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  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: person under a bus at Park Ave. South and East 24th St., a shooting on Church Ave. in Brooklyn, and shots fired on East 169th St. and Tinton Ave. in the Bronx.
  • As part of its 20th anniversary weekend, WFAN 660-AM will be airing four hours of old Imus shows, which used to be the morning anchor of the station.
  • Queens and Brooklyn residents team up to protest eminent domain at City Hall - at stake, Willets Point and the Atlantic Yards.
  • The New York highway system was ranked 48th worst out of the 50 states. Only New Jersey and Alaska were deemed worse in the survey.
  • Huh: Circle Line lost its contract to run ferries to the Statue of Liberty; instead, the service that runs ferries between San Francisco and ALCATRAZ will be taking over.
  • The News of the Weird reports that the growing wealth of a certain class of New Yorkers and Brits has resulted in a critical shortage of professional butlers; no word on whether there's a shortage of personal umbrella handlers.
  • ArtsJournal.com is reporting that the historical validity of the 6th Century BCE Etruscan chariot at The Metropolitan Museum is being questioned.
  • ABC News is issuing alerts of storm warnings this evening all over the tri-state area.
Because lightning shots are awesome: Lightning Over Brooklyn, by Enjoy Patrick Responsibly at flickr

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Ha, four hours of Imus on the start of a holiday weekend, yeah, it's going to have lots of listeners.
silly, silly men, rat dog and the fatty mcfattie.

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That 8th bullet is some of your best work yet, Gothamist!

When I walked by 24th Street, it seemed to me the person had been a cyclist. the rear wheel of the bike was bent over. the ambulance had just left and the cops were not responding to my questions.

Many Fire and police vehicles but no activity when I was there and no visible blood. I hope the guy's ok/

You heard it here first... Imus is back on the air by the fall.

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Tim N.: First, or four-hundredth? Who ISN'T predicting he'll be back in the fall?

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Why is "Alcatraz" all in caps? Three cheers for arbitrary capitalization!

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