Extra, Extra

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  1. Uh-oh, missing City Council members, if you miss a meeting, you need a note from your doctor (or other documentation)
  2. Curbed's monitoring of Gehry's IAC Building pays off: The windows are properly lined up.
  3. Park Slopers are scared of raccoons, possibly to the point of not crossing the street for a non-fat latte
  4. The Goya stolen as it was being transported from Ohio to NYC was recovered in NJ! No word if it's going to continue its journey to the Guggenheim
  5. Julian Casablancas, Mets fan! On the post-season: "Can I just ask you: as a Mets fan, do you think leaving Heilman in there for the 9th inning was the right move?"
  6. The FDNY rescued a 73 year old man from the 50-degree Hudson River water - he was "found in old pilings" near a Holland Tunnel ventilator tower
  7. Kottke picks out his favorite of Chris Ware's four Thanksgiving-themed New Yorker covers (we like this one)
  8. The probe into State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's actions is getting more power, but it's still unlikely a decision will be made before Pataki leaves office

Photograph "goodbye coney island" by occipital lobe on Flickr

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Excellent Coney Island photo!

how about some more stories from Queens instead of Park Slope and Brooklyn!

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Is there anything more banal than the use of "latte" as some kind of pejorative? it's really so hackneyed and pathetic it makes you wonder about the person who would use it.

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