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Smart Growth Resource Library: 2006 Vision Long Island Smart Growth Awardees (Smart Growth Online) - Vision Long Island hosted more than 375 leaders, experts and advocates at the 5th Annual Smart Growth Awards on June 16, 2006. The event put a spotlight on the cutting edge people, projects and policies that are shaping the future of Long Island’s landscape. Categories were based on Vision Long Island's “Principles of Smart Growth,” and included awards for green development and regional

Gator makes surprise appearance on Long Island (NorthJersey.com) - LINDENHURST, N.Y. -- Police in this Long Island village nabbed an unusual suspect Saturday -- one with a long tail, powerful jaws, sharp teeth and a family rap sheet that stretches back millions of years.

Charlotte Downs Long Island 2-1 (OurSports Central) - (Long Island, NY) - The Charlotte Eagles, on the road Saturday night, faced the Long Island Rough Riders. Despite going down by a goal in the first minute of play, Charlotte was able to come back and earn a 2-1 victory over Long Island.

Newfound Island Graveyard May Yield Clues to Dodo Life of Long Ago (New York Times) - The scientists expect a trove of dodo fossils to offer the first clear picture of the bird's ecological world before humans arrived.

Man Dies in Boating Accident off Long Island (WPVI-TV Philadelphia) - Two motorboats collided in the Great South Bay off Long Island, killing the operator of one vessel, Suffolk County Police reported on Saturday.

MVP Juan is long gone (San Jose Mercury News) - Batting fifth for the Long Island Ducks, and making nowhere near $17.5 million: Juan Gonzalez. You may remember Gonzalez as the former two-time major league MVP who in 2000 turned down an eight-year contract offer from the Detroit Tigers worth $140 million. Gonzalez spent the next five seasons filling out change-of-address forms in various major league cities. Now he's playing in the Atlantic

Long Island Medical Briefs: June 30, 2006 (RedNova) - By Claude Solnik Study tracks stress, movements of LIJ nurses Patients aren't the only ones being monitored lately at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park.

Trenton Island Residents Allowed To Return Home (NBC 10 Philadelphia) - Almost a week after being forced out of their homes by high floodwaters, residents of The Island in Trenton are finally cleared to get back in their homes.

Scientists say dodos killed by natural disaster (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Scientists who unearthed a mass dodo grave in Mauritius say they have found evidence showing the birds were killed by a natural disaster long before humans arrived on the Indian Ocean island.

Sorenstam ends long wait for 3rd U.S. Women's Open title (Herald Standard) - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Annika Sorenstam kept trying to convince herself the U.S. Women's Open was just another tournament, despite reminders at every turn how much it meant and how long it had been since she won.