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It’s City salaries vs. Long Island lifestyles (Long Island Business News) - New York, New York, the town so nice, they pay you twice. For attorneys, that’s twice what you could make on Long Island.

Severed leg on Long Island linked to Mamaroneck torso (The Journal News) - MAMARONECK - A severed leg that washed up on the Long Island estate of Cablevision magnate James Dolan has been linked to a Mamaroneck murder case.

Gotti's widow back in Long Island hospital (The Post-Standard) - Roslyn - The widow of mob boss John Gotti was being treated Wednesday at a Long Island hospital, where she was admitted after reportedly becoming ill at her daughter's Old Westbury home.

Torso case: Police confirm link to leg found on Long Island (The Journal News) - MAMARONECK - A severed leg that washed up on the Long Island estate of Cablevision magnate James Dolan has been linked to a torso that washed up on a Mamaroneck beach last month.

Karate Kid Fends Off 4 Muggers On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - John Benedict Jr. has been training in Yoshido Goju Karate since he could walk. His father and teacher, John Sr., has been by his side ever since. Now a 17-year-old brown belt, John Jr.'s dedication to martial arts has paid off after he helped fend off would-be muggers during a robbery attempt outside a local mall.

Long Island solider killed in Iraq (Newsday) - A Levittown teenager who always wanted to be a soldier because he wanted to make a difference was killed two months into his first tour in Iraq.

Crowded out, Island arts magazine goes on the block (Long Island Business News) - The Improper is on the block. The owners of the free monthly Long Island-centric magazine, formerly known as The Improper Hamptonian, have retained Baldwin print media consultant and broker The Kamen Group to sell the publication.

Easter Island is more than huge faces (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - Easter Island, Chile - Heads, heads. I couldn't wait to see the famous heads of Easter Island.

Long Island mortgage firm lowers estimates (Crain's New York Business) - American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. said first quarter and full year mortgages would be lower due to weaker market conditions.

Venus falls to Golovin at Amelia Island (USA Today) - Venus Williams dropped out of the Baush & Lomb Championships on Friday, falling 6-2, 6-3 to France's Tatiana Golovin. The eighth-seeded Golovin set up a semifinal match against sixth-seeded Ana Ivanovic, a 7-5, 6-3 winner over second-seeded Jelena Jankovic. Top-seeded Nadia Petrova will face 13th-seeded Sybille Bammer in the other semifinal. Petrova beat fifth-seeded Dinara Safina 6-4, 7-5, and ...