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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Broadway in Queens, a water rescue from the Bronx River, and a retaining wall collapse on Waterview Ct. on Staten Island.
- A judge awarded equal custody of a 17-month-old infant to the child's father, the boyfriend of Jennifer Rubell. She is the
daughterniece of the late club impressario Steve Rubell, and previously claimed her boyfriend was a stoner mooch, who refused to leave her apartment or get a job. - The former head of the Brooklyn Democratic party, Clarence Norman, Jr., is heading off to prison for 1-3 years, for what amounts to a shakedown of a judicial candidate.
- Al Sharpton is turning his attention from Imus to the Hip-Hop industry, and demanding the end of racist and sexist content. We're feeling good about his recent increase in police protection following Imus-related death threats.
- Some students at Columbia want to return to the days of 1968-style radicalism, but without all the bra-burnings, free love, and drug use. Sticks and carrots, kids.
- We hope East Village Idiot tipped this waitress well for her subtle observation
- Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind wants to know why there's such great disparity in what NYC hospitals charge for identical or similar procedures, because the differences can be pretty outrageous.
- The Anarchist Book Fair was held this Saturday at the Judson Memorial Church, but there's no word yet as to whether the Dewey Decimal System is oppression or not.
- Finally confirmed: Hipsters love vinyl records
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Huh? Your posting says that Jennifer Rubell is the daughter of the late club impressario Steve Rubell, but the link says she's his niece.
On the plus side, there were no spelling mistakes.
Clarification: AL Sharpton is not now moving onto hip-hop. He has actually been involved in numerous protests against violent and sexist hip-hop for years. And as with Whatever, congratulations on avoiding spelling and grammatical errors.
The only people who notice radical politicos at Columbia are the radical politicos. It's a popularity contest like everything else. Thanks for making it seem like more, NYMag. The big protest, btw, was a wash and if you really think that college-aged leftists are beyond the self-handicapping of identity politics, apparently you missed out on the last Queer Sophomores of Color Against the War meeting. Dumb kids couldn't agree on one damn thing.
Thank you for noticing, but I'm afraid the extra attention towards correct spelling and proper grammar caused me to overlook the lack of a functioning link in that Sharpton item. This is the story I was referring to and it is titled "After Imus, Sharpton Turns to Hip-Hop Industry". The lede reads as follows:
The only way campus radicalism will be seriously ignited is for the draft to come back. As long as student larvae doesn't have their lives and limbs on the line, a lot of them won't care.
And Rev. Al STILL has not apologized for his role in the Tawana Brawley case.
So, I'm still waiting to see what Reverend Al has to say about "Are You Smarter Than An Asian?" on the Ed Lover Show...