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Countrywide Bank Opens First Long Island Financial Center in Garden City (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Countrywide Bank, N.A., today announced its continued national expansion with the opening of its first financial center on New York's Long Island.

Evidence in Bomb Plot Is Hand-Scrawled Map of Staten Island (The New York Sun) - The central piece of physical evidence from the plot to bomb the Herald Square subway station is a handscrawled map of Staten Island, which police found in the pocket of a young Pakistani immigrant, Shahawar Matin Siraj. The map, prosecutors said, shows that long before Mr. Siraj, 23, plotted to bomb the subway station, the conspiracy for which he is being tried, he considered a plot to target

Hurricane Katrina Repeat ... In Long Island? (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - A significant hurricane has not struck Long Island since 1960, yet nearly 60 percent of residents believe their city will be ravaged by a Katrina-like storm. In New Orleans, the fear is even more prevalent -- nearly three-fourths of residents think the Big Easy will be hit by another disastrous hurricane in the coming years.

Environmental Defense Announces Initiative to Restore Long Island’s Migratory Fish Runs (Environmental Defense) - Historically, migratory fish, including alewives, American eel, and the majestic brook trout, made their way from the sea into the rivers of the South Shore Estuary Reserve to use freshwater spawning and nursery grounds.

Kickers Pound 10-Man Long Island (Soccer365) - The Richmond Kickers handed a 5-0 defeat to the Long Island Rough Riders, earning three points, on a Saturday night at UR Stadium. The Rough Riders were forced to play a man down for the majority of the match when goalkeeper Eric Masters was ejected due to handling the ball outside the box.

Island gets £20m phone network (BBC News) - Jersey Telenet is to spend £20m establishing a third mobile phone network on the island.

Deadly hit and run on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - Michael Wiemann life was taken in a deadly hit and run incident on Long Island. Police say the circumstances differed a bit from similar accidents. The 19-year-old victim apparently ran into a passing car as he rushed across Route 25A in Miller Place.

A year after a sport utility vehicle accidentally crushed Long Island toddler Bobby Palange in the driveway of his (NAA Presstime) - But the February story didn’t end with the special report that appeared in Newsday’s print editions over two days.

Long Island's Town of Oyster Bay Approves Video Franchise for Verizon (SYS-CON Media) - The town of Oyster Bay brought its residents a major step closer to choice for their cable television services, thanks to the Town Board's vote today (May 9) to award a video franchise to Verizon for its FiOS TV service.

Charged up over LIPA pay (Newsday) - Marie Wildner, a Lindenhurst shipping clerk who pays 27 percent of her take-home wages each month to the Long Island Power Authority, yesterday reacted with outrage and resignation to news that the top eight authority executives made an average of $252,479 last year.