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Hillary outraises Rudy on Long Island (Newsday) - Long Island loves Hillary Rodham Clinton nearly twice as much as it loves Rudy Giuliani, according to each candidate's first-quarter fundraising filings for their presidential races.

Horrific Long Island crash kills teens (New York Daily News) - A Long Island teen had gunned his father's BMW to "well over 100 mph" when he lost control and slammed into a tree.

Island braced for 70m long load (North-West Evening Mail) - A 70-METRE-LONG, 280-tonne truck looks set to cause chaos on the A590 this weekend. Barrow Island residents have been asked to move parked vehicles from various roads to make way for the lorry, which will carry a BAE Systems generator to Lockerbie in Scotland.

Digging for Answers on Long Island (The New York Sun) - Before Ken Marino was busy dipping his balls in stuff on MTV's sketch comedy show "The State," chances are he was getting verbally abused by his father deep on Long Island. The experience touched him so deeply that he has created "Diggers," a loving tribute to the 1970s clamming communities of the island. Set in 1976, the film follows four friends as they struggle to compete with a corporate ...

Venter wins Robben Island swim (News 24 South Africa) - Top long distance swimmer Tyron Venter has won the race from Robben Island to Big Bay, facing big ocean swells and jellyfish.

7 more suspects surrender in Miss America's Long Island sex sting (KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls) - SHIRLEY, Long Island The remaining seven suspects in a Long Island undercover sex sting operation starring Miss America as a teenage girl staying home alone have been arrested.

Radomski?s Upscale Life Gave No Hint of Drug Dealing (New York Times) - Kirk Radomski, who admitted distributing banned drugs to major baseball league players, was something of a curiosity in his Long Island neighborhood.

7 more suspects surrender in Miss America's Long Island sex sting (NewsChannel 10 Amarillo) - SHIRLEY, Long Island The remaining seven suspects in a Long Island undercover sex sting operation starring Miss America as a teenage girl staying home alone have been...

Cuba lifts ban on U.S. long-grain rice (AP via Yahoo! News) - Cuba has lifted a ban on imports of U.S. long-grain rice that it put in place last year because of fears about genetic contamination.

Fight over small fish causes big uproar in Rhode Island (Stamford Advocate) - The menhaden is a lowly fish. An ignoble member of the herring family, it sits near the bottom of the food chain and is prized more as fertilizer and oil than for the bony meat on its foot-long body.