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Long Island County Rejects Gay Partner Registry (365Gay.com) - (Garden City, New York) Supporters of a domestic partner registry for Nassau County on Long Island say they were "sandbagged" by opponents. Council council voted 10-8 to reject the proposal despite what supporters say was an agreement that the measure would be passed.

Signature Bank Names New Private Client Team for Its Garden City, Long Island, New York Location (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - NEW YORK----April 25, 2006--Signature Bank , a New York-based full-service commercial bank, announced today the appointment of a private client team to be based out of its Garden City, Long Island, N.Y. location at 1225 Franklin Avenue.

Prohibition on short-term vacation rentals continues on Salt Spring Island (Gabriola Sounder) - VICTORIA - Earlier this year, the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee confirmed it would uphold long-standing Official Community Plan policies and the existing Land Use Bylaw, which prohibit renting private homes in residential zones for fewer than 30 days, and has directed Islands Trust staff to enforce the bylaw.

A Boycott for Immigrants' Rights Picks Up Support on Long Island (New York Times) - In Hempstead, where a third of the population is Hispanic, business owners vowed to close their doors on Monday as part of a nationwide boycott.

Author takes long look at secrets of longevity (San Jose Mercury News) - Aside from having the right parents, what separates those who experience long lives from those whose years are cut short? That's the intriguing question posed by nutritionist Sally Beare, who looked for the answer in five of the world's longevity hot spots: Okinawa, Japan; the Greek island of Symi; Campodimele, Italy; Hunza Valley in Pakistan; and China's Bama County.

US to end delays, scams for Cuba visa seekers (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - The United States will introduce sweeping changes in the way Cubans apply for visitors' visas to end long delays and corruption in the process, the top U.S. consular official on the Caribbean island said on Tuesday.

Air Pacific Orders Five 787s (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Air Pacific, the flag carrier of the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, has ordered five Boeing 787-9 jetliners. The first of the long-range jets will be delivered in 2011 and will fly the airline's routes from Fiji to Australia, New Zealand, North America and Japan, the airline and Boeing Co. said Tuesday.

Three Quiet Brothers on Long Island, All of Them Related to Hitler (New York Times) - Adolf Hitler's nephew changed his last name and raised his family in Patchogue. Now the family is the subject of a play, "Little Willy."

RIAC to hold first island public meeting since July (Block Island Times) - It's not clear what exactly will happen when the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) holds a public meeting at the Block Island School next week to discuss this fall's airport rehabilitation project. The meeting will take place Tuesday, April 25, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

It's still rock and Joel to them (Newsday) - Crammed into a Long Island Rail Road car after Billy Joel's record-setting 12th successive sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, Zach Goodman was hoarse from singing along: He'd attended six of those shows, and (gasp!) sold his iPod to help raise the dough for the tickets.