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Families of the Construction Trades honored at Long Island’s favorite Christmas Tree (Babylon Beacon) - Against the boughs of an 80 foot tall Christmas tree at Reckson Plaza, East Meadow, a Bay Shore family is honored by Reckson Associates Realty for their role in helping to build Long Island as they place mini hard hat ornaments on the tree.

Long Island native Mariah Carey ties Elvis on singles chart (New York Newsday) - Long Island native Mariah Carey's "Don't Forget About Us" rose to the top of Billboard's Hot 100 chart, putting her in a tie with Elvis Presley for second place among artists with the most No. 1 singles in the rock era.

Long Island Woman Killed In 3-Car Accident (WNBC) - SMITHTOWN, N.Y. -- A Long Island woman was killed Thursday in a three-car accident, Suffolk County police said. Patrice Woisen, 46, of Nesconset, was killed in the 8:40 p.m. crash on Landing Avenue in Smithtown, police said.

Ridgewood Student Is Killed In Long Island Auto Accident (The Ridgewood Times News) - by Robert Pozarycki A freshman at Stony Brook University, originally from Ridgewood, has died from injuries suffered after being hit by a car at the Long Island campus Thursday morning.

Skeleton of long-extinct Dodo found (Miami Herald) - Scientists said they likely have found a complete skeleton of the long-extinct Dodo bird. The Dodo was native to Mauritius when no humans lived there but its numbers rapidly dwindled after the arrival of Portuguese and Dutch sailors in the 1500s. The last recorded sighting of a live bird was in 1663.

Long Island Teenager Dies During Oral Surgery (WNBC) - HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A Long Island teenager died Wednesday following oral surgery at a Hempstead oral surgeon's office, Nassau County police said. Luis Mora, 17, of Baldwin, was having four wisdom teeth pulled out at the Island Oral Surgery and Implants office in Hempstead.

Island's isolation leads to an independent breed (Traverse City Record-Eagle) - BEAVER ISLAND - The Emerald Isle's cargo hold is mostly empty on December trips to Charlevoix. A recent morning haul to the mainland consisted of a few pallets of returnable bottles and cans and boxes of trash, not much when spread across the 130-foot ship's cavernous cargo bay.

Michael and Catherine Cochrane of Vashon Island (Seattle Times) - The Cochranes didn't know how isolated Vashon Island was until they moved there from Seattle's Belltown three years ago. If a large disaster...

Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers to Honor Long Island Soldiers for Service in Iraq (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) - > Country Music Legend Kenny Rogers to Honor Long Island Soldiers for Service in Iraq

Home at last (Newsday) - He said his name was Frank Singleton, but carried no identification. He couldn't remember where he was born. He'd been a farm worker for most of his adult life, living in labor camps from Florida to eastern Long Island, but had nothing to show for it. He wore other people's thrown off clothes.