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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck on 11th Ave. and West 43rd St. in Manhattan, a shooting on 21st St. in Queens, and a shooting on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.
- Veteran political reporter Gabe Pressman weighs in on the wave of mortgage foreclosures sweeping New York and finds overwhelming evidence of racism.
- A privately funded program to encourage lower income and minority students to take Advanced Placement courses will pay cash for passing scores: $1,000 for a 5, $750 for a 4, and $500 for a 3.
- To guard against copycat incidents following the suicide of a student who jumped off the top of his dorm, NYU has placed Public Safety officers atop several of its buildings.
- Steven Molinaro, the grandson of Staten Island borough president James P. Molinaro, was sentenced to five years in prison after a conviction on charges of intimidating a 14-year-old paperboy he'd previously assaulted.
- Don Imus signed a multi-million dollar contract to return to the New York airwaves as the morning drive-time host at WABC AM/770.
- A recent poll showed that 72% of New Yorkers oppose Gov. Spitzer's plan to issue drivers licenses to undocumented residents.
- Sister site SFist is conducting round 4,937 of the Which-Is-Better-NYC-or-San Francisco? debate
- Meet the man who wrangles the giant inflatable rat that a union uses to publicly embarrass companies around NYC.
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