June 26, 2007
Extra, Extra

- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on East 79th St. in Manhattan, another bank robbery on East 89th St. in Manhattan, and a police scooter accident at Adams and Tillary Sts. in Brooklyn.
- A parking ticket fixer was sentenced to three-to-six years in jail for arranging false-documented excuses to get people out of parking tickets.
- Robert Deniro and Al Pacino are teaming up as detectives tracking a serial killer in a new film. 50 Cent will join them as a helpful drug dealer informant character.
- Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp. isn't about to cooperate with The New York Times or its China-based correspondent.
- No NYC tryouts for the latest incarnation of American Idol.
- Curbed notes an Upper West Side townhouse that can be yours for just a K-note under a half billion dollars, courtesy of a typo.
- An SUV struck two pedestrians in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, before crashing into a storefront. The female pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The "limited time only" lobster roll at Cosi gets a Midtown Lunch review: "There’s no way it’s healthy, and if you are not a fan of mayo you will probably hate this sandwich."
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"Curbed notes an Upper West Side townhouse that can be yours for just a K-note under a half billion dollars, courtesy of a typo."
and to add the hilarity, you further butchered it. its a half MILLION.
actually thats a lie.
#[1] 500,000,000 = half billion
500,000.000 = half million
need eyeglasses??
Fuckin' SUV assholes. I hope the driver goes to prison for a long time.