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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an attempted bank robbery on East 23rd St. in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck on 82nd St. and Central Park West in Manhattan, and a homicide on Grand Ave. in Brooklyn.
- The politics of succession in the world of Masters of the Universe. Changing places, changing times, unsurpassable ambition.
- Sometimes the old is new: when a garbage hauling-controlling family tells you to do something, you do it, or they'll burn your company down.
- Mayor Bloomberg is displeased with an audit that criticizes his predecessor for a golf course construction deal that led to millions being paid to a mobbed-up company moving dirt from one place to another.
- New York State is joining a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government over global warming issues.
- Stop-and-frisks by the NYPD were down 11% in the latest quarter that it reported to the City Council.
- A suit has been brought against New York State with the shocking allegation that perhaps indigent people aren't provided adequate legal defense.
- The 71-year-old woman dumped unconscious on the sidewalk in front of a bogus dentist's office died.
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