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Ailing interpreter puts Long Island slavery trial on hold (Newsday) - Testimony has been delayed at the trial of two Long Island millionaires accused of keeping two Indonesian women as virtual slaves.

Long Island 'slave' maid said she was tortured every day (New York Daily News) - The Long Island maid allegedly held as a slave testified in excruciating detail Monday about the bizarre punishments that her millionaire employer concocted to torment her.

Ed Cherry Jazz Clinic and Concert Series @ Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Tuesday, November 6, 2007 4:00 - ... (All About Jazz) - Jazz Guitarist Ed Cherry will lead a jazz seminar as part of Long Island University's Jazz Clinic Series. The series features musicians and music professionals with extraordinary links to jazz history in addition to being outstanding in their own right.

Two teens attacked, shot with BB gun at Long Island mall (WABC-TV New York) - Police are issuing a warning to holiday shoppers Tuesday after two women were nearly robbed and then were shot with a BB gun at a Long Island mall.

Servant testifies about abuse in Long Island slavery case (WABC-TV New York) - A servant who worked for a millionaire Long Island couple charged with modern-day slavery testified Monday that she was forced to eat her own vomit and was scalded with hot water for minor transgressions such as sleeping late and pilfering food.

Tropical Storm Noel destroys crops, livestock on Long Island (The Nassau Guardian) - Local farmers and fishermen on Long Island - whose livelihoods were devastated by Tropical Storm Noel - are now calling on the government to assist them during the holiday season.

Expanding autism help on Long Island (Newsday) - Spurred by soaring numbers of students diagnosed with autism and other neurological disorders, the state is more than doubling the capacity of residential schools for such students on Long Island, while lifting a de facto 12-year freeze on expansion here.

Island Firefighter’s Ukraine Adventure - Pt. 2 (Manxnet) - Although Operation Florian has already done a lot to help the Ukraine fire service, there is still a long way to go. Danny says: ‘One big problem with their service is the transport. Their trucks are old, one of them was 42 years old. On the Island, we get rid of trucks after 15 to 20 years.

Louisiana's Avery Island is a hot spot for wildlife - and for Tabasco (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - AVERY ISLAND, La. -- Not long after you cross the little bridge leading over Bayou Petite Anse -- "Little Cove'" in the Cajun French spoken in these parts -- whiffs of the spicy fragrance of Tabasco pepper drift through the air. ...

'Island' emerges in Indonesian volcano crater (AFP via Yahoo! News) - An island that has emerged in the middle of the crater lake of Indonesia's Mount Kelut may have been effectively plugging the volcano but it could be dislodged, scientists warned Tuesday.