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• Long Island to get 2 video slot parlors

  -- Long Island will get two new video-slot machine parlors -- even if a statewide referendum to allow casinos across New York fails this fall -- under a gambling-expansion agreement announced by lawmakers Wednesday.The deal, reached at midnight Tuesday, is 6/19/13 Read more »

• Cops warn of phone scam targeting East End residents

  the past week."It's not a new type of scam, but the strange thing is, they seem to be concentrating on eastern Long Island and a lot of the targets are Hispanic," Burns said.Authorities advised those targeted not to dismiss the threats, but do not send money 6/19/13 Read more »

• Activists, union question LIPA reform bill

  questions. If we're just going to be in the hands of another company, that's where started," he said, referring to the Long Island Lighting Co.Matthew Cordaro, a LIPA trustee and longtime energy expert, noted that many gaps remain in understanding the true 6/19/13 Read more »

• 'X Factor' auditions return to Nassau Coliseum for round two

  show auditions.The judges were not present when producers vetted more than 16,000 contestants during the first Long Island auditions at the Coliseum in late April, before Rowland and Rubio were named to the panel . That turnout was the largest in the show's 6/19/13 Read more »

• Long Island's defense was quite stingy

  who committed to Stony Brook, set the tone early with 31/2 tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble in the first half for Long Island, which led 19-0.Manginelli had a lot of help as Camara, Perrone, Stengel and Ross helped limit the city to 69 yards of total   Read more »

Around the web

• Long Island’s Wine Country Gets Its First Rye

  Island Distillery is a craft spirits producer surrounded by 5,000 acres at the western end of Long Island’s North Fork wine trail, not far from the Hamptons. This month it will release its first rye whiskey. The Rough Rider Bull Moose three-barrel rye ($40) 28 m ago from Robb Report Read more »

• Influx of Cases Leads Long Island Bankruptcy Attorney to Revamp Office

  thoroughness it deserves. That is why having Benjamin Levy onboard helps me continue being the foreclosure lawyer Long Island deserves." About Ronald D. Weiss, P.C. Attorney at Law PC The modification, bankruptcy and foreclosure practice has been defending 3:53 AM from PR Leap Read more »

• theHicksvilleIllustratedNews.com Calendar

  Credit Union at 899 South Oyster Bay Rd in Bethpage. All makes and models welcome. Live performance by one of Long Island’s top doo-wop bands, The Fabularies. Trophies, raffles, vendors, radio broadcast, and more. Download a car registration form at www.corvettesociety.com. 1:40 AM from Hicksville Illustrated News Read more »

• Plainview-OldBethpageHerald.com Calendar

  To register, call Nancy Berlow, LCSW: 516-356-7109. All inquiries are confidential. Once a month through December, Long Island Cat Fanciers sponsors free lectures given by top local veterinarians on topics relevant to dog and cat owners. All members of the 1:36 AM from Plainview Old Bethpage Herald Read more »

• Long Island Women's Lacrosse

  Island Railroad president, Helena Williams, along with other top executives of the company began reaching out to Port Washington residents last week in an effort to educate the public with respect to the proposed railroad track expansion at the Port Washington 1:21 AM from Port Washington News Read more »