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/ CORRECTION - Long Island Board of Realtors (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - In the news release, "Long Island Board of Realtors® Joins HGTV and Rebuilding Together to Help Children," issued Friday, May 02, 2008, by Long Island Board of Realtors, we are advised by the company that the headline and first paragraph should read "HGTV" rather than "HDTV" as originally issued. Complete corrected text follows.

Canadian island lifts ban on beer, soda cans (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Residents of Canada's Prince Edward Island rushed into stores Saturday to buy soda and beer in aluminium cans, after a decades-long ban on the containers was lifted.

All ages gear up for Long Island Marathon (AM New York) - There are 5,200 runners already signed up to run in this weekend's Festival of Races, which culminates Sunday with the 36th annual Long Island Marathon, half-marathon and 10K events.

Long Island judge holds court in parking lot for 500-pound man (The Post-Standard) - Riverhead, NY (AP) -- A Long Island music shop owner accused of selling knockoff Gibson Les Paul guitars has been arraigned in a pickup truck in a courthouse parking lot after his lawyer said the 500-pound defendant couldn't walk into the courthouse.

Long Island Board of Realtors(R) Joins HDTV and Rebuilding Together to Help Children (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) - The Long Island Board of Realtors® is joining together with Rebuilding Together Long Island and HDTV to help economically disadvantaged children by refurbishing the Hagedorn Community Center playground in Manhasset. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place Friday, May 2nd at 11am.

Long Term Care Costs in Rhode Island Increased 26 Percent Over Past . Five Years, According to Annual Genworth ... (InfoBolsa) - Five Years, According to Annual Genworth Financial Study 29/04/2008 13:02:00 Business Wire The cost of nursing home care in Rhode Island has increased 26 percent since 2004, according to an annual Cost of Care Survey released today by Genworth Financial.

Spirit Airlines Starts New Daily Non-Stop Service Between Fort Lauderdale and Long Island MacArthur (Centre Daily Times) - Fort Lauderdale's ultra low cost carrier Spirit Airlines begins daily non-stop service between New York's Long Island MacArthur Airport and Fort Lauderdale today. The new service is ideal for connecting Long Island travelers to South Florida, as well as throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

Long Island City Gains a Rooftop Racquet Club (The New York Sun) - It is not every day that gym-goers can pair workouts with a 90-minute stone massage and complimentary shoeshine, or follow a game of tennis with a margarita and a view of Manhattan's skyline. But members of a new racquet club in Queens are aiming to do just that. Perched on the rooftop of the 1930s-era Swingline Stapler building in Long Island City is CityView Racquet Club, one of a handful of ...

Castle Connolly's 'Long Island's Top Doctors' Published in Newsday Generates More Than 1.1 Million Views of Top ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - Consumers flooded Castle Connolly's website www.castleconnolly.com in response to a print and online feature "Long Island's Top Doctors," offered in collaboration with the award-winning newspaper Newsday and www.Newsday.com.

High-temp superconductor power hits Long Island (EETimes) - Long Island Power Authority and American Superconductor Corp. have activated a high-temperature superconductor power transmission cable system.