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Long Island ties franchise mark for consecutive victories (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., July 19, 2006) - Ducks starter Pat Mahomes tossed his third consecutive complete game on Wednesday evening to lift Long Island to a 8-1 win over the visiting Atlantic City Surf at Citibank Park. With the win, the Ducks 11th consecutive, the team tied a franchise mark for the longest winning streak in club annals while keeping their second half record unblemished at 5-0.

Shock on Long Island: Neil Smith fired, Garth Snow takes over as GM (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) - UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - There has been a major shakeup on Long Island.

Shock on Long Island: Neil Smith fired, Garth Snow takes over as GM (Canada.com) - UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - There has been a major shakeup on Long Island. Neil Smith has been fired as general manager of the New York Islanders less than two months after he was hired by the NHL club.

Long Island,NY Industrial Vacancies Nudge Higher, Rents Rise (PR Web) - Industrial vacancies in Long Island's two-county market crept higher during the 2006 second quarter as propsective tenants resisted higher rents, the commercial real estate services firm Sutton & Edwards Inc./TCN Worldwide reported. (PRWEB Jul 17, 2006)

Who Knew Strange Things Happened In Long Island? (Deadspin) - OK, probably time to get into this New York Islanders mess. As you surely have read by now, the Islanders fired general manager Neil Smith and hired current backup goalie Garth Snow to take his spot....

Fallen power lines cause LIRR delays (Newsday) - The Long Island Rail Road is operating with scattered 30 minute delays on its Main Line, after service was suspended between Mineola and Jamaica because of downed power lines, the railroad said.

National highs and lows: Thursday July 13 (USA Today) - High: 119 at Death Valley, Calif.Lows: 34 at Barter Island and Deadhorse, Alaska (contiguous 48 states: 35 at Truckee, Calif.) According to Wikipedia, Barter Island is located on the Arctic coast of Alaska. It is about four miles long and...

Strong Island Sound names head coach (OurSports Central) - Patchogue, NY -- The Strong Island Sound is proud to name Dytanya Mixson as Head Coach.

Kings Island revisited (The Western Star) - The other day, we took our 2-year-old daughter, Miya, to Paramount’s Kings Island for the first time. I haven’t been to Kings Island in forever.

The island of Jura: Inside the big brother house (Belfast Telegraph) - Sixty years ago, George Orwell travelled to the island of Jura to write 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. Andrew Spooner follows his trail