Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: victim down an elevator shaft on 59th Street, person struck by train at 33rd on the 6, and an "EDP in a vehicle" in LES.
• Attention terrorists: if you're using the internet at the Park Slope Tea Lounge, the cops may be on to you.
• F Trainer has a nice set of pix from the Greenpoint Terminal Market-- it's like the surface of the moon up in that piece.
• Don't give your kids too much praise: it turns them into oversensitive underachievers.
• Senator Schumer has done the math, and says that the company that purchased Starrett City has nefarious plans: "it will be impossible for someone paying this price not to convert the units into high-price rentals or ritzy condominiums."
• Is it just us, or is Maureen Dowd looking a little too much like Norma Desmond for her own good?
• East Village Idiot reviews the very classy Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant: "Nothing says classy quite like a D-cup salt and pepper shaker."
• Crafty New York politicians want to move the presidential primaries up a month to February 5th-- the thinking is that early wins would help Giuliani and Clinton.
• Did you know that boosting Vespa usage to 20% of commuting vehicles could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 26,000 tons (52,000,000-pounds) per year?
• And a hopeful sign of coming Spring: ducks have been sighted in the Gowanus Canal.

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