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Big Brown Long Island-bound (New York Daily News) - Big Brown - whose owners and jockey hail from Long Island - needs to win Long Island's Belmont Stakes in three weeks to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.

Fire tears through home on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - On Long Island: a home was badly damaged from a fire.

Long Island job growth declines to 2-year low (Newsday) - The struggling Long Island job market declined to a two-year low in April, raising local economists' concerns about whether the region has fallen into a recession.

Bluefish, bass have headed east on Long Island (AM New York) - The wave of ravenous bluefish and hungry striped bass that surrounded Long Island's west end in recent weeks finally has rolled all the way east to Montauk and Orient points. To be sure, there were some choppers and stripers at just about every port in-between during the past 10 days, but the increased activity certainly is welcomed by east end anglers.

Cuomo to hold Long Island hearings on school pensions (Newsday) - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday that he and a bipartisan group of state legislators will hold hearings on Long Island next week on the improper granting of pensions and other benefits by schools, special districts and local governments.

Rattlers Travel To Long Island For Season Opener (OurSports Central) - (Rochester, NY)... The Rochester Rattlers will open their 2008 Major League Lacrosse season with a road contest on Saturday, May 17th against the Long Island Lizards at 7:00 p.m. at Mitchel Field. The game is the first of two games against the Lizards.

Map a Smith Island water adventure (The Daily Record) - TYLERTON — Residents here have long known their way around the small guts and channels through the marshes that surround the three villages of Smith Island, and soon visitors will get the chance to explore them, too.

Police arrest pair in dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from Long Island storage yard (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - MINEOLA, N.Y. - Police say a dimwitted scheme to steal light poles from a village storage yard has resulted in two arrests on Long Island.

Sheriff's Office cracks down on underage drinking at Peanut Island (Sun-Sentinel) - Deputies don't want underage drinkers anywhere near Peanut Island, especially now with Memorial Day approaching and the number of boaters and families on the island expected to increase.

Kenya's secret paradise island (Times Online) - Breakfast at Peponi is a leisurely affair, served on the terrace overlooking the blue satin channel between Lamu and the neighbouring island of Manda.