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5,500 run in Long Island Marathon races (Newsday) - With overcast skies holding back the rain that drizzled down in the early morning, nearly 5,500 runners took to the pavement Sunday in the running of the 36th annual Long Island Marathon.

2-month-old left in car while parents watch Derby at Long Island betting parlor, police say (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a Long Island off-track betting parlor.

Long Island Man Accused of Being Peeping Tom (FOX 5 New York) - An employee at a Long Island Dunkin' Donuts is accused of being a video Peeping Tom. Suffolk County police said they arrested Danish Qureshi on charges of installing a wireless surveillance camera in the ladies' room of a Dunkin' Donuts.

/ 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.

Excerpt: Chapter 11 from 'A Long and Strange Voyage (USA Today) - Chapter 11 from 'A Long and Strange Voyage

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.