to buying, according to Sutton & Edwards Inc./TCN Worldwide, which reported that third quarter industrial vacancies fell and rents continued to rise. (PRWeb Oct 5, 2006)

How students at Long Island Colleges manage to turn a dorm room into something they can live with (Newsday) - Dorm rooms will be dorm rooms, but some Long Island college students are still finding ways to make theirs special.

Long Island girl grabbed, taped up (AP via Yahoo! News) - A 10-year-old girl riding her bicycle was snatched by a man on Thursday, stuffed into a car, bound with tape and driven around before being dumped on a street, police said.

Free Jazz Clinics at Long Island University' s Brooklyn Campus: Ravi Coltrane (10/3) Matt Balitsaris (10/4) 4 p.m. to 6 (All About Jazz) - At its free jazz clinics in October, Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus will feature musicians with extraordinary links to jazz history in addition to being outstanding in their own right: Ravi Coltrane, son of the legendary saxophonist, and Matt Balitsaris, guitarist, composer and founder of Palmetto Records.

Researchers find prehistoric remains of giant, sea reptile on Arctic island (CNews) - OSLO, Norway (AP) - The remains of a prehistoric reptile that was "as long as a bus, with teeth larger than cucumbers . . . in a head that could swallow an adult human whole," have been discovered on an Arctic island, Norwegian researchers said Thursday.

French saint's preserved heart is coming to Long Island (The Star-Ledger) - MERRICK, N.Y. -- In life, St. John Vianney was a revered 19th-century French clergyman who was said to be blessed with the ability to read the hearts of worshippers. In death, his own heart has become an object of worship.