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Shopper, 60, Mugged At Long Island Street Fair (WNBC) - FRANKLIN SQUARE, N.Y. -- A 60-year-old woman has been beaten and mugged by two men at a Long Island street fair. Nassau County police said the woman was at the Franklin Square Street Fair early Sunday afternoon when one man came up in front of her and another approached from behind.

Long Island Express (OurSports Central) - (Central Islip, N.Y., Sept. 24, 2006) - The Ducks have five players that have called the Island their home for their entire life. In Long Island's final regular season home game of 2006, all five contributed to the Flock's 9-7 come-from-behind victory over the Riversharks on Sunday afternoon.

Python Snake On The Loose At Long Island School (WCBS-TV New York) - Students at a Long Island school have more than the three R's to deal with these days. They're hunting for a reptile running loose. The 2-foot snake name is Slim, a ball python who escaped from its tank in the sixth-grade science room. The snake had been a pet inside the room for five years at Hauppauge Middle School.

Kelleys Island limestone in the groove (The Myrtle Beach Sun News) - Everyone in Ohio knows about the Glacial Grooves, perhaps the biggest attraction on Kelleys Island in western Lake Erie. The fenced-off glacial feature - a state historical monument - is 430 feet long, 15 feet deep and 35 feet wide.

Boy Badly Hurt in Shootout With Intruders (New York Times) - A shootout ensued after three intruders entered a Long Island home, leaving a 9-year-old boy in critical condition.

An island where the scenery is spectacular underwater, too (The Philadelphia Inquirer) - There's something special about traveling to an island that no one has ever heard of. This island measures only 29 miles long by 16 miles wide and is nestled between Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Eastern Caribbean. The native Carib Indians called the island Waitikubuli, which means "tall is her body" - today it's known as Dominica.

Intel installs wireless "WiMax" Internet in Amazon island city (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Intel Corp. chairman Craig Barrett traveled to an isolated Amazon River island city last week to launch wireless Internet access with the company's WiMAX technology, using a satellite link to beam bandwidth to a place where even electricity is hard to come by.

Long Island Sportsman Association to sponsor Vegas night October 6 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Sportsman Association is sponsoring a Vegas night, Friday, October 6 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 63

Gulls, osprey mix with jets and Piney Island bomb range (News 14 Carolina) - PINEY ISLAND, N.C. -- The cawing of seagulls and the lapping of waves and an occasional boat are often the only weekend sounds at this 12,500-acre island of mostly marshland where the Neuse River meets the Pamlico Sound.

Long Island Country Music Association to host fall dance September 30 (Babylon Beacon) - The Long Island Country Music Association will be holding its first fall dance Saturday, September 30, 8 p.m. to midnight at the Irish American Hall, 297 Willis Ave., Mineola. The doors open 7:30 p.m. Music will be provided byD.J. Cousin Brucie. Free dance lessons will be given by Ellen Kiernan. Adm