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Long Island Newsday Examines American Medical Association Recommendations On Regulation Of Prescription Drug (Medical News Today) - Long Island Newsday on Tuesday examined American Medical Association recommendations on regulation of direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements, which have become "ubiquitous" on television, radio, the Internet, and in newspapers and magazines (Mitchell, Long Island Newsday, 10/31). [click link for full article]

Long Island Board of Realtors Prove "We're More Than Realtors" (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - Until recently, it took Angel DiGiovanni considerable effort to leave home for important doctor visits. Thanks to Long Island Board of Realtors and the LI Chapter of Rebuilding Together, the wheelchair-bound Deer Park resident now has a ramp that enables her to come and go from her home with ease.

BC distaff: Pine Island No. 2 and moving (UPI) - LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Pine Island, second choice in Saturday's Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Distaff race, greeted Churchill Downs Thursday with a soggy mile-long jog.

Long Island country (Boston Herald) - Though not quite as challenging as her acclaimed 2004 debut, Smith avoids the sophomore slump with this pleasing pastiche of folk and pop. Her tender voice is well-suited for the lighter fare she steers...

Trial begins for five charged after riot on Grand Manan Island (Boston Globe) - Residents formed a human chain to prevent firefighters from extinguishing a blaze at a suspected crack house on New Brunswick's Grand Manan Island, a jury was told Thursday.

Islanders coach Ted Nolan has Alexei Yashin going on Long Island (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - (CP) - Ted Nolan spent his years between NHL coaching jobs as a motivational speaker and it's apparently come in handy so far this season.

Long Island Home Invasion (WCBS 880 New York) - Suffolk County Police are looking for four armed men who stormed into a Brentwood home early this morning in an attempted burglary. Police say no one was injured. The attack happened at 219 Grand Boulevard, Brentwood shortly after midnight. Homeowner Julio Martinez told News 12 Long Island that he returned to his home this morning to find his wife tied up at gunpoint.

A Gay Staten Island Bid (Gay City News) - Matthew Titone, during an interview last week, hopes to shake up Albany, and Staten Island too.

Police Identify Woman Found Dead On Long Island (WNBC) - Police said they have identified a woman whose body was found in Roosevelt last month.

Ex-CA CEO Gets 12 Years In Prison (CBS News) - The former CEO of Long Island-based Computer Associates was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $8 million for perpetrating an accounting fraud scandal.