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Long Island Officials and Community Activists Face Off Over Proposed Wind Park (RedNova) - By Jean Paul Vellotti For the second night in a row, residents, politicians, Long Island Power Authority officials and community activists faced off before the Minerals Management Service to stress their position on LIPA's proposed wind park off Jones Beach.

Surging Riverhounds to Battle with Long Island (OurSports Central) - Washington, Pa - The Riverhounds FC travel to Stony Brook University Stadium to take on the Long Island Rough Riders Wednesday July 12 at 7:30 p.m. The match is a make-up contest from an April 22 date cancelled due to inclement weather.

Island causeway's speed limit may be raised (The Salt Lake Tribune) - FARMINGTON - Davis County commissioners want to know what would happen if they raise the speed limit on the 7.2-mile-long Antelope Island causeway. Folks eager to get to the Great Salt Lake island and its beaches and buffalo would save 3 minutes - if the limit is bumped, say, from 40 to 55 mph. But that 3 minutes could make the road less safe and cause motorists to miss noticing

SLM Holdings, Inc. Featured in Long Island Business News (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - SLM Holdings, Inc. announces that in the July 7th weekly edition of the Long Island Business News, business Reporter Adina Genn featured SLM and its founder and Chairman Jason Bishara in her Growth Strategies column.

Bucharest, Kyiv argue over island (KYIV Post) - A tiny piece of land in the Black Sea continues to stand in the way of Ukraine and Romania drawing their maritime border, with the resolution of the issue apparently hinging on whether the territory is an island or a rock.

Insurance spurs police shakeup on Prudence Island (Newport Daily News) - There's been an almost-overnight overhaul of police protection on Prudence Island. The island's two round-the-clock special police officers have been stripped of their weapons and arrest authority, with patrols by members of the Portsmouth Police Department added to fill in the gaps.

Free Flow: If the fuel tanks on airplanes could talk (International Herald Tribune) - Ten years ago this month, a Boeing 747 was climbing away from New York, headed for Paris, when an explosion ripped off the front section and sent fiery debris and bodies plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, just off Long Island.

Current island enrollees spared from UH tuition hike (Saipan Tribune) - The University of Hawaii will spare all Pacific Island students currently enrolled in its campuses from paying the increased tuition this year.

(7/12/2006) The Island Of Dr. Pamplin (Willamette Week) - News (NEWS STORY) Ross Island falls behind in state cleanup promises.

Don't Miss: Saddam's Trial, Getrude Bell, Mona Island (NPR: Mixed Signals) - While Zinedine Zidane's explanation for his unsportsmanlike conduct in the World Cup has all Europe abuzz, there's actually other news to report. On All Things Considered, for example, you'll hear: Three stories from our correspondents on the escalating fighting between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanese border, an update on the long and winding trial of Saddam, a fascinating look at