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Long Island Helicopter Noise Deal Struck (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Helicopter operators have agreed not to fly low over Long Island and to route their flights away from heavily populated areas.

Program to give Teddy Bears to sick kids expands to Long Island (Newsday) - After more than two decades of distributing Teddy Bears to children in New York City hospitals, the Theodore Roosevelt Association plans to expand the program to Long Island and cities across the country next year.

Long Island Couple Convicted of Keeping Slaves (WNYC New York Public Radio) - A federal jury in Long Island found a millionaire couple from Muttonville guilty of enslaving their two Indonesian housekeepers. The jury convicted Mahender Sabhnani and his wife, Varsha of all 12 c....

Courier News Online - Long Island millionaires guilty in 'modern day slavery' case (Bridgewater Courier News) - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) _ A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their Long Island mansion to work as housekeepers, subjecting them to repeated psychological and physical abuse and forcing them to work 18 hours or more a day.

Long Island beats Mount by 12 (The Evening Sun) - Long Island used a strong start and finish to the first half on its way to a 57-45 win against Mount St. Mary's in Northeast Conference women's basketball action on Sunday at Emmitsburg, Md.

Police Investigate Home Invasion On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Three men entered a Long Island home while the occupants were sleeping, handcuffed two of them and ransacked the premises. According to police, the men had handguns when they entered the Valley Stream home on North Corona Avenue early Saturday morning.

Long Island Couple Convicted of Enslaving 2 Domestic Workers for Years (New York Times) - Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani were convicted on 12 counts, including involuntary servitude, conspiracy, forced labor and the harboring of aliens, and could face up to 40 years in prison.

Long Island Couple Convicted in Slavery Case (New York Times) - A jury convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.

Boy, 9, Dies in Staten Island House Fire (New York Times) - A 9-year-old Staten Island boy died Monday after a fire raced through his family’s home in Prince’s Bay, despite desperate rescue attempts by his father, firefighters and several neighbors.

Dems to block hunting on Calif. island (AP via Yahoo! News) - Congressional Democrats are moving to repeal a law passed by Republicans last year that would have allowed trophy hunts opposed by the National Park Service to continue on a Southern California public island.