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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Canal St. between Baxter and Perry Sts. in Manhattan, a separate bank robbery on West 6th St. and Neptune Ave. in Brooklyn, and yet another amputation (that's the third reported this week!) on Gardener Ave. in Brooklyn.
The Queens man, who drove his known-suicidal wife to the edge of an upstate cliff and then watched as she drove the minivan containing their two children over the precipice, received three years probation. His lawyer called it "a bad judgement call."
Online feminism for the 21st century at Feministing.com.
Gambino mob associate Robert DeCicco was shot four times while exiting a pharmacy in Brooklyn Tuesday.
JFK's AirTrain broke down this morning, trapping 30 passengers inside the shuttle for an hour before they could be walked along a platform to safety.
The New York Times has Pac-Man Fever, as did ten contestants competing in Times Square at the Pac-Man World Championship. The paper sardonically notes that no women were involved.
On the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the USS Intrepid moved from dry-dock to Staten Island, with much enthusiasm elicited from veterans and fans of the aircraft carrier.
The Boston Globe thinks NYC is the place to be for anyone interested in good olive oil.

Save Domino, by Doug Letterman at flickr

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[1] | guest

This new format is really retarded Gothamist ! Nice pic from the the bridge though . Signed By; "Still Not Amused"

Reply | June 6, 2007 9:07 PM

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[2] | guest

Feminisiting: Three years old but only now landing on Gothamist. Way to stay up on the times!

Reply | June 7, 2007 11:59 AM

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