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Long Island Real Estate Briefs: May 18, 2007 (RedNova) - By David Winzelberg Ground breaks on Long Island's first 'green' mall The first shovels pierced the soil at the site of the Tanger Outlets at the Arches project in Deer Park earlier this month, breaking ground on what is touted as an environmentally friendly retail development.

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.

Long-stranded opera about magical island rediscovered (The State) - The opera “L’ile de Merlin” takes place on an enchanted island where two comic characters are stranded.

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 diocese loses abuse lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) - Several civil lawsuits have arisen from allegations of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, but few have gone to trial. Most were settled out of court.

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.