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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a water condition at Surf Ave. and West 8th St. in Brooklyn, a car vs. building at 49th St. and 5th Ave. in Manhattan, and a fatality with a person under a subway train at Sutter and Snediker Aves. in Brooklyn.
- The editors at The New York Times apologize for asserting that Presidential candidate Ron Paul was allied with white supremacists and the American Nazi Party.
- Racked notes that the much-anticipated Uniqlo sample sale was a total bust because everything had already been sold in a pre-sale to PR types and members of the press.
- Carson Daly says that his decision to return to the air without any writers was based on an ultimatum delivered by NBC: come back by Dec. 3 or we will fire everyone who works on your show.
- Thanks to a new cut on the Waterford crystals that make up the New Year's Eve Times Square ball, the sphere will be twice as bright as last year.
- One of the rarest stamps in the world--an "Inverted Jenny"--was sold to a New Yorker. An anonymous Wall St. executive paid $825,000 for the 24 cent stamp.
- Robert Lieber, the current president of the city's Economic Development Corporation, will replace Dan Doctoroff as the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, as Doctoroff departs to become president of Bloomberg LP. Lieber was reportedly considered a long shot for the job because he's only been in New York City government for a year.
- Apparently MSG and the Dolans are looking to avoid another embarrassing spectacle like the one where Anucha Browne Sanders sued the company for sexual harassment. The sex harassment suit brought by the New York Rangers cheerleaders against Madison Square Garden has been settled.
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Ron Paul for 2008!
Bob's lived in New York for twenty years and has only worked for NYCEDC for one year. Way to fact check (or read an article)!
uniqlo: zzzzz
I recognize that guy in the photo, he usually sits on the steam vent over on 6th ave.
I see that guy in the photo all the time around Astor Place. the first time i saw him, I thought he was Seu Jorge.