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Kestner wins Long Island Open (Newsday) - With the wind slashing and rain at its most severe on a miserable day, Darrell Kestner stood on the tee of the final hole of the 82nd Long Island Open tied with Ron Faria for the lead.

Faculty at UAlbany visit Long Island sites to promote university (Albany Business Journal) - University at Albany faculty and staff are finishing a two-day "roads scholar tour" on Long Island Wednesday.

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.

Widmer, Goose Island strike deal (Realbeer.com) - June 7, 2006 - The long simmering rumors that Anheuser-Busch is buying a stake in Chicago's Goose Island Beer Co.:

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.

`Dwarf' dinosaurs weighed a ton and were 20 feet long (WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News) - NEW YORK Dwarf dinosaurs? Who knew? German scientists have discovered a species of the long-lost creatures that was just one-third the size of its closest relative. Researchers think those dinosaurs underwent what's called island dwarfism.