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Bears Take First Game From Long Island, 4-2 (OurSports Central) - NEWARK, NJ - September 1, 2007 - Reliever Jason DiAngelo struck out catcher Jared Price with two men on base to nail down his 14th save of the season and give the Newark Bears a 4-2 victory over the Long Island Ducks on Saturday night at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.

Terrifying home invasion on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - A Long Island family was terrorized Friday night. Three men reportedly burst into their home waving a rifle -- at one point holding it to their child's head.

World War II Women Honored On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - Anne King was 19 and earning $12 a week in a Kresge's dime store when she was recruited in 1942 to learn how to make airplane parts from blueprints. At Republic Aviation on Long Island, she worked both as a mechanic and riveter on P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and other aircraft.

Volleyball tops Long Island (The Arizona Republic) - Arizona State beat Long Island 3-0 before falling 3-2 to New Mexico at the Hilton Phoenix/East Mesa Challenge at Arizona State.

Long Island Newsday Examines Medicare Rule That Will Deny Payment To Hospitals For Preventable Errors (Medical News Today) - Long Island Newsday on Wednesday examined a new rule from CMS that will deny reimbursements to hospitals for preventable errors that occur while patients are in their care, a move that advocates believe will encourage better quality and help reduce avoidable injury and infection rates. Hospital-acquired infections are the most common cause of preventable patient harm, with CDC estimating that 1. ...

A monument to Mandela: the Robben Island years (Independent) - Every Thursday at one point during Nelson Mandela's long incarceration on Robben Island he and a group of other black prisoners would be taken outside and told to dig a trench six feet deep. When it was complete, they were told to get down into it, whereupon their white warders would urinate on them. Then they were told to fill in the trench and go back to their solitary cells.

Frightening home invasion, rape on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - Police on Long Island are looking for a gunman in a frightening home invasion.

Cesidian Root Starts New Country of Independent Long Island (ILI) (PR.com) - The Cesidian Root, an alternative and intercontinental Internet, announced that it has started the new country project of Independent Long Island (ILI) with a working .ILI Top-Level Domain (TLD). [PR.com - August 31, 2007]

Backpacker gored by bison on Santa Catalina Island (The Arizona Republic) - LONG BEACH, Calif. - A backpacker fell prey to one of Southern California's lesser-known hazards: being gored by an American bison on Santa Catalina Island.

Long Island Search for Pilot of a One-Engine Plane Is Suspended (New York Times) - Kennworth J. Eaton, 76, has not been seen since he took his single-propeller plane up from its base in East Moriches last Saturday.