Extra, Extra

1. 'Tis the season for stabbing your mom with a samurai sword because she attempted to stop you from arguing with your sister over a pack of cigarettes. Bonus: "Torres smashed a TV and stereo and scrawled 'Scum Germs' with a marker on the walls of the Taylor Ave. apartment before cops arrived, relatives said."
2. Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a child struck by car in DUMBO, a suspicious DOA in Queens, and two bank robberies in the Village.
3. The New York Times wrote a balanced editorial about the Critical Mass bike rides: "The department’s proposed parade law — which would greatly restrict the right of assembly for even small groups — goes overboard and isn’t likely to stop the monthly rides anyway. Considering that more than 200 cyclists have died in traffic in New York over the last decade, including two hit by motorists on a bike path recently, the department should have better priorities."
4. Speaking of biking, someone has come up with a clever way to remind people not to park in bike lanes: stickering their cars.
5. The city won't be held responsible for the deaths of four City Island kids who drowned in a leaky, stolen rowboat in 2003.
6. Bored this weekend? Maybe you should visit one of the city's lesser-known ice-skating rinks.
7. This year 90% of bank robberies in New York didn't involve a gun-- in 260 cases, robbers simply passed a note over the counter demanding money. 80% of the perps were caught.

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