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Long Island Man At Heart Of Olmert Corruption Case (WCBS-TV New York) - A Long Island businessman is a key player in a corruption trial overseas that's threatening to topple the Israeli government as top officials are calling for the country's prime minister to step down.

American horse racing has roots on Long Island (Newsday) - That a Long Island-owned thoroughbred would get a chance to strut his Triple Crown stuff right here on Long Island has its circular logic. Ages before Big Brown's current quest - even centuries before the Kentucky Derby- Preakness- Belmont Stakes series materialized as racing's most prestigious challenge -- the sport had its distinct local accent, these environs having been the first to foist ...

Long Island City (Queens Courier) - Long Island City was created in 1870 from the communities of Astoria, Hunters Point, Blissville, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Bowery Bay, Steinway, and Sunnyside, all in the western part of the Town of Newtown, westernmost township in Queens County.

Long Island woman charged with bilking man in land scam (Middletown Times Herald-Record) - WURTSBORO — A Long Island woman has been charged with bilking a man out of $10,000 in a land-sale scam in the Town of Mamakating.

Police say Long Island woman was slashed, dragged (Asbury Park Press) - Police on Long Island have arrested a woman for slashing the face and breast of another woman and dragging her about 125 feet with her car. The woman, a 31-year-old Hempstead resident, was charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon. She is expected to be arraigned Tuesday. Naussau County police say the suspect attacked the other woman near Rutland Road and Jerusalem Avene in ...

A New Arts Scene on Governors Island (The New York Sun) - While New York has no shortage of distinguished museums and concert halls, it has limited venues for enjoying art en plein air. Apart from the Delacorte Theater in Central Park and the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, there are few permanent, large spaces for displaying and performing art outdoors in the city. In the coming years, though, New Yorkers will have a new center for ...

State to purchase 23 acres of land on Masonboro Island (The Wilmington Star-News) - The threat from development might be small, minute in most cases.But with a handful of private owners still with property on Masonboro Island, there's always the chance that someone's dream about living at the ocean could involve building on the 8-mile-long undeveloped island.

Taiwan's ruling party chief tells China the island wants greater international presence (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) - The leader of Taiwan's new ruling party told Chinese President Hu Jintao that the self-governed island needs to have an international presence, but acknowledged Wednesday there would be no quick solution to long-standing disputes.

Teens arrested in Fire Island burglaries (WABC-TV New York) - Three teens on Long Island are charged with burglarizing multiple homes on Fire Island.

Illegal Fireworks Bust Nets 2 On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - The Fourth of July is still more than a month away, but authorities are already cracking down on illegal fireworks on Long Island. Police said they arrested two men in Medford on misdemeanor charges of unlawful dealing with fireworks.