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Arturo O'Farrill Jazz Clinic Series at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Tuesday, November 7, 4:00 - 6:00 PM (All About Jazz) - Tuesday, November 7, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Pianist and musical director of the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra for Jazz at Lincoln Center, Arturo O'Farrill will lead a Latin jazz seminar as part of Long Island University's Jazz Clinic Series.

Lawry ahead in Bethel Island irrigation district race (Contra Costa Times) - An incumbent who had expressed a reluctance to run for reelection nonetheless is leading in the race for seats on Bethel Island's levee maintenance district.

Machine glitches cause long lines (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - America's voters waited in long lines yesterday as polling officials frantically fiddled with electronic voting machines and new registration procedures that caused delays in hundreds of precincts.

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.

Virginia Opens Season at Rhode Island on Friday (CSTV's College Sports) - Cavaliers Then Host Old Dominion in First Game at JPJA on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Virginia opens the 2006-07 at Rhode Island on Friday, Nov. 10. Tip-off at the Ryan Center is slated for 5:30 p.m. WINA Radio (1070 AM) will broadcast the game live with Jed Williams and Larry Johnson.

Rhode Islanders electing governor, other state posts Tuesday (Boston Globe) - Rhode Island's highest elected office was at stake Tuesday, with voters choosing between an incumbent Republican governor who has campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and a Democratic challenger with a long career in public service.

Lightning Strikes Again On Long Island (WFTV 9 Orlando) - Filip Kuba scored twice, as the Lightning continued their domination of the Islanders with a 5-1 victory at Nassau Coliseum.

Cuba Confident UN Will Condemn Embargo (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Cuba is confident that most of the world will condemn the U.S. trade embargo against the island in a U.N. vote on Wednesday, but it doesn't expect any change as long as U.S. President George W.

University village a Mare Island idea (The Reporter) - Touro University is a step closer to getting its shot at convincing Vallejo officials that a university village idea is the right approach to development in the north end of Mare Island. And that idea's not sitting right with another developer on the former Navy base. Today, The Vallejo City Council plans to consider giving Touro university,

Fossella and King Beat Back Strong Democratic Challenges (The New York Sun) - In the city's only seriously contested congressional race, Rep. Vito Fossella, a Republican, held off a challenge by Democrat Stephen Harrison to retain his seat representing Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. A Republican representing Long Island, Rep. Peter King, also appeared to beat back an aggressive Democratic bid, but he was on the verge of losing his chairmanship of the powerful