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Long Island Rock City! (The New York Observer) - Robert Prichard hopes to illuminate Long Island City with some emphatic Times Square-style signage. “I’d like it to be visible from the 59th Street Bridge,” he said. “First, it flashes ‘Queens,’ then ‘Bridge,’ then ‘Theater,’ and then ‘Queensbridge Theater.’ And then maybe an arrow that lights up and points down to our loading dock.” Mr. Prichard, 52, has long had a flair for the dramatic. ...

Long Island Republican Has Eye on Governorship (New York Times) - Peter T. King, a Republican from Long Island who is known for his independent streak, is quietly exploring the possibility of mounting a bid for governor in two years.

Mechanicville Man Busted on Child Porn Charges on Long Island (WRGB Albany) - Mechanicville, N.Y. A Mechanicville man accused of having child pornography on his home computer faces charges in an Internet child sex sting on Long Island.

What if Long Island became a state? (Newsday) - Since Hawaii became the nation's 50th state, Long Island has been far from the first region to consider splitting from its home state.

Maybe A First For Long Island: Car Wash Rage! (WCBS-TV New York) - A Queens man is charged with using his truck to in a fit of anger. But this isn't a case of road rage; it's a case of car wash rage. The victim is a $12,000 computer control unit, which now sits crumpled and useless in a garbage pile. The accused is 37-year-old Assi Touti of Queens. And the scene of the crime? Mr. Hand Car Wash in Elmont on Long Island.

Alewives' tale: Fish ladder is a Long Island first (Daily Record) - BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (AP) -- A dwindling fish species that serves as food for such popular catches as tuna and striped bass could get a boost from Long Island's first permanent fish ladder.

Rescuers save 3 people from Long Island Sound (Newsday) - Three people were rescued from the waters of Long Island Sound after their canoe overturned off a Stony Brook beach, Suffolk police said Monday.

Guests Enjoy Caribbean Island Hopping and Rental Car With Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas' "Explore the BVI" Package (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Long Bay Beach Resort & Villas, a casually elegant, plantation style Caribbean resort, has introduced a three-night "Explore the BVI" package which features an exciting island-hopping day sail to neighboring islands -- with lunch, open bar and snorkeling -- on the lovely "Mystique."

Michael Fox buys Long Island spread (Miami Herald) - Actor Michael J. Fox has paid $6.3 million for a new 7,000-square-foot Gambrel shingle-style, traditional home in Quogue, N.Y. The asking price had been $7.25 million for the six-bedroom spread on Long Island.

McShay: OT Long new No. 1 in mock draft (ESPN) - Jake Long is No. 1 in Todd McShay's latest mock draft, dropping Matt Ryan to No. 3 overall.