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• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: PATH Train derailment at Christopher Street, "DOA removal" on 43rd Street, and a double stabbing in Harlem.
• Looks like a couple of hundred people showed up to blow bubbles at Union Square yesterday.
• Via Gothamist Contribute: "This is Park Slope-- not Russia!"
• Brooke Astor turns 105 this week: "She is still dressed every day in the finest outfits and jewels."
• And speaking of outfits and jewels, Elton John turns 60 this week-- he's celebrating by playing his 60th concert at MSG.
• More sad followup on the pet poisonings: "For years to come, we'll be taking care of pets who have suffered to some degree and will require their owners to get nursing care."
• But maybe this picture of a Goose family in Queens will cheer you up.
• Hmm-- maybe the aluminum bat ban wasn't such a good idea-- according to the Post, wooden bats cost $75 a piece and shatter easily.

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