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  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a commercial robbery on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, a suspicious fire on Renwick St. in Manhattan, and an "air-mail incident" at Union St. and Franklin Ave in Brooklyn. We can't wait to hear what that possibly means.
  • Six men were murdered Saturday morning in New York City. Separately!
  • The Times reports that patrons of the Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden don't know what they're enthusiastically drinking to at a traditional Czech and Slovak wine festival.
  • Cops are looking for an impostor who is improperly searching women on Long Island.
  • New York hairdressers are required to undergo an updated licensing exam. (We highly recommend this article for comedic value.)
  • The 150-foot section of the retaining wall that collapsed onto the Henry Hudson Parkway two years ago has been rebuilt
  • It's been more than 60 years, but Hitler continues to ruin everything––including Halloween.
  • The gauntlet has been thrown! Steinbrenner reportedly told Joe Torre that if the Yankees don't win tonight the manager is fired.
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  • guest

    "Air mail" is copspeak for people throwing stuff from a building, usually the roof, onto people below. It can be anything from poop to cinder blocks to televisions.

  • guest

    here comes a crime wave, watch

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