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+ Oh Jesus-- is the city really stupid enough to demolish Officer's Row and replace it with a supermarket? We're betting yes.
+ Remember that weird Bear Mountain suicide back in June? The husband just got arrested for "reckless endangerment, promoting a suicide and endangering children."
+ Dick Grasso is going to have to give back some of the $187.5m he already got from the NYSE. The judge threw out his request for another $48m.
+ The City Council is looking to ban aluminum baseball bats from high school games
+ After killing one pedestrian and injuring dozens, the LIRR has finally decided to narrow the platform gap at some of their stations.
+ The owners of Broken Angel were removed by the police in handcuffs after they ignored the vacate order filed by the city. They'll be staying with their son in Park Slope until the situation is resolved.
+ If Mayor Bloomberg sells Bloomberg LP for $12B, do you think they'll change the name of the company?

A giant candy apple, part of a Splenda promotion in Bryant Park.

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I know this is just a blog, but "arrested" and "indicted" are not synonymous. He was arrested when the incident occurred; he was indicted yesterday.

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