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New Military Facility Planned for Long Island (WNYC New York Public Radio) - One of the nation's largest facilities for National Guard and Reserve units is planned for Long Island. The four-story, $86 million center will serve as a training and military equipment storage faci....

Long Island to get big Guard, Reserve center - Military News, Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, ... (Army Times) - FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — One of the nation’s largest facilities for National Guard and Reserve units is planned for Long Island, boosting the area’s preparedness for natural disasters and other potential threats, federal and state officials said.

The roads on Long Island this week (Newsday) - The summertime road construction and repair season is upon us on Long Island. Drivers are advised to be prepared, though officials at the New York State Department of Transportation said that in an effort to keep traffic moving, most major summertime projects are scheduled to take place at night.

Long Island Wins Sixth Straight (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., June 3, 2007) - The Long Island Ducks won their sixth consecutive game and moved in sole possession of first place in the Atlantic League's North Division, defeating the Road Warriors 6-2 in front of a past-capacity crowd of 6,212 at Citibank Park.

Police Say 1 Dead In Fatal Car Accident On Long Island Road (WCBS 880 New York) - A 51-year-old man is dead after the car he was riding in took a left turn on a Long Island street and was struck by another vehicle. Police say that Jesus Euceda-Yanes was sitting in the front passenger seat when the car was struck on Front Street in Hempstead yesterday. They say Euceda-Yanes was taken to Nassau University Medical Center,

Singapore identifies Liaoning's Changxing Island as long-term project (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News) - Singapore and Liaoning have identified the development of Changxing Island in Northeast China, as a long-term project to embark on.

Cruise ship 'MV Island Sky' to visit IOM (Manxnet) - Next Thursday 7 June the Isle of Man will welcome the MV Island Sky cruise ship. Arriving from Dublin, the 90m long, 4,200 ton vessel, carrying up to 160 passengers and crew, is scheduled to berth in Douglas at 07.00, as part of a British Isles cruise visiting fabled lands and wild shores.

Man Found Floating Face-Down In Long Beach Harbor (CBS 2 Los Angeles) - Authorities found a male body floating face-down in the water in Long Beach Harbor on Sunday. He was located about a quarter-mile from Island Grissom.

Official: Off-duty Long Island police officer shot neighbor's pet (The Post-Star) - HAGUE -- Police are investigating the shooting of a dog by an off-duty police officer over Memorial Day weekend, the third time in a few years that the officer or his father, a retired police officer, has shot a dog in their Route 8 neighborhood, a town official said.

Long Island Seniors Rally for Rx Affordable Prescription Drugs and Cell Phone Protections (SYS-CON Media) - Over one hundred Long Island AARP members gathered today to rally state lawmakers to pass legislation before the end of the 2007 Legislative Session in Albany that will help make prescription drugs more affordable and help assure that their cell phone works in an emergency. The AARP members took their message directly to their legislators during a 'whistle stop' bus tour of Nassau and Suffolk ...