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Gopher Victory, 70, Long Island 54 (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul) - Lawrence McKenzie scored 24 points and Dan Coleman added 21 to lead Minnesota to a 70-54 victory over Long Island on Friday night. More Sports News

Long Island Politicians Defend Unconventional Uses of Campaign Funds (WCBS 880 New York) - Some Long Island politicians are spending campaign money on items ranging from Spanish lessons to funeral flowers, according to a Newsday report.

Minnesota mangles Long Island in Barn (5 Eyewitness News) - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Lawrence McKenzie scored 24 points and Dan Coleman added 23 to lead Minnesota to a 70-54 victory over Long Island on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Gophers, there wasn't much besides the final score to celebrate.

Remote couple's new island hope (BBC News) - The only couple living on a small island off Gwynedd want to move to work on the remote isle of Canna in the Hebrides.

Murder trial opens in case of man killed by arrow in chest in Long Island town (Boston Herald) - RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A man who had been arguing with roommates over rent payments abruptly turned his anger toward bystanders, taking his bow and firing an arrow that killed a neighbor, a prosecutor said. ...

LIRR report 'painful' for teen's dad (Newsday) - The state report that blamed Minnesota teenager Natalie Smead for her death at a Long Island Rail Road station was "pretty ugly" and should instill fear in LIRR riders, Smead's father said Tuesday.

Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery (NBC 24 Toledo) - During the height of the Civil War, in a frigid prison stockade, Major George McKnight of Louisiana pens a poem... All week long, we've been taking a special look at one of our coastal towns filled with many hidden- and not so hidden treasures.

Gopher Men Over Long Island (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) - Lawrence McKenzie scored 24 points and Dan Coleman added 23 to lead Minnesota to a 70-54 victory over Long Island on Friday night.

Twin Oaks (WLNE-TV) - It's a Rhode Island institution. Many of you have been there for dinner, as long as you could stomach the wait. Paul Burton takes us behind the scenes at Twin Oaks.

Shorter Trains? LIRR Blames Flat Wheels (1010 WINS New York) - This is the season when people get the flu, and commuter trains get "Flat Wheels.'' The condition has caused the Long Island Rail Road to take 234 cars out of service -- causing shorter trains, cancellations and standing room only on many trips into the city.