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Joseph F. Carlino, 89, Speaker of Assembly From Long Island, Dies (New York Times) - Mr. Carlino was a leading Long Island Republican for 20 years and the speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1959 to 1964.

Next Big Thing Set To Emerge Is Long Island City's Silvercup (The New York Sun) - With final city approval of the Silvercup West project expected today, Long Island City may be poised to finally live up to the title it has held for more than 30 years: the next hot thing in New York neighborhoods. About as big in total space as the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, Silvercup West is one of several huge development projects now planned across the five boroughs. Developers

2 Long Island man charged in attack on campers (WCAX 3) - NARROWSBURG, N.Y. Two Long Island men face felony assault charges after they allegedly used a golf club to beat two campers at an upstate campground last weekend.

Long Island Water Suppliers Help Electric Grid (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) - During the extended heat wave, with high demands for electricity threatening the integrity of the electric grid, twelve large water suppliers in Long Island stepped up to the plate to help stabilize the grid by reducing electric usage and running generators as part of the Operation Save New York demand response program, administered by Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc. .

Eon(R) Unveils Localized Price Promotion for Decking, Fencing and Spa Accessories in Long Island and Atlanta (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - TORONTO----Aug. 15, 2006--With the outdoor living season as a popular home improvement time, CPI Plastics Group Ltd. , maker of Eon®, announces a special offer at participating retailers in Long Island, New York and Atlanta, Georgia, as an incentive for homeowners to purchase products that will expand their outdoor living space.

600 Stuck For 4 Hours On Long Island Trains (WGAL.com) - FREEPORT, Long Island -- Long Island Rail Road service is back to normal after an incident that stranded about 600 people on two trains near Freeport for about four hours.

2nd drowning reported off Hilton Head Island (The Daily Comet) - A 22-year-old man swimming with his 7-year-old brother has drowned off Hilton Head Island. Alan Gonzalez's brother told Beaufort County deputies Gonzalez swam off an inner tube and went a long way from shore around 8 p.m. Sunday.

Smoky blaze at Long Island school (WABC-TV New York) - Firefighters spent the early morning hours Saturday putting out a blaze that broke out at an intermediate school on Long Island. The overnight fire began on the roof of the structure in Bellport.

Philippine island province declares 'state of calamity' over oil spill (San Diego Union-Tribune) - MANILA, Philippines, 8:33 p.m. Aug. 15 (AP): A central Philippine province scrambled Tuesday to contain an oil spill from a sunken ship that has left a slick 17 miles long.

Staten Island Week: One Person's Trash Is Another Person's Paper (NY1 News) - NY1 kicks off a week long tribute to things made on Staten Island with a look at a company that is turning the city's trash into paper, saving thousands of trees in the process. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.