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Siemens wins Long Island power contract (Crain's New York Business) - The German firm said it won a $450 million deal to supply equipment, operation and maintenance for the Caithness Long Island Energy Center.

Bodies of Murdered Women Flown Home to Long Island (The New York Sun) - Two Long Island women who were murdered in Arizona by a deranged student were flown to New York last night for burial, a rabbi who has been acting as a liaison to the families in Arizona said. Carol Kestenbaum and Nicole Schiffman, both 20 and sophomores in college, grew up in Bellmore, N.Y. Schiffman had flown from the University of Maryland to Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday to celebrate Kestenbaum's ...

2 Long Island Students Gunned Down In Arizona (WCBS-TV New York) - Two high school friends from Long Island were killed in cold blood, and police say the gunman's motive was his own love life. The two girls were 2005 graduates of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore and were reportedly shot one of them disapproved of the gunman's love life. CBS 2's Brendan Keefe will bring you live reports from Tempe starting Monday night at 11 p.m.

Long Island Man Accused of Groping Girl, 4 Others (1010 WINS New York) - The father of a Long Island man who was arrested in a series of assaults, including an attack on an 11-year-old girl, said that his son is not a sexual predator but suffers from mental illness and should not have been released from a psychiatric ward.

Long Beach will monitor air during incinerator razing (Newsday) - The oldest garbage incinerator on Long Island is coming down, and the Long Beach residents who live next to it hope the demolition will be handled with more care than operators of the plant showed during its half a century of operations.

Man Accused of Groping Girl, 4 others in Long Island Stores (WCBS 880 New York) - The father of a Long Island man who was arrested in a series of assaults, including an attack on an11-year-old girl, said that his son is not a sexual predator but suffers from mental illness and should not have been released from a psychiatric ward. Harvey L. Holmes, Jr., said that what his son, Harvey L. Holmes III, 42, had done was wrong.

Lively, long Marco Island City Council meeting expected (Naples Daily News) - A packed house, a packed agenda and those attending might want to pack an overnight bag to make it through tonight's Marco Island's City Council meeting.

Retired pilot recalls his long military career (Maumelle Monitor) - A young, athletic Jay J. Brown used to cut across the grassy fields of the Little Rock airport on his way to high school football practice in the 1930s — a shortcut from his home in the bottoms near Fouche Island.

Doellman's Career High Leads XU in 98-72 Rout of Rhode Island (CSTV's College Sports) - CINCINNATI - Senior forward Justin Doellman established a new career high with 29 points and junior guard Drew Lavender added 22 points and a game-high seven assists to lead the Xavier University men's basketball team past Rhode Island, 98-72, on Wednesday evening at Cintas Center.

SPIKE LEE WINS JOURNALISM AWARD: Director lauded by Long Island University for Hurricane Katrina documentary. (Eurweb) - *Spike Lee was named Tuesday as one of 12 annual George Polk Award recipients for his HBO documentary “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts," which details the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina among citizens of New Orleans.