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CEO makes $686,805 to run Long Island nonprofit (Newsday) - Long Island Development Corp. head's pay package angers some observers, but board members say she's worth the money Roslyn Goldmacher, president and CEO of the nonprofit Long Island Development Corp., which makes loans to small businesses Islandwide, made $686,805 in total compensation last year.

Long Island Diocese Will Not Appeal Sex Abuse Verdict (WNYC New York Public Radio) - The Roman Catholic diocese of Long Island says it will not appeal a jury's verdict in a sex abuse case. A Diocese of Rockville Centre spokesman says an appeal would only delay healing. A jury Friday ....

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.

Old school between periods (The Palm Beach Post) - When Long Island-based Five Towns College came to town last year, college officials promised great things for the city's old 1927 high school.