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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.

Island Park blaze injures one (Newsday) - Fire officials are investigating a predawn blaze Sunday in Island Park that left one resident injured with burns.

3 illegal immigrants detained, 11 investigated in Rhode Island (Boston Globe) - Immigration agents have detained three Guatemalan illegal immigrants and are investigating the status of eleven others in Rhode Island, an official said Sunday.

Orion Nebula Images Taken From the Big Island (KHNL News 8 Honolulu) - HILO, Hawaii (KHNL) - An image released by the Gemini Observatory on the Big Island brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula.

Quake lifts Solomons island out of the sea (AFP via Yahoo! News) - The seismic jolt that unleashed the deadly Solomons tsunami this week lifted an entire island metres out of the sea, destroying some of the world's most pristine coral reefs.

Island Park man injured in fire (Newsday) - An Island Park man suffered injuries in a predawn fire at a two-story home on 29 Parma Road, fire officials said Sunday.

The Big Island's big side Our adventure begins on the lands where King Kam built a nation (Chicago Tribune) - Maui and Oahu still get more visitors and more exposure. But travelers looking for a different, a "new" or a more adventuresome Hawaii are turning to the Big Island. The bustling West Coast, where the big resorts and most excursion headquarters are located, is the logical place to start

State panel lauds preservation efforts (The Providence Journal) - Governor Carcieri and former Gov. Lincoln C. Almond are being recognized by the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission for their efforts to restore the long-abandoned Masonic temple in Providence.

Easter Island (Capital News 9) - One of the world's most distant destinations is named for the religious holiday being observed this weekend. Like the mysteries of faith, Easter Island still poses more questions than answers.

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.