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4 Arrested For Bid Rigging On Long Island (1010wins.com) - Nov 24, 2005 7:39 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Four Long Island road-paving and asphalt supply contractors have been arrested by the FBI and now face charges of mail fraud in connection with alleged bid-rigging for roadwork in Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town.

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

India holds wargames at island base hit by tsunami (AFP via Yahoo! News) - India was set to wrap up week-long wargames held amid secrecy at a strategic island military base in the Indian Ocean that was flattened by last year's tsunami, officials said.

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.

Poll: State government ranks high on Island (Newsday.com) - Albany has an image problem upstate, but not on Long Island.

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.

Fraud charges for 'asphalt cartel' (Newsday) - FBI agents yesterday arrested the heads of four leading road-paving and asphalt supply contractors on Long Island, calling them an "asphalt cartel" and charging them with mail fraud in connection with alleged bid-rigging on millions of dollars in Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town roadwork.

Turk Cypriots demolish symbol of island's division (Reuters.co.uk) - NICOSIA (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot workers began demolishing a roadblock on Thursday that has divided the Cypriot capital for over 40 years, but the symbolic power of the action was unlikely to revive stalled talks on reunifying the island.

Teams ready for LI Championships (Newsday) - The culmination of a long high school football season comes down to four championship games this weekend. The excitement gets underway at noon today at Hofstra University's Shuart Stadium. The first of two title games will pit Cold Spring Harbor (9-1) against Babylon (8-2) for the Long Island Class IV title. It's the first of four showdowns to crown champions in four classifications.

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.