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$30M Company Owned By Three Brothers Helps to Preserve Long Island's Environment (RedNova) - By Adina Genn Charles Vigliotti is proud of Long Island Compost, a $30 million company he built with his brothers, Dominic and Arnold. But he's just as pleased with the company's help in preserving Long Island's environment.

Long Island Medical Briefs: March 17, 2006 (RedNova) - By Claude Solnik Computerized patients provide needed practiceThe North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System already has a sort of robo doc in the form of surgical equipment used to perform operations.

Judge rejects Tankleff's years-long bid for a new trial in his parents' murder (CourtTV via Yahoo! News) - PORT JEFFERSON, N.Y. (Court TV) — Jurors were right 17 years ago when they convicted a Long Island teenager of killing his wealthy parents, a judge ruled Friday in a much-anticipated decision.

Long Island Students Ask Oprah To Help Push Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs (WNBC) - A group of Long Island students say they have a way to save the country $2.3 billion in electric costs, and they are asking Oprah Winfrey to help spread the word.

Long Island Sound Swing Band performs (Amityville Record) - On January 8, Bill Wilkinson and his Long Island Sound Swing Band entertained Copiague Memorial

Verdict Upheld in 1988 Killings of L.I. Couple (New York Times) - After supporters worked two years to free a Long Island man jailed for the deaths of his parents, a judge upheld the convictions.

New Zealand evacuates remote island as volcano erupts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - A New Zealand conservation worker was missing and five others were evacuated by helicopter after a volcanic eruption on a remote Pacific island on Friday.

Greenwich Time - Chief Warrant Officer Zachary Cummings, of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Long Island Sound Sector... (Greenwich Time) - Chief Warrant Officer Zachary Cummings, of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Long Island Sound Sector Eatons Neck Station, sits at the helm of the station’s 25-foot patrol and rescue boat in Greenwich Harbor.

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

Ash covers half of island - chopper pilot (Stuff) - Yesterday's eruption on Raoul Island uprooted trees and dumped volcanic ash over half the island, says rescue helicopter pilot John Funnell.