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Showdown on Long Island (CNET) - Blog: Verizon Communications and Cablevision are duking it out on Long Island, NY. According to the Wall Street Journal...

A weekly look at Long Island college athletics (New York Newsday) - Ed Manetta, the former athletic director at St. John's, was named NYCAC commissioner this summer. The Division II conference includes Long Island schools Adelphi, Dowling, C.W. Post, Molloy and NYIT among its 11 members.

Manhunt On Long Island For Robbery Suspects (CBS 2 New York) - The search is on for several armed suspects on Long Island. Police said that the car they were in matched the description of a car connected to a pattern of bank robberies.

Mediterranean fare finds a home on James Island (Charleston City Paper) - Angelfish was a James Island staple for a long time before becoming Bistro V. The owners of downtown's Fulton Five remodeled and gave the bistro concept a chance, but have now shifted gears with Twizt in the same space.

Long Island 61, San Francisco 46 (Grand Forks Herald) - MINNEAPOLIS - Amber Wirth scored 17 points and Long Island University pulled away to beat San Francisco 61-46 Sunday in the consolation game of the Subway Classic.

Vienna Woods, via Long Island (New York Times) - No Long Island white equals Macari's 2005 Early Wine as a match for Thanksgiving turkey. The French would call it a nouveau.

Second-half surge: Runnin' Utes pull away late to beat Rhode Island (The Daily Utah Chronicle) - Once again, the Runnin' Utes had their alarm clock go off late. But they still managed to wake up in time to get a win, as they knocked off Rhode Island 66-50 Tuesday night at the Huntsman Center.

LI women rated healthiest (Newsday) - Among the country's healthiest regions for women, the November issue of Self magazine says Long Island ranks high this year. Quite high - No. 1, in fact.

LI firm wins Army contract (Newsday.com) - Dayton T. Brown, one of Long Island's oldest defense contractors, said yesterday it had won a $46.5 million Army contract - one of the largest in its history - to test parts for helicopters used in Iraq and other combat areas.

3 top Allou execs plead guilty (Newsday) - Three former top executives of Allou Healthcare, the defunct Brentwood health and beauty products distributor, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from the spectacular collapse in 2002 of what once ranked among Long Island's biggest public companies.