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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: electric shock on Van Brunt St. in Brooklyn, a bank robbery on Francis Lewis Blvd. in Queens, and a shooting at 185th St. and Tiebout in the Bronx.
- Anyone can sound more credible with a fake NYC address.
- Mayor Bloomberg reportedly met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
- A British court ordered that one rich brother, Prince Jefri Bolkiah, hand over ownership of the New York Palace Hotel to his older rich brother, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah.
- Gov. Spitzer's immigrant license plan may prove moot, as illegal aliens are leaving town due to the faltering local economy.
- A subway motorman was injured at Grand Central Terminal when shoved from behind onto the tracks at 42nd St.
- Bernard Kerik said that his current legal troubles regarding accepting illegal bribes from a mobbed-up company are the most difficult time for him since the events of the 9/11 attacks. And we're sure all the family members of those who lost loved ones on that day are overflowing with sympathy for him.
- A medical examiner determined that Carol Anne Gotbaum died accidentally while under a potent mix of alcohol and antidepressants.
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