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Police: Long Island Student Smacked Guidance Counselor With Phone (WNBC) - Police say a guidance counselor at a Long Island high school has been beaten by an angry student.

Thomas helps Bruins end Long Island jinx (The Record) - Tim Thomas stopped 33 shots to help the Boston Bruins win for the first time on Long Island in 11 games, 3-1, over the Islanders on Monday night at Uniondale, N.Y.

Long Island Special District elections Tuesday (Newsday) - Voters in Nassau and Suffolk counties will cast ballots Tuesday in elections in more than 150 special districts that provide fire, water and other services at a cost to taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars a year.

College hoops roundup: Father-son duo thrives for Rhode Island (The Sporting News via Yahoo! News) - Player of the week: Long known as an effective recruiter, South Florida coach Stan Heath might have done the best work of his career on a player he didn't sign. Guard Dominique Jones signed early with the Bulls when Robert McCullum was coach, then was persuaded to stick with that commitment after Heath replaced him. Heath's return for keeping Jones on board: averages of 27.5 points, 10 rebounds ...

Prosecutor says Long Island millionaires tortured 2 housekeepers (The Jakarta Post) - CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP): Two Indonesian housekeepers were subjected to "punishment that escalated into a cruel form of torture," a prosecutor said in closing arguments at the trial of a millionaire couple charged with modern-day slavery.

Syracuse victimized again from long range; Rhode Island 91-89 (The Post-Star) - SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Jimmy Baron likes to shoot in the dark because it gives him confidence. And after he shot lights out early against Syracuse, Baron and his Rhode Island teammates registered another impressive road victory.

Spitzer honors Long Island science students (Newsday) - Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff never dreamed that their high school would hold an assembly in their honor, much less that the governor would call them brilliant.

Long Island remembers Pearl Harbor attack today (Newsday) - Nine Pearl Harbor survivors will be honored today on Long Island, marking the 66th anniversary of the historic attack that led to American involvement in World War II.

Margulies and Wadsworth Will Find Home at Long Wharf in 2008 (Playbill) - Long Wharf Theatre has added Donald Margulies' Shipwrecked! An Entertainment – The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) to the current season. Stephen Wadsworth has replaced previously-announced director Moises Kaufman on Anna Deavere Smith's Let Me Down Easy .

Dutch debate building Tulip Island in North Sea (Environmental News Network) - Dubai has built Palm Island. Now the world leaders in land reclamation are considering an island in the shape of a tulip to fight overcrowding and shield the coastline from the rising sea. Supporters of the scheme say it will give Dutch companies a chance to showcase water management skills that are increasingly in demand due to global warming, but critics say the plan will be prohibitively ...