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Long Island Sportsman Association to hold Vegas night September 1 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Sportsman Association is sponsoring a Vegas night, Friday, September 1 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 588 Long Island Ave., Deer Park. The doors open at 7 p.m. There will be Roulette, Blackjack, Craps and Beat the Dealer. Food and drink will be available. For more information call

2 minutes with James Dermody, retiring president, Long Island Rail Road (Long Island Business News) - James Dermody, 65, joined the Long Island Rail Road as a ticket clerk in 1958. When he retires Sept. 1 as its president, it will mark that end of a remarkable career that took him from the ticket booth to the freight and engineering departments, serving alternately as chief transportation officer, chief mechanical officer and vice president of operations.

Long Island Health Care Briefs: August 25, 2006 (RedNova) - By Henry E. Powderly II Oreste Joseph Bruni, an emergency department physician at New Island Hospital in Bethpage, received an honorable mention for his community services from the Nassau Regional EMS Council. Bruni is co- director of the hospital's emergency department.

Long Winters Stranded on Fire Island (Spin) - Long Winters Stranded on Fire Island Watch frontman John Roderick get incarcerated (sorta) in the video for his band's "Fire Island, AK."

Long Island Braves Northeast Regional Tournament winners (Massapequa Post) - The 15-year old Long Island Braves baseball team won the 15-16-year old Pony Baseball Northeast Regional Tournament in Trenton, New Jersey on July 24. Coached by Gary Rich and Joe Tamburino, the team began their winning streak by beating Kingsbridge (Bronx) 3-1 in the championship game of the sectio

SearchHelp Receives Endorsement by Long Island Professional Education Network (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - SYOSSET, N.Y.----Aug. 24, 2006--SearchHelp, Inc., , a leading developer of award-winning, web-based child security software, has received the endorsement of the Long Island Professional Education Network , a consulting/advocacy group focused on social issues impacting children.

Long Island Healthcare Briefs: August 25, 2006 (RedNova) - By Claude Solnik New blood pressure treatment gets under your skin Some 65 million people in the United States suffer from high blood pressure, putting them at a higher risk for heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and other life-threatening health conditions.

Police Shut Down Long Island Bar (WNBC) - HOLBROOK, N.Y. -- A Holbrook, Long Island bar was closed down by police, authorities said. Police said the bar was overcrowded, served alcohol to minors and didn't have licensed security guards.

NWS: 'F0 Tornado' Touches Down In Long Island (CBS 2 New York) - A 'F0 Tornado' with winds of 40-72 mph touched down on Melrose Avenue just south of Sunrise.

2 Serbs Charged With Killing 3 Albanian-American Brothers in 1999 (New York Times) - The three brothers from Long Island went missing in Serbia in 1999. Their bodies were later found in a mass grave.