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  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a double shooting on Webster Ave. in the Bronx, fatal person under a 4 train at 125th St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan, and a pedestrian struck at East 17th St. and Ave. I in Brooklyn.
  • Conspiracy theorist/media activist Alex Jones was arrested Saturday night while addressing a crowd with a bullhorn in front of the Fox News studio in Manhattan. Jones is the head of a group who believes that the U.S. government planned the 9/11 attacks.
  • The City shut down three adjacent and illegal hostels operating out of single resident occupancy buildings. The owners were charging $50 to $150 a night for rooms to European visitors, who would keep the legitimate permanent residents up at night with their revelry.
  • Neighbors get restive over the absence of the four-faced clock atop the Williamsburg Savings Bank in Brooklyn, even if it did often give the wrong time.
  • Have you finalized a divorce recently and are unsure what to do with that wedding ring? How about a nice miniature casket to symbolize your dead marriage.
  • The city has launched a website called 9/11 Health to track the health effects of exposure to the World Trade Center site following its collapse. It also has links to health providers, financial aid providers, social services, and environmental groups.
  • Streetsblog looks at what auto organization AAA has to say about pedestrian safety.
  • Hotel Chelsea déjà vu: longtime haven for artists, The Breslin Hotel on Broadway near 28th St. is being converted to a luxury hotel.
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