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Long Island 'fed up with celebs' (Independent Online) - Long Island has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff indefinitely to honour soldiers who died in Iraq, dispelling an exaggerated cultural focus on celebrities' antics.

Black Birds fly into Amherst: Minutewomen take on Long Island in Round 1 of NCAA Regional (Massachusetts Daily Collegian) - After winning the 19th Atlantic 10 Championship in program history last week, the Massachusetts softball team begins the NCAA Tournament Friday afternoon against Northeast Conference Champion Long Island.

Long Island city lowers flags for troops - Military News, Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, ... (Army Times) - LONG BEACH, N.Y. — A city manager ordered flags to be flown at half-staff indefinitely to honor troops who died in Iraq — and to make a statement against what he views as a cultural focus on celebrities’ antics instead of soldiers’ sacrifice.

Long Island diocese loses abuse lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) - A jury found the nation's sixth-largest Roman Catholic diocese and a church parish negligent Friday in a case involving a youth minister who repeatedly raped and sodomized teenagers in his care.

Long Island's Latino markets (Newsday) - If Latin-American flavors are seeping into mainstream supermarkets, Latin-American groceries are becoming increasingly visible on Long Island.

Federal authorities say couple in tony Long Island community abused their servants (Arizona Daily Star) - MINEOLA, N.Y. — A millionaire couple were arrested on federal charges that they kept two Indonesian women as slaves in their swank Long Island home for more than five years, beating and abusing them and paying them almost nothing.

Coast Guard: Fisherman from R.I. missing near Long Island (Boston Globe) - A fisherman from Rhode Island is missing in the waters off Long Island. The Coast Guard says it's searching today for Victor Blanco, a crew member on a 76-foot-fishing boat that's named "Barbara Ann" and is based in Point Judith.

R.I. fisherman missing in waters off Long Island (Boston Globe) - A fisherman from Rhode Island was missing in the waters off Long Island, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday.

Long Island's Rosie the Riveters honored (Massapequa Post) - Their names are Mary and Betty, Susan and Joan, Cora and Alice, but for one day last week they were all Rosie again. The women, all of whom worked in defense plants during World War II were honored at the American Air Power Museum at Republic Airport, at a ceremony sponsored by Long Island's New York State Assembly minority delegation.

Long Island diocese loses abuse lawsuit (KTRE-TV East Texas) - MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) - The nation's sixth-largest Roman Catholic diocese and a church parish have been found negligent in a case involving sexual abuse by a youth minister.