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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an armed carjacking at the intersection of 164th St. and the Union Turnpike in Queens, an unconscious firefighter at 51st St. and 5th Ave. in Manhattan, and a slashing on Myrtle and Wyckoff Aves. in Brooklyn.
- Mia Farrow is speaking out against the atrocities in Darfur.
- This is the summer of our discontent. The beach season is winding down with below-average-temperature weather and rain and clouds.
- An eight-month-old boy is doing well after receiving a quintuple organ transplant of a liver, small bowel, pancreas, colon and stomach at the Childrens Hospital of Morgan Stanley New York-Presbyterian.
- Experts begin testifying on causes of steampipe explosion. Any conclusions are likely to be a couple of months away.
- A new law signed by Gov. Spitzer can force rape suspects to undergo HIV testing.
- Oprah Winfrey will leave Chicago behind to tape a show in NYC this September. We predict Dave Letterman as a guest.
- A slideshow of NYC in the apocalyptic future without humans to scoop poop.
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