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Pletcher adds to record-breaking year with Long Island victory (Thoroughbred Times) - Trainer Todd Pletcher set another record on Saturday, earning his 54th graded stakes win of the year when Safari Queen (Arg) earned a half-length victory in the $150,000 Long Island Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct.

Two Men Bring VERT Peak Fitness Center and Physical Therapy to Long Island (RedNova) - By Adina Genn Dissatisfied with the offerings of area gyms, Kevin Ruthen and Jonathan Marcus looked to bring a new concept to Long Island.

Long Island Pine Barrens to Be Preserved (1010 WINS New York) - Four hundred acres in the Long Island Pine Barrens is being bought so it won't be developed. Suffolk County is joining New York State and the town of Brookhaven announced the purchase of the Yaphank parcel.

LIBI hails Senate plan for Workforce Housing on Long Island (Babylon Beacon) - A plan by the Nassau-Suffolk delegation in the State Senate to provide more workforce housing in the region was hailed today by leaders of the Long Island Builders Institute as "a home run that will help keep young people on Long Island."

Driver Crushed By Tractor-Trailer On Long Island Expressway (NY1 News) - Police are investigating a deadly accident involving a tractor-trailer on the Long Island Expressway Thursday night at 11:30 near the Main Street exit.

Long Island's Postwar Paradise (The New York Sun) - The 2003 documentary "Capturing the Friedmans" told the sordid tale of a suburban father and son accused of sexually abusing young children. The Friedmans lived in affluent Great Neck, Long Island, and the documentary provided the kind of notoriety that no suburban town would want to attract. And it is not the story that Judith Goldstein wants to tell about Great Neck. Instead, she has written a

Pine Island is euthanized (Los Angeles Daily News) - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Tragedy struck horse racing in a showcase race for the second time this year, with Pine Island fatally injured and Fleet Indian hurt Saturday in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff.

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]

How an entire island may become an environmental experiment (The Scotsman) - HIGHLANDS and Islands Enterprise is planning to turn an entire island such as Islay or Mull into a testing ground for environmental technology.

Rhode Island Race Could Prove Critical (RedNova) - PROVIDENCE, R.I. _ It has come to this: If Republicans are to hold onto the U.S. Senate, they may need to do it by way of their most liberal member and one of President Bush's most difficult nemeses, Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.