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10 recommended hotel restaurants on Long Island (Newsday) - Eating around at Long Island hotels has turned up some spots that exceed expectations, others that are a food lover's nightmare. I have ranked the 10 restaurants I sampled from most to least satisfying.

Thousands flock to the beaches on Long Island for Columbus Day (WABC-TV New York) - Tens of thousands hit the beaches on Long Island this sun-soaked weekend, ending with a Columbus Day that looked more like Memorial Day.

Long Island counselors pitch students to colleges (Newsday) - AUSTIN, Texas - In bustling conference rooms, in dark steakhouses and under the blazing Texas sun, a dozen Long Island guidance counselors at a college admissions convention made hurried sales pitches.

Lobsters vanish from Long Island Sound (UPI) - A severe die-off of lobsters in Long Island Sound has nearly killed a business once as thriving as that found in the waters off Maine.

A Knell for Lobsters On Long Island Sound (Washington Post) - LONG ISLAND SOUND, Conn. -- The trap buoys, orange and white, wink between the waves in this murky estuary, beckoning with the promise of the sweetest of New England's delights: lobster. As plentiful as sardines, they were. So much so that generations of Connecticut lobstermen did bang-up busines...

Lobsters vanish from Long Island Sound (EARTHtimes.org) - A severe die-off of lobsters in Long Island Sound has nearly killed a business once as thriving as that found in the waters off Maine. Everyone thinks that lobsters only come from Maine, but it isn't so -- we had tons of lobster right here, said lobster...

Long Island's double-dipping civil servants (Newsday) - Alan Schneider, Suffolk County's chief personnel officer, retired on Feb. 12 only to return to work the next day in the same job.

Isles and Sabres cap home-and-home set on Long Island (The Sports Network) - Isles and Sabres cap home-and-home set on Long Island

Long Island Wal-Mart faces harassment suit (Crain's New York Business) - A man with Down syndrome who worked at the Central Islip Wal-Mart from December 2004 to May 2006, says he was threatened and ridiculed by fellow workers.

Families ask judge to stop federal raids on Long Island homes (The Standard-Times) - NEW YORK — Several Hispanic families and individuals asked a court Friday to stop immigration agents from barging into Long Island homes without proper authority in raids that have driven a wedge between the federal agents and local police.