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Tours take buyers to foreclosed Long Island homes (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - As foreclosed properties stack up in up-market areas of Long Island, New York, one company is capitalizing by taking potential buyers around the empty homes.

Long Island town cell phone manager rings up $10K town cell phone bill, resigns from job (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - ISLIP, N.Y. - An official in charge of managing a Long Island town's cell phone accounts rang up thousands of dollars worth of personal calls on his own town cell phone.

Transit Village Could Mean New Life for Former Long Island Rail Station (Smart Growth Online) - Closed in 1986, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station near Republic Airport may eventually be reopened on another nearby site, thanks to a large proposed transit village in the perpendicular Route 110 corridor between the East Farmingdale site -- owned by Babylon -- and Huntington, some 10 miles north, which would make the station a focal point for commuters not only from east and west, but ...

Long Island Man Charged with Tenafly Killings (FOX 5 New York) - Authorities have charged a Long Island man in the killings of three people whose bodies were found in a home in New Jersey on Friday. Police arrested Kang-Hyuk Choi, 32, Sunday in Southern California. New Jersey authorities are seeking his extradition.

Brandon Lilly: Brennan is the latest in a long line Garden City All- Americas` (Sports Illustrated) - The Garden City (N.Y.) High girls' lacrosse program -- which has produced 14 All-Americas and won 11 Long Island titles in the last 14 years -- is the Goliath of an area where lacrosse is king.

Long Island Gas Tops $4 A Gallon (WNBC) - A nationwide survey finds that gas prices have climbed across the county, even topping $4 in Long Island and Chicago.

Gas breaks $4 in Chicago, Long Island (KABC-TV Los Angeles) - Oil prices rose as a new report showed regular gas topped $4 a gallon in Chicago and Long Island.

More Explosives Found On Long Beach Island Shore (WNBC) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told WNBC.com that 15 of the World War I-era munitions were found following the storm of several days ago that caused erosion along much of the Jersey shore.

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.

HS TRACK: Raepples make up Grand Island's sister act (Tonawanda News) - This sister act from Grand Island is making its name on the track. Jamie, a junior, has already been a Section VI and Niagara Frontier League champion and Jenna, a freshman, is hoping to follow in her older sister’s footsteps in the next few weeks.