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Wang buys Long Island Marriott (Long Island Business News) - UNIONDALE - Charles Wang, the billionaire owner of the Islanders hockey team, closed on the acquisition of the Long Island Marriott Hotel and Conference Center Thursday, said Paul Lancey, an Islanders senior vice president.

Long Island Man Charged With Computer Child Porn (WNBC) - MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. -- A Long Island man who was on probation for failing to register as a sex offender was arrested Thursday after child pornography was discovered on his home computer, Nassau County police said.

Local Long Island families bring holiday cheer to support worthy cause (Babylon Beacon) - The holidays are known for being a time when generosity and thoughtfulness are abound and this year is no different! The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Long Island Chapter would like to announce the return of our Holiday Houses campaign.

Japantown In Long Island City? Local Visionary Wants One (Queens Chronicle) - You can order curry in Jackson Heights, dim sum in Flushing, and soon sushi in Long Island City? Queens’ Asian population has increased by 50 percent in the last 10 years, but despite New York’s numerous ethnic neighborhoods, there’s no Japantown.

LONG ISLAND CARES - (South Bay News) - On November 16, 2005, Brownie Troop #2975, from Ft. Salonga Elementary School, visited Long Island Cares, a food bank in Hauppauge. The girls collected food from their neighborhood and brought their collections to Long Island Cares.

Largest Vancouver Island Food Drive Ever from Tech Community (CanadaIT.com) - Vancouver, BC, December 8, 2005--(T-Net)--Forty Vancouver Island technology companies participated in the 2005 VIATeC Food Bank Challenge, donating approximately 65,000 pounds of food and $28,500 in cash to the Mustard Seed Food Bank. The month-long November challenge pitted tech company against tech company in a race to donate the most food overall, and the most food per employee.

Hoping for the Best? Bummer (New York Times) - After his girlfriend left him and his cat, one Long Island man went on the hunt for a new apartment that was affordable and took pets.

On island off North Carolina, battle rages over right to build (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. -- More than 40 years ago, M.A. Boryk and some friends bought about two dozen acres of land on the southern tip of Topsail Island, a long slip of sand off the North Carolina coast. As the decades passed, nature gave them a lot more.

Wachtler Knopf Equities to Manage, Lease Long Island, NY Office Portfolio (PR Web) - Wachtler Knopf Equities, a new real estate venture based in Farmingdale, NY, and formed by a pair of industry veterans, will take over the management and leasing of a 450,000-square-foot, seven-building, Long Island office portfolio. [PRWEB Dec 7, 2005]

'Cross nats preview: Fire on ice in Rhode Island (Velo News) - Break out the cowbells, wool socks and long underwear, the second weekend of December has arrived, meaning the most important cyclo-cross race of the North American calendar is about to take place.