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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an abduction on Dorchester Rd. in Brooklyn, an armed robbery with shots fired on Richmond Ave. on Staten Island, and a bank robbery on Broadway and 68th St. in Manhattan.
- If one has been ordained by an online ministry, it's good to make sure the state you marry people in will recognize your performance at the altar. A possible problem is that even state officials in charge of issuing marriage licenses are unclear on the rules.
- Sunset Park tavern The Thirsty Duck was selling illegal drugs from behind its bar. Cops busted the Brooklyn bar for dealing marijuana and cocaine to patrons.
- Plans to turn the Farley Post Office into a new Madison Square Garden and side entrance for a new Penn Station continue to hit roadblocks. Amtrak is now insisting it has veto power over the entire project.
- A judge wants to peruse copies of all the emails exchanged between NJ Gov. Jon Corzine and his one-time girlfriend and union boss Carla Katz, so he can decide whether to pass them along to Republican opponents of the governor.
- NYC Stuff Exchange is a city-facilitated online service that allows people to donate, buy, sell, rent, or repair gently used items.
- The city settled a suit for $1.25 million with a woman who was injured in 2002 when she drove into a giant pothole on Atlantic Ave.
- Police conducted 12% fewer stop-and-frisks in the second quarter of 2007 than during the same period in 2006.
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