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Rudy: Brooklyn loyalty no slight to Long Island (Newsday) - Rudolph Giuliani said Wednesday he never meant to put down Long Island by skipping over his suburban roots in his life story -- but also made it clear he'll always consider himself big-city born and bred.

Long Island Association offers conditional support for gas terminal (Newsday) - Long Island's largest business group announced yesterday its conditional support for the bitterly-controversial floating liquid natural gas terminal proposed for midway between the Suffolk County and Connecticut coastlines.

Frightening jewelry store robbery on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - There was a frightening jewelry store robbery on Long Island Tuesday afternoon.

A Vision for Long Island (Long Island Business News) - Vision Long Island will mark its 10-year anniversary by planning its next decade.

Eat, drink, learn on Long Island (Newsday) - Long Island's East End has morphed into a wine region that is beginning, in some ways, to resemble California's Napa and Sonoma. To keep pace, a center has opened to bring producers of food and wine together with people who eat and drink.

Long Island's Most Contentious Eminent Domain Battles (RedNova) - By Ross Daly The Supreme Court decision affirming local government's right to take property for the common good led to a certain amount of "tearing out of hair and rending of clothing," as one Long Island attorney puts it.

Long Island's Community Computer Connections Program Needs Volunteers (RedNova) - By Kathy Lombardo The Community Computer Connections Program needs volunteers with a background in PC hardware and software. The program provides computers free of charge to families across Long Island who would otherwise not be able to afford them.

Long Island Lizards Blast Into Brooklyn (OurSports Central) - Uniondale, NY (April 10, 2007) -- The Long Island Lizards of Major League Lacrosse today announced they will host a free lacrosse clinic on April 21 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm in association with Aviator Sports and Recreation in Brooklyn, NY. The Lizards joined up with Aviator Sports earlier this year and are kicking off the partnership with this clinic.

Will Rudy remember his Long Island roots? (Newsday) - Rudolph Giuliani says he's a Yankees guy, and says he has been a Yankees guy for life. But a half-century-old picture in an aging souvenir program from the Garden City South Little League says different.

Fiji's Deposed Prime Minister Will Fight Island Exile in Court (Bloomberg.com) - April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Fiji's ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase will ask the High Court to overturn a decree confining him to an island he fled to after the Dec. 5 bloodless coup by the military.