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Survey finds Long Island population at a record high (New York Newsday) - UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) _ The number of people living on Long Island has grown to 2.83 million _ about the same as Chicago, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Long Island Power Authority.

State Bank of Long Island Shares Plunge After Jury Grants $44 Million Award in Lawsuit (Money Sense) - Shares of State Bancorp, the holding company for the State Bank of Long Island, plunged Tuesday after the New Hyde Park, N.Y., regional bank was hit with a $44 million jury verdict against it.

Boaters may be banned from dumping in Long Island Sound (Norwich Bulletin) - HARTFORD -- Environmental experts say the best approach to safeguarding the waters of Long Island Sound, and all the living things that use it, is to create a no-discharge area in the water.

State Bank of Long Island Announces Verdict in HSA Residential Mortgage Services of Texas, Inc. Trial (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - JERICHO, N.Y.----Jan. 31, 2006--State Bank of Long Island, announced today that the jury in its recent trial pertaining to the previously disclosed claim by HSA Residential Mortgage Services of Texas, Inc. rendered its verdict on January 30, 2006.

Long Island radiation experts help train world's police (New York Newsday) - Rich Meehan and his band of radiation experts from Long Island and elsewhere are trying in a small way to cool some of the world's hot spots.

Smart, sassy and with a Long Island accent (Stamford Advocate) - I issued the challenge innocently enough: Dream up a fitting slogan for Long Island.

Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce – ready for 2006 (Gabriola Sounder) - The Gabriola Island Chamber of Commerce is delighted to welcome four new board members - Lori Matthews, Carol Ramsay, Cindy Pellant and Bill Pope. This capable crew will be filling places left by retiring directors and long time Chamber supporters - Dee Lauder from Fogo Folkart, Kathy Ramsey from Gabriola Artworks, Walter Ekins from Dragon’s Keep and Jordan Sorrenti from the Sounder.

Norfolk Island murder arrest (The Daily Telegraph) - POLICE have arrested a man over the murder of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island.

Astoria Financial Shrinks to Succeed (The Motley Fool via Yahoo! News) - Sometimes you have to get smaller to get better. That would seem to be the lesson at Long Island-based thrift Astoria Financial (NYSE: AF - News). While some bank managers are obsessed with growing the balance sheet at almost any cost, this company is running down its securities portfolio and using it to pay down high-cost borrowings.

N.Y. School Officials Plead Guilty in Theft (AP via Yahoo! News) - Two former top school officials have pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1.5 million between them from their suburban district, the latest revelation in a burgeoning scandal of thefts from Long Island schools.