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New Plan Before Suffolk County Could Derail Long Island Power Authority's Proposed Wind Park (RedNova) - By Jean Paul Vellotti There's a plan in the works that could blow the Long Island Power Authority's proposed wind park out of the water.

WARM UP PARTY - Thousands enjoy Long Island City music series (Queens Courier) - Each Saturday, multiple thousands of people have been making their way to the PS1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City for the annual “Warm Up” music series.

Long Island lesbian's wrongful-death suit in name of late partner dismissed (The Advocate) - A Long Island judge has dismissed the wrongful-death suit filed by the lesbian partner of a woman killed in a car accident, ruling that she has no case because the two women were not legally married.

After long absence, tourists returning to Samosir Island (The Jakarta Post) - Tourism on Samosir Island, situated in the middle of Lake Toba, North Sumatra, has picked up this year after a quiet period over the past eight years due to lack of government support in promoting the tourist area.

Jacobsen's pair of homers lifts Long Island to victory (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 16, 2006) - After a crushing loss to the Barnstormers on Tuesday evening, Long Island needed someone to step up. The biggest man on the team, Bucky Jacobsen, did just that.

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.

The other side of Long Island (Baltimore Sun) - Forget the Hamptons. Charming villages and small wineries on the North Fork are capturing tourists' hearts IF LONG ISLAND, N.Y.'S SOUTH Fork is a Grey Goose martini downed on the dance floor, the North Fork is a chilled glass of chardonnay savored on the veranda. The south is Bridgehampton's Mercedes- Benz Polo Challenge; the north is the old-fashioned merry-go-round on the Greenport harbor

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

B.C. company wins right to explore Hans Island (CTV.ca) - Paying $57 for the right to explore a disputed island in the Arctic - long the subject of a minor territorial tug-of-war between Canada and Denmark - appealed to geologist John Robins' sense of humour.

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.