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Long Island hangs on for 71-61 win over St. Francis, Pa. (Charleston Daily Mail) - Long Island hangs on for 71-61 win over St. Francis, Pa. LORETTO, Pa. (AP) -- Kellen Allen scored 19 points as Long Island University built up a 25-point second-half lead and then held off a St. Francis, Pa. comeback for a 71-61 win Thursday.

Long Island City man killed leaving party (Queens Courier) - A 30-year-old Long Island City man was shot and killed while leaving a party in his neighborhood. At about 5 a.m. on Sunday, January 27, Joseph Prince was found with a single gunshot wound to the head, and three shell casings from a .45-caliber handgun were discovered at the scene, police said.

Woman Pleads Guilty To Long Island Adoption Scam (WNBC) - A Long Island woman has admitted to an elaborate adoption scam that included swindling thousands of dollars from duped prospective adoptees.

Broadwater makes pitch to Long Island Regional Planning Board (Long Island Business News) - considers a safe way to make sure the area has a long-term energy source, Broadwater officials told the Long Island Regional Planning Board Tuesday.

Long Island holds off Seahawks (Staten Island Advance) - STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Wagner College hiccupped in the final minute of the first half, and that gave Long Island University enough room to escape with a 57-53 Northeast Conference victory last night on Grymes Hill.

Long Island, N.Y. man gets up to 8 years in prison in sex extortion case (CNews) - GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A man who lured lonely hearts on the Internet to engage in secretly videotaped sexual encounters - and later used the tapes as blackmail - was sentenced Thursday to up to eight years in prison.

Long Island Digest: Subprime legislation, Medical Action Industries, Gentiva Health Services (Newsday) - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, responding to the subprime mortgage crisis, is working on legislation to require that delinquent borrowers be given a pre-foreclosure notice that would halt property seizures for a period while the borrowers work with their lenders and credit counselors to negotiate new mortgage terms. A top Spitzer aide said yesterday the pre-foreclosure notice was included in a bill still ...

Ibiza, Palms and Nightlife (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance) - A villa on 3.7 acres on Ibiza Island offers tropical landscaping, wiring for solar panels and a 15-meter-long swimming pool. The $5.6 million residence is close to clubs and Las Salinas Beach.

Long Island women charged in car assault (WABC-TV New York) - Two Long Island women have been accused of driving a car into the husband of one of them.

Clinton rarely seen on Long Island recently (Newsday) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has an impressive Long Island field operation for tomorrow's primary, but she's spent precious little time here since her 2006 Senate re-election, with the exception of annual summer fundraising pilgrimages to the Hamptons.