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• Suffolk Slant: The Top 10

  With one more regular-season game left, most of the playoff spots have been decided. But the top seeds remain up for grabs in Class AA, where Central Islip, Half Hollow Hills West, Deer Park and Floyd are all legitimate contenders with Brentwood, Longwoo   Read more »

• Panel hears residents' redistricting fears

  A proposed state redistricting plan would dilute minority voting rights and divide close-knit communities across Nassau and Suffolk counties, local residents and community advocates told a legislative task force Thursday.Witnesses complained that the sta   Read more »

• Long Island con man sentenced to 15 years

  A confidence man, who operated three boiler rooms on Long Island which sold coins at vastly overinflated prices -- preying mainly on elderly victims -- was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday by a federal judge who blasted his activities.The scheme   Read more »

• Cops: Driver's had license suspended 44 times

  A Bay Shore man whose driver's license has been suspended 44 times was arrested on a felony charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle Monday, State Police said.Matthew Moore , 35, was driving a blue Nissan 83 mph in a 55 mph zone east on the Sout   Read more »

• Cops: Driver with interlock device was high

  A driver stopped after his vehicle swerved on County Road 19 in Holbrook told police he had been trying to blow into an interlock device installed after a DWI conviction, Suffolk County police said.Justin Mullany, 34, of Blue Point , was charged "driving   Read more »

Around the web

• Judge sentences NY man to 15 years in coin scam

  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - A New York businessman who admitted to fraud and other charges in a $40 million collectible coins investment scam has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Joseph Romano was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Central   from News 10 WTEN Albany Read more »

• Crimes Nearby: Possession, Menacing, Assault

  Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Editor A.J. Voelpel: Get local news in your inbox daily. Sign up for your newsletter today. http://westislip.patch.com/newsletters Arrests reported by precincts surrounding West Islip between   from Westislip Patch Read more »

• Newsday - LI Districts May Get Second Chance On Aid

  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed budget has good news -- and a modicum of bad news -- for four Suffolk school districts facing the loss of $48 million in construction aid due to missed deadlines, state lawmakers said this week. The governor's 2012-13 budg   from New York Senate Read more »

• Flexfit Announced as Official Headwear for Two Clubs

  Central Islip, NY, January 24, 2012 –(PR.com)– The Long Island Ducks and Bridgeport Bluefish, members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, today announced a partnership with world renowned headwear manufacturer Flexfit/Yupoong, making the com   from American Banking and Market News Read more »

• 5 alleged Long Island gang members indicted

  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Five alleged members of a Long Island street gang have been indicted on murder, assault and robbery charges. Federal prosecutors say the violence included the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy outside a house party in Brentwo   from WCAX Read more »