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Swastikas are painted on Long Island church (The Buffalo News) - SOUND BEACH (AP) - Police are looking for vandals who painted at least eight swastikas on a Long Island church. Clergymen arriving Sunday at St. Louis de Montfort Church discovered the swastikas.

Honolulu Officials Back Rail as Best Long-Term Transportation Solution on Island, But Decision Remains on Final Route (Smart Growth Online) - Urged by residents, labor leaders and other officials, including University of Hawaii-Manoa Chancellor Denise Konan and Democratic Congressman Neil Abercrombie, the Honolulu City Council's Transportation Committee passed a bill (79) that calls rail ''the best selection for the long-term needs and demands of our growing island population,'' with Mayor Mufi Hannemann optimistic the full council

Grey Island's InterFleet Wins Long Island Rail Road Contract (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Grey Island Systems International Inc today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary InterFleet Inc. has been awarded a contract with the Long Island Rail Road , to track and manage its fleet of 550 service vehicles.

Canadian Woman Mourns Sister Killed In Big Island Crash (KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News) - A Vancouver, Canada, woman killed in a car crash on the Big Island Friday night was remembered by her sister as a bright, funny person who loved to travel.

North Side's long-awaited Federal Hill project begins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - The Central Northside Neighborhood Council will break ground on its long-awaited Federal Hill project at 11 a.m. Monday in the 1300 block of Federal Street.

Long Beach swears in black officers in emotional ceremony (Newsday) - The long wait is over.

Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me (Rolling Stone) - On its major-label debut, this Long Island quartet keeps up the mildly nuanced emo sound trotted out on 2003's pretty good Deja Entendu : There's an eerie choir ("Degausser"), a power-pop facsimile ("Archers") and a ballad suaver and sexier than most emo slow jams ("Jesus Christ").

Chiongbian: A success called 6th Island Tee golf (Sun Star) - THE 6th Island Tee golf tournament of Mactan Island GC was extremely successful. The four-day schedule gave everyone the opportunity to choose which day to play in the one-day-to-play tournament.

Cracking down on illegal housing (Newsday) - Malverne Mayor Anthony Panzarella announced Wednesday he is teaming up with Nassau County's assessor to launch what he called "the most stringent illegal housing penalties and enforcement measures on Long Island."

BU starts slow, unable to catch Long Island U. (Press & Sun-Bulletin) - BROOKLYN -- For four and a half long minutes, the zero sat under the Binghamton University men's basketball team's name on the scoreboard. While the Bearcats were being blanked, Long Island University was running up and down the court, hitting shots, passing the ball well and making defensive plays.