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News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (AP via Yahoo! News) - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday.

Gas tops $4 a gallon on Long Island (Newsday) - This weekend, several gas stations on Long Island began to post prices of more than $4 a gallon. And that's for the no-frills, regular, 87-octane stuff.

News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - By DAVID B. CARUSO News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The decision to revoke the offer came just days after Murdoch confidently predicted he would clinch a deal to buy the newspaper within a week. News Corp. had offered about $580 million for the daily ...

Long Beach Island municipalities united in opposition of mergers (Press of Atlantic City) - Town mergers are not a popular topic on 18-mile-long, 500-yard-wide Long Beach Island, which has six municipalities, six mayors, five police departments and a year-round population of just 8,500.

News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (San Francisco Chronicle) - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The decision to revoke the offer came just days after Murdoch confidently predicted he...

Police: Long Island Parents Let Kids Live Amid Used Needles (FOX 5 New York) - Two naked, filthy toddlers were found in a Long Island home littered with more than 200 used drug needles, police said. Jeffrey and Heather Littlefield were allegedly so high that they forgot about their two children.

Boat causes diesel slick off Long Island (The Norwich Bulletin) - The Coast Guard says leaking diesel fuel from a sinking fishing boat has left an oily sheen a mile long off part of Long Island, but the boat’s owners are cleaning it up.

News Corp. ends bid to buy Long Island newspaper Newsday (Lexington Herald-Leader) - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purchase the Long Island paper Newsday, a News Corp. spokeswoman said Saturday. The decision to revoke the offer came just days after Murdoch confidently predicted he would clinch a deal to buy the newspaper within a week. News Corp. had offered about $580 million for the daily newspaper, one of the ...

Long Island man accused of trying to lure teens for sex (The Journal News) - A Long Island man appeared in federal court yesterday, accused of trying to entice sex from 15-year-old girls.

C.W. Post commencement gets long-distance dedication (Newsday) - The commencement at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus yesterday struck all the standard notes: you had your caps, your gowns and your valedictorian speaking via video because she'd previously agreed to compete in a racewalking world championship in Cheboksary, Russia.