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Long Island natives Higgins, Komisarek pick up game after Olympic break (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - MONTREAL (CP) - Chris Higgins and Mike Komisarek have three things in common - they are both from Long Island, both are first-round draft picks of the Montreal Canadiens and both have played their best hockey since the Olympic break.

Long Island Rough Riders newsletter (OurSports Central) - Plainview, NY (March 27, 2006) The Long Island Rough Riders, members of professional soccerss USL 2nd Division, are pleased to announce their opening day of the 2006 season will be Adidas Night at Mitchel Athletic Complex.

Open letter from Strong Island Sound Darren J. Cioffi (OurSports Central) - Long Island, NY. Now that our inaugural season has ended, we want to thank all of our fans, friends and our many teammates that have made this year a great success.

Long Island restaurants serve up Southern comfort (Newsday) - The new Dixie, where you can eat like the folks down south Have you noticed, lately, that filet mignon with porcini risotto is being upstaged by pulled pork with spoon bread? Or that Chilean sea bass with Thai curry emulsion has taken a back seat to fried catfish? Long Islanders have been hankering for homey Southern comforts -- and finding them at a growing number of dining spots in Nassau and

Fresh signs of long-lost kokako (Stuff) - For the veteran searchers seeking signs of the long-lost South Island kokako, a valley east of Puysegur Point in Fiordland National Park sounds like a breakthrough.

Unselfishness key to Florida reaching Final Four (USA Today) - Billy Donovan's success was simple to explain seven years ago. The guy could recruit. He had the Long Island, N.Y., attitude. He had a former star player's cachet. He'd been tutored by Rick Pitino. At 34, in just his fourth season at Florida, he'd so well stocked the Gators that they carried him to the Final Four and the NCAA Tournament's championship game.

Indonesia island remembers quake (BBC News) - Survivors of a deadly quake on Indonesia's Nias island remember victims as rebuilding continues a year on.

Hall talking to Manhattan's Gonzalez, Pitt's Rohrssen (The Star-Ledger) - Hofstra coach Tom Pecora, Seton Hall's top choice to replace the recently fired Louis Orr, removed himself from consideration for the vacant Big East job yesterday by signing a new five-year contract with the Long Island school.

Track fire at Penn delays LIRR (Newsday) - A fire in an Amtrak East River tunnel has caused 30-minute delays on Long Island Rail Road trains leaving Penn Station this evening, LIRR officials said.

SBA to offer low-interest loans to washed out Long Islanders (Long Island Business News) - HUNTINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to offer low-interest loans to Long Islanders affected by last October’s soggy weather.