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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a suspicious package at Broadway and Wall St. in Manhattan, a shooting at 158th St. and Linden Blvd. in Queens, and a homicide on Popham Ave. in the Bronx.
- Local One, New York's stagehands union, doesn't want Mayor Bloomberg to mediate in their negotiations with Broadway producers and theater owners.
- A 40-year-old Staten Island bus driver is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old frequent passenger on his route. The assault took place in the bus driver's home where the young man is a frequent visitor.
- Foxy Brown finally made it from Rikers Island to court, where she pleaded not guilty to charges of throwing her Blackberry at a neighbor.
- Comedy Central's political talk show host Stephen Colbert announced that he will be running for President.
- Felix Najera, the homeless man who died last week after someone set him on fire, may have been a drinker, but he didn't drink alone. He shared his life on the streets of Harlem with a woman, who now mourns his passing.
- A Red Hook bartender helped capture one of the two men that have been sticking up neighborhood bars. He called the cops and trapped the suspect's female companion inside the establishment until the cops arrived.
- The DEP is finally cracking down on non-paying water scofflaws. Thirty businesses will have their water shut off in two weeks if they don't pay what they owe.
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weird- I get directed to the old NYT Select "you're not a paying sap" page when I click on the Red Hook Hero link - wait - is that Orson Welles up there?...
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