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Police Search For Long Island Puppy Thief (CBS 2 New York) - Suffolk County Police are going over a grainy store surveillance video to identify the man who used his little girl to screen him from the camera while he stole a $1,600 Chihuahua puppy from a Long Island pet store.

Sutton, Woods Homer in No. 6/7 Cal's Win over Long Island (CalBears.com) - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Junior Alex Sutton and senior Haley Woods each homered in No. 6/7 California's 8-1 win over Long Island, Sunday, to finish Capital Classic play.

89-year-old Long Island Man Dies In Car Crash (CBS 2 New York) - An 89-year-old Long Island man has died in a car crash in East Northport.

China's Hainan Island opening up to British sunseekers (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The world got bigger for Britain's bucket-and-spade brigade as a package holiday operator offered fun and sun on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.

James Island Land Battle (ABC News 4) - Charleston, SC - James Island - The battle over James Island land is resurfacing yet again as the City of Charleston is pushing to annex as many properties from the town as it can.

Historic cistern returns to island (Sun Herald) - BOCA GRANDE -- More than year and a half after Hurricane Charley robbed Gasparilla Island of two historic cisterns, the second wooden tank returned to the island Tuesday.

A terrifying case of road rage in Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - Police say the suspect forced another driver off the road and then pointed a loaded gun in the driver's face.

On Long Island, Cats and Birds Clash, and People Take Sides (New York Times) - The wind was whistling off the ocean at Jones Beach, but down in the underbrush, a colony of cats sunned themselves around a wooden hutch.

Habs fail to gain ground in Long Island (TSN) - Rick DiPietro made 33 saves, and Robert Nilsson scored to snap a second-period tie to help the New York Islanders end a three-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. Montreal's loss, combined with Atlanta's 5-4 shootout win over Boston, puts the Thrashers ahead of the struggling Canadiens for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff berth.

More buses needed in Nassau (Newsday) - Rapidly increasing bus ridership on Long Island could eventually overwhelm the system if plans are not made to expand the existing fleet of buses, officials said yesterday.