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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a burn victim on East 3rd St. and Beverly Rd. in Brooklyn, a shooting on Francis Lewis Blvd. in Queens, and a burn victim on 103rd St. and Park Ave. in Manhattan.
- Reps for the New York Philharmonic are investigating a planned appearance of the symphony in North Korea.
- Those excited by news of a George Clooney sighting in Brooklyn Heights yesterday can just go ahead and get giddy at reports of Brad Pitt also in the vicinity.
- Alain Maridueña, or Ket, pleaded guilty to defacing property in three NYC boroughs.
- The New York Society for Ethical Culture is debating tonight over whether the Ivy League is elitist. Really.
- Cops are searching for a man in a red plaid shirt and jeans who mugged a woman in Central Park near 96th St. at 2 a.m.
- The State is replacing about 35,000 emergency respiratory masks for first responders that were deemed defective.
- Dedication ceremonies took place for the African Burial Ground in downtown Manhattan today.
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