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Armed Robbers Hold Up Long Island Hotel (WNBC) - Police are looking for four armed men who robbed the Howard Johnson's motel in Westbury, Long Island.

BusinessTalkRadio.net Buys Three Long Island Outlets (Radio & Records) - BusinessTalkRadio.net has bought three Long Island signals from Jarad Broadcasting: alternative WLIR (107.1), classic rock WBON (98.5) and dance WDRE (105.3).

State OKs plans for Long Island heritage area (Newsday) - The effort to collectively showcase the North Shore's treasures cleared an important hurdle when state Parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro approved the management plans for Long Island's first heritage area.

Menorah Destroyed on Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - Long Island officials are investigating the destruction of a menorah outside a Jewish center.

No consensus on Sears Island (Waldo Independent) - “Today’s the critical day,†Deputy Conservation Commissioner Karin Tilberg predicted Tuesday in Searsport at the start of what many had long hoped would be the end of a now seven-month-long citizen planning initiative, its goal to achieve a consensus recommendation to Gov. John Baldacci on the fate of Sears Island. “It’s going to happen today or it’s not going to happen,†she said.

BBQ, Asian and Italian rule the Island (Newsday) - Long Island is in the midst of a smoldering affair with barbecue - or am I just imaging that a new pit is firing up somewhere weekly? Although Italian restaurants still rule the overall scene, diners are wielding chopsticks instead of forks at the many new Asian (and Asian fusion and pan-Asian) contenders. Additionally, the flavors of Latin America are adding spice to the mixture, winning over ...

Spitzer may eye big changes at LIPA (Newsday) - Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer has yet to focus on the Long Island Power Authority, but advisers to him and experts familiar with the agency say Spitzer will certainly consider wholesale changes at LIPA, including possibly returning the utility to private ownership.

Ford's visit to LI remembered (Newsday) - When Gerald Ford visited Long Island 17 years ago for a conference examining his presidency, he displayed his trademark common touch while staying at the Marriott Hotel in Uniondale.

Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery (NBC 24 Toledo) - During the height of the Civil War, in a frigid prison stockade, Major George McKnight of Louisiana pens a poem... All week long, we've been taking a special look at one of our coastal towns filled with many hidden- and not so hidden treasures.

Long Island Family Of 4 Loses Home To Fire (WNBC) - MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. -- Four people were left homeless Tuesday as their home was destroyed by a fire on the day after Christmas. Homeowner Kenny Strick woke up around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday when he heard popping noises coming from his living room, which by then was full of flames and smoke, police said.