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Education Advocates Rally for Funds in Long Island (The New York Sun) - Education advocates suing the state to increase funding for New York City public schools are rallying in Long Island today in an attempt to garner support in the backyard of some of their staunchest opponents. The Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which sued the state in 1993 to force it to allocate more money to New York City public schools, says the results of the lawsuit would help alter

Frightening home invasion on Long Island (WABC-TV New York) - The search is on for a gang of thieves after yet another home invasion on Long Island.

SLIM SSSSTUDENT: Python loose at Long Island middle school (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) -- 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.

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.

Bush meets privately with GOP donors (AP via Yahoo! News) - President Bush met privately Monday with Republican donors at an estate on Long Island Sound, raising almost $800,000 for GOP House members facing tough re-election fights.

Selectmen sound off on Sears Island (The Republican Journal) - SEARSPORT Selectmen shared their personal preferences as to what the fate of Sears Island should be Tuesday, Sept. 20, then voted unanimously to reaffirm their previous support of two documents addressing that subject.

Report on gas terminal on L.I. Sound stokes more opposition (Boston Globe) - A report by the U.S. Coast Guard on a proposed gas terminal on Long Island Sound has stoked fresh arguments from opponents.

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.