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Long Island Developers Eye $1B-Plus Resort (Commercial Property News) - Long Island’s hundreds of miles of beaches provide a flourishing vacation trade, and a development team wants to capitalize on that reputation with the island’s largest-ever resort development--a project on eastern Long Island that could command a $1.5 billion investment.

Long Island ends mandatory golf cart policy (Sports Illustrated) - EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) -- A controversial policy mandating the use of golf carts on one of Long Island's most prestigious public courses was rescinded Thursday.

Mortgage turmoil hurts Long Island job market (Newsday) - The Long Island job market, which has been sluggish for several months, has taken a hit because of turmoil in the mortgage market, according to the latest report from the New York State Department of Labor.

Lawsuit: Immigration raids in Westchester, Long Island, violated Hispanics' civil rights (The Journal News) - NEW YORK - Lawyers for Hispanics in Westchester and Long Island have filed a federal lawsuit charging authorities with violating civil rights by raiding their homes without court warrants.

The Long Island Home appoints John O'Connell to Board of Directors (Amityville Record) - On Thursday, August 30, John T. O'Connell was appointed to The Long Island Home Board of Directors in Amityville. O'Connell is the former president and CEO of the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, Inc. and is presently consulting at Nassau University Medical Center.

Millionaires from Long island face new charges in Indonesian 'slave' case (The Jakarta Post) - CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP): A millionaire couple accused of forcing Indonesian housekeepers to serve as their slaves in their Long Island mansion pleaded not guilty Wednesday to conspiracy and other new charges.

A Fiji Island banded iguana was seized from a suspect's Long Beach, Calif., home by officials from the U. S. Fish and ... (El Paso Times) - LOS ANGELES - A man accused of stealing three endangered iguanas from a nature preserve in Fiji and smuggling them into the United States in his prosthetic leg has been indicted.

Long Island home to 9 of 100 priciest ZIP codes (Newsday) - According to Forbes.com , Long Island is home to four of the 20 priciest ZIP codes in the United States. The list was compiled using median home sales prices from July 2006 to July 2007 across the country.

Viral sickness shuts Lundi island (Daily Telegraph) - Residential staff have been confined to the holiday island after outbreak of crippling stomach virus

Hutchinson Island wetlands restoration project complete (The Palm Beach Post) - The restoration of nearly 14 acres of coastal wetlands on Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County has been completed after two years, with the help of a $124,500 grant from the U.S. Forest Service and the Florida Division of Forestry.