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- 13 year old dies after gym class at Manhattan public school
- Even iPods know when their owners are gay
- Commissioner Kelly wants to go Extreme Makeover: City Agency Edition on the NYPD
- Why buy the bull when...oh, nevermind - two restaurateurs have teamed up to buy a $250,000 bull for his sperm; if only the bull knew they wanted to kill his babies
- Tom Suozzi wants to run for Governor
- NJ's new slogan is: New Jersery - Come See For Yourself; well, NJ, Gothamist has and we're still going to live in NYC... but the shore rules!

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About the 13 year old:
"history of medical conditions" yet allowed to participate. Hmm...

About NJ:
It should say, "Come Smell for Yourself" or "Pull My Finger"

actually it says, "The DOE says the boy had no history of medical problems. The Medical Examiner’s office is working to determine the exact cause of death."

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The death of the poor child proves the danger of gym class. Anyway, gym classes are always a waste of time and resources which could be better spent, on I don't know say teaching real things like history or geography or reading.

As for the great and beautiful state of New Jersey's slogan I would have taken a cue from Marty Markowitz and gone with:
New Jersey: Fuhgeddaboutit.
Then again they have some weird things there like the "Trenton makes, the world takes" bridge.

As for the "Commissioner Kelly wants to go Extreme Makeover: City Agency Edition on the NYPD" I was expecting seeing a story about some sort of change in uniforms and car colour. Remember when they had the light blue shirts and light blue cars?

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New Jersery was the way Tom Kane pronounced it. Don't you remember the ads: New Jersery and you, perfect together?

That's not the way Tom Kean pronounced it. It was his rich-boy accent--"New Jehrsey."
And by the way, leave New Jersey alone, Jen Chung--ya jehrk!

funny you should say that about gym being a waste of time. did you see the nytimes articles suggesting that increased diabetes among kids has been due in part to decreased gym time at school (and exercise in general)?

don't blame that on decreased gym time.
blame the student's Diet and the snapple machines in school.
Gym was a waste of time and taught by lesbians.
You want gym, join the Army, you'll get all the PT you want.

Don't be a hater. You know you're a Garden State girl Jen and that's forever. I was born in Jersey, and although raised elsewhere, nothing beats summers at Point Pleasant. It just might be the most perfect place ever if you're a kid; and not half bad for childish adults either.

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