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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

Dubai's palm island being readied for first residents (USA Today) - With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai's three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents. The Palm Jumeirah, a 12-square-mile island group, is part of what's billed as the largest land-reclamation project in the world, the product of five years of brute hauling of millions of tons of Persian Gulf sand and quarried rock.

Lough Neagh's 'island paradise' (BBC News) - BBC NI rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy visits Rams Island in the middle of Lough Neagh.

Phillip Island to host Australian GP until 2011 (Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports) - MELBOURNE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Australia's Phillip Island will host a world championship race every year until at least 2011, the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Corporation (AMGPC) said on Tuesday.

Evelyn Zanner, 1917-2006: Mercer Island real estate pioneer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Evelyn Zanner, a real estate pioneer on Mercer Island who found many ways to help others, has died at the age of 89.

Shane Lynch leaves Love Island (RTÉ News) - Shane Lynch has become the latest celebrity to quit the ITV reality show Love Island. Following in the footsteps of MTV star Steve-O, glamour model Alicia Douvall and basketball legend Dennis Rodman, Shane Lynch announced his departure.

Long Island New York Pizza Contest Gets Hi-Jacked (PR Web) - 101.1 Jack FM, a CBS radio station has taken over The Best Pizza on Long Island New York Competition as the official presenting sponsor. This annual charity event supports local pizzerias and raises funds to feed the hungry on Long Island, NY. (PRWEB Aug 5, 2006)

Lynch decides to leave Love Island (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) - He's caused many girls to swoon over him on Love Island, but heartthrob Shane Lynch has devastated them all by deciding to leave.

Shane Lynch quits 'Love Island' (Digital Spy) - Shane Lynch has become the latest celebrity to walk off the Love Island set.

Coney Island Love and Magic (The New York Sun) - "Harry Houdini not only fell in love with Coney Island, he fell in love at Coney Island," the magician and historian Richard Steven Cohn said. Speaking at the Coney Island Museum on Sunday, Mr. Cohn said Houdini met his wife Bess there. Wearing a seersucker suit and white shoes and occasionally playing the accordion, Mr. Cohn began his talk with a trick, and said legend has it that Coney Island