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  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery at the Washington Mutual on Sheepshead Bay Rd. in Brooklyn, a worker fell into the water off Pier 11 on Governor's Island, and a bank robbery on 57th St. and Broadway in Manhattan.
  • Additional charges could be in store for the woman who allegedly shot a Staten Island commune leader before fleeing to Philadelphia.
  • Maya Rudolph is not returning for the new season of Saturday Night Live
  • New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office is cruising Facebook.com for underage hookups, in order to file charges against the online social networking site.
  • Is there a mad firebomber in Park Slope, endangering Subarus, garbage cans, small animals and Eve Ensler's privates? Brownstoner readers are worried.
  • A 28-year-old woman was killed while crossing Houston St. this morning. A truck knocked the young woman out of her shoes and pinned her as she was crossing 6th and West Houston at 7:15 a.m.
  • Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens was scratched from the series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, including tonight's start. Kei Igawa will start in place of the high-priced hurler with the hurt hamstring.
  • Six New Yorkers were awarded MacArthur Genius Grants.
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I work just a couple blocks from the intersection of Sixth and W. Houston. It is definitely a dangerous intersection for pedestrians.

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Maya Rudolph has since decided to stay on SNL...go figure!

I just read that Maya Rudolph is returning to SNL. "11th hour reversal" sort of thing.

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the woman that was run over is the 4th person to be run over in the same corner in a two year period!
WTF!!!!

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everyone knows (!) that Houston Street is out-of-control. I have never ever seen anyone get pulled over for reckless driving, running lights, etc.

where is law enforcement?

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