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Long Island Man Jumps from Jeep During Police Chase (FOX 5 New York) - Authorities say they've arrested a Long Island driver who jumped from his Jeep to escape a police chase, leaving two children and two adults in the moving vehicle.

Flyers take playoff quest to Long Island (The Sports Network) - Flyers take playoff quest to Long Island

Pol proposes statehood for Long Island (Newsday) - The Suffolk comptroller and Dowling College will launch a new study of the economics of Long Island seceding to become a 51st state.

Pol proposes statehood for Long Island (Newsday) - Suffolk Comptroller Joseph Sawicki and Dowling College have agreed to launch an study of the economics of Long Island seceding to become a 51st state.

Calls For Long Island To Become 51st State (FOX 5 New York) - There's a new call to make Long Island the nation's 51st state. Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki has been talking about the state of Long Island since 1991. He first proposed it when he was in the state Assembly.

Long Island: the 51st State? (FOX 5 New York) - It's bigger than 19 states, so why not make Long Island the 51st state? Suffolk Comptroller Joseph Sawicki wants Nassau and Suffolk counties to secede, saying the time was right to revive the idea of Long Island statehood. Watch the video.

Calls For Long Island To Become 51st State (FOX 5 New York) - There's a new call to make Long Island the nation's 51st state. Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki has been talking about the state of Long Island since 1991. He first proposed it when he was in the state assembly. Sawicki says the three million people on the island sent $8.1 million dollars to Albany in 2004 and got back just $5.2 billion.

Long Island's economy shows job growth, unemployment gains (Long Island Business News) - Long Island's economy is growing, but so is its unemployment rate.

The ‘Hidden’ Charms Of Phu Quoc Island (Sin Chew Jit Poh) - Concierge.com said the Bai Dai (Long Beach), on the Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang, is an excellent place for travellers to rest and relax from October through March.

Long Island: The 51st state? (Newsday) - Long Island -- bigger than 19 states and more populous than all but the country's three largest cities -- is big enough to stand on its own, secede and become the 51st state, said Suffolk Comptroller Joseph Sawicki.