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Diddy throws White Party on Long Island (The Clarion-Ledger) - White was the dress code at a star-saturated party thrown by Sean "Diddy" Combs at his Long Island home, and the dress code was strictly enforced.

Alcohol Leads To Argument, Accident On Long Island (WCBS-TV New York) - This argument had no winners. A Long Island man was arrested for driving while intoxicated after fighting with his girlfriend, who insisted he was too drunk to get behind the wheel—and then suffered a broken leg when he ran her over with his car, Suffolk County police said Monday.

Swastika & sick graffiti defile Long Island synagogue (New York Daily News) - BRAZEN VANDALS defaced the door of a Long Island synagogue with a swastika - then came back hours later and painted even more sickening graffiti, congregation leaders said.

Shark panics Long Island beachgoers, then dies and washes ashore (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) - NEW YORK (AP) - The swimmers were back at Long Island's Rockaway Beach on Sunday after hundreds were scared out of the water a day earlier by an apparently ill shark.

Dozens jailed in Harrisburg after island party, drowning (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - Dozens of party-goers were jailed after a man drowned during an unauthorized, weekend-long bash on an island in the Susquehanna River.

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.

Long wait to vote in too-close-to-call Jamaica election (AFP via Yahoo! News) - Voters went to the polls in Jamaica Monday after a hotly contested campaign colored by political violence and amid complaints about long delays at polling stations.

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.

Long Live The King Duo (Hartford Courant) - The friendship began in the center circle of a middle school game on Long Island nearly seven years ago.