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Chairman Richard Kessel Outlines Long Island Power Authority Needs (RedNova) - By Jean Paul Vellotti Long Island

GOP To Hold State Convention On Long Island (CBS 2 New York) - New York's under-the-gun Republican Party will hold its state nominating convention on Long Island, the suburban battleground often the key to winning statewide elections, officials announced today.

State GOP convention to be held on Long Island (Newsday) - New York's under-the-gun Republican Party will hold its state nominating convention on Long Island, the suburban battleground often the key to winning statewide elections, officials announced Tuesday.

State Bank of Long Island Named as Leading Member for FDIC Insurance Service CDARS (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - JERICHO, N.Y.----March 13, 2006--Promontory Interfinancial Network has named State Bank of Long Island a "Network Leader" for annual volume placement by using its service, CDARS in 2006.

Live long and prosper (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier) - Aside from having the right parents, what separates those who live long lives from those who don’t? That’s the intriguing question posed by nutritionist Sally Beare, who looked for the answer in five of the world’s longevity hot spots: Okinawa, Japan; the Greek island of Symi; Campodimele, Italy; Hunza Valley in Pakistan; and China’s Bama County.

Republicans to hold state convention on Long Island (WRGB) - (Albany, NY - AP) - The New York State Republican Party is returning to a familiar stomping ground as it faces an uphill battle in this year's statewide elections.

Capital One buys Long Island bank (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) - NEW YORK – In its second major banking deal, credit-card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. is buying North Fork Bancorp. Inc. in a stock and cash transaction valued at nearly $15 billion.

Sanford outlines vision for island (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Looking a bit like a college professor with a pen in one hand and maps behind, Gov. Mark Sanford fielded questions Monday about his vision for 1,300 acres the state owns on Daniel Island - the last large, undeveloped tract on Charleston Harbor.

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Gets a Boost (RedNova) - By Jean Paul Vellotti In response

Father, son float new evacuation idea (Newsday) - 'Pontiphian' design can evacuate all 2.7 million Long Island residents in less than 24 hours Charles Caserta was 13 years old when he and his father, Tony, inspected a boat they thought they might buy. As they watched the owner struggle to pull the boat out of the water and onto a trailer, Charles turned to his father, a Grumman engineer who had worked on the lunar module, and said, "Dad, why