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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an unstable building on 118th St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan, a person burned on 130th St. and Park Ave. in Manhattan, and a shooting on Lafayette Ave. in Brooklyn.
Maybe it's because we're lifelong NYC baseball fans who think the Dodgers still belong in Brooklyn, but we think Joe Torre looks goofy wearing an LA jersey. Maybe he should lose the tie.
Citigroup's Charles Prince is ousted or jumping ship, depending on how you want to paint it. The mega-bank expects to write down another $11 billion in assets related to sub-prime loans.
A fugitive being filmed by a Swiss documentary film crew making a movie about his involvement in a drug smuggling ring was unaware that cops might want to arrest him for his crimes from 20 years ago. Surprise! They were and did.
Policy makers may be emphasizing preventative care and shunting patients away from emergency medical care, but hospitals are putting their money where they see the future is, by expanding their ERs at a record pace.
South Carolina cold cocks Stephen Colbert's Presidential aspirations and New York magazine makes light of the disruption of the democratic process.
More than a dozen people were hospitalized after exposure to chemical fumes on Staten Island.
Mayor Bloomberg has apologized to the family of James Zadroga for deriding their deceased son publicly.

Run Ducks Run!, by GerritsenBeach.net at flickr

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[1] | Dave Hogarty

Scotland's lochs got nothing on NY Harbor! Nice capture by GerritsenBeach.net.

Reply | November 5, 2007 7:24 PM

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[2] | GerritsenBeachNet

Thanks :) You picked it up really fast after I tagged it.

Reply | November 5, 2007 8:14 PM

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