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SPORTS BRIEF: Crimson will be without '06 leading scorer against Seawolves in Long Island (The Harvard Crimson) - The Harvard men’s lacrosse team will be without its leading scorer from last year for the second straight game as the Crimson (0-1) travels to Stony Brook (0-1) to for a 1 p.m. road-showdown tomorrow in Long Island.

Report: Thousands Homeless on Long Island (WCBS 880 New York) - Homelessness is often associated with cities, but a new report says almost 4,000 people were homeless on suburban Long Island on a single night in 2005.

Report: 4,000 homeless on Long Island (Newsday) - There were nearly 4,000 homeless people on Long Island and more than 48,000 in New York City in 2005 -- the vast majority of them families with children, according to a federal government report released Wednesday.

Maury Island mining is topic of trio of bills (Seattle Times) - The long-running fight over mining sand and gravel from Puget Sound's Maury Island has moved to Olympia. After losing court battles and...

Long Island Coach Drowns on Caribbean Vacation (1010 WINS New York) - A well-known Long Island baseball coach, umpire and basketball referee drowned while on vacation with his family off the coast of the tiny Carribean island of Anguilla.

2 Long Island men make plea deal in MySpace extortion (WSYR 9 Syracuse) - Two Long Island men accused of trying to extort MySpace.com by developing code to track users pleaded no contest Monday to illegal computer access in a bargain with the prosecution.

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Selects TheraDoc(R) for Infection Control and Disease Surveillance (RedNova) - Building on its technical expertise in healthcare emergency preparedness, the Great Neck, NY-based North Shore-Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Health System received, through the efforts of U.S.

Robert Morris 90, Long Island 74 (phillyburbs.com) - CORAOPOLIS, Pa. - A.J. Jackson had a season-high 34 points and added 12 rebounds as Robert Morris secured home-court advantage in the first round of the Northeast Conference tournament with a 90-74 win over Long Island Monday.

Blues spoil Smyth's Isles debut party (AP via Yahoo! News) - The Blues were less than perfect guests as the Islanders began the Ryan Smyth era. Lee Stempniak's power-play goal 25 seconds into overtime gave St. Louis a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over New York on Thursday night in Smyth's debut on Long Island.

Blues spoil Smyth's debut in overtime (AP via Yahoo! News) - Lee Stempniak's power-play goal 25 seconds into overtime gave the St. Louis Blues a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night in Ryan Smyth's debut on Long Island.