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Reported Injuries Rise on Long Island Rail Road (The New York Sun) - Despite efforts to close gaps between its station platforms and train cars, gap-related injuries on the Long Island Rail Road have increased over the past year, according to railroad officials. Since August, when a teenager fell to her death through a gap at the Woodside station, The railroad has spent more than $3 million adjusting and extending platforms at 21 of its stations. It has also waged ...

Olympian on Long Island card! (Fightnews.com) - Heavyweight Wilmer Vasquez 1-0 (1 KO), who represented his native Venezuela at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, will fight Mike "The Hammer" Jones, 3-7 (1 KO) in a four rounder at the Huntington Town House in Huntington Station, Long Island on Friday.

Long Island’s Eisenhower Park to host 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships (USA Swimming) - COLORADO SPRINGS , Colo. – The 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships will be held March 27-31 at Long Island’s Nassau County Aquatic Center .

Long Island Lawmakers Vote on Day Laborers (WNYC New York Public Radio) - Lawmakers on eastern Long Island have rejected a proposal to outlaw day workers from congregating on public roads. Almost 50 people testified about the measure last night, before Suffolk County legis....

East Long Island considering loitering law (Home News Tribune) - GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — Lawmakers on eastern Long Island, where the illegal-immigration debate has raged for nearly a decade, were considering a bill Tuesday that would outlaw people seeking day work from congregating on public roads.

Long Island’s Eisenhower Park to Host 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships (USA Swimming) - COLORADO SPRINGS , Colo. – The 2007 USA Swimming Spring Championships will return to Long Island’s Nassau County Aquatic Center Tuesday, March 27 through Saturday, March 31, 2007. Heats begin at 9 a.m. each morning with finals starting at 5:30 p.m. The meet, which is officially sanctioned by USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport, will feature talent including Olympic medalists, ...

Long Beach LIRR service disrupted (Newsday) - Long Island Rail Road service between Valley Stream and Long Beach on the Long Beach branch has been temporarily suspended because of a disabled tractor trailer, the LIRR reported.

Letterman's 'Larry Bud' dies after a long illness (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Calvert DeForest, the dweebish man who gained cult status on David Letterman's late-night shows as the comic figure Larry (Bud) Melman precisely because he was not funny, died Monday in Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 85. He had suffered from a long illness, according to a statement by Letterman. For 20 years, DeForest drew laughs simply for being the odd juxtaposition in an industry marked ...

Commentary: Long Island Must Keep Limitations in Mind During Expansion (RedNova) - By James L. Larocca The place we call Long Island is a fabulous piece of real estate afloat in the Atlantic Ocean.

Long Island teacher of the gifted admits he had child pornography (Newsday) - A former teacher at a school for the gifted pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge that he possessed child pornography.