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On Long Island, a Case for Respect (New York Times) - Long Island wines are proving themselves worthy of respect: The best have a style of their own, leaner than the California wines with lower alcohol and higher acidity.

Fatal accident in Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - There was a deadly car accident on Long Island Tuesday night.

Long Island Woman Jailed For Mortgage Scam In Westchester (WNBC) - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A Long Island woman who ran a mortgage scam in the late 1990s that almost cost 13 senior citizens their homes was sent to prison Monday for collecting more than $50,000 in down payments on a Mount Vernon property she didn't own.

Prize-Winning Long Island Pianist Dies At 44 (WNBC) - KINGS POINT, N.Y. -- Jennifer Eley-Handler, a prize-winning pianist with the Long Island Philharmonic, has died at age 44. She was found dead in a swimming pool at her home on Friday afternoon by her 9-year-old daughter.

Queens native Modica signs with Long Island (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., June 6, 2006) - The Long Island Ducks, members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, today announced that they have purchased the contract of pitcher Greg Modica from the Road Warriors for the 2006 season.

Hersha to Acquire 2 Long Island Hotels For $39.5M (Commercial Property News) - Hersha Hospitality Trust of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $39.5 million for two hotels on Long Island, N.Y. The first is a six-story, 161-room Hampton Inn on the Long Island Expressway in Farmingville. It will cost $21.5 million.

Man Drowns At Long Island Beach (WNBC) - SHOREHAM, Long Island -- A Patchogue man has drowned in the waters off Shoreham Beach. Suffolk County police said the man was about 28 years old and probably Ecuadorean.

Eastern Union Commercial Goes Long on Long Island: Long Island Branch Office Expansion Makes Eastern Union Commercial (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - LAWRENCE, N.Y.----June 5, 2006--Just days after the Memorial Day weekend, the employees of the Long Island office of Eastern Union Commercial said good-bye to the cramped office space they occupied since November 2004 and hello to their spacious new offices at 355 Central Avenue in Lawrence, NY.

Roll up, roll up, see Coney Island swing again after $1bn makeover (Times Online) - IN ITS heyday Coney Island helped to create American popular culture, inventing the rollercoaster and coining the term “hot dog”. A decades-long decline has left the beach resort in Brooklyn a patchwork of vacant lots, flea markets and shabby sideshows, such as Shoot the Freak.

Casino boat leaks gas into Long Island bay (WABC-TV New York) - A massive clean up effort is underway on Long Island after a casino boat leaked gallons of fuel into a bay.