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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on 20th Ave. and 37th St. in Queens, a hate crime on East 9th St. and Ave. H in Brooklyn, and a missing child on Decatur Ave. in the Bronx.
- Hyperactive performer Robin Williams is David Letterman's guest tonight, in his first new show in weeks. Letterman, as well as Craig Ferguson, have worked out pacts with the Writers Guild of America, allowing writers to come back. Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are crossing picket lines to come back. Riffing on Robin Williams' routines are not as funny when hard to distinguish from KKK impersonations in the deep south.
- A Port Authority policeman in the department's K-9 unit was involved in an auto accident that killed the woman driving the other vehicle. The officer was hospitalized and his partner was taken to a veterinarian for treatment.
- A man with a hunting knife was arrested after entering and then exiting Hillary Clinton's Iowa campaign headquarters. There was no overt violent action, but local police described him as a local unpredictable character.
- NYPD detectives and officers remember the New Year's Day bombings 25 years ago that cost eyes and limbs.
- New York State native John Granville was assassinated with his driver while working to resolve unrest in Sudan. He was on his way home from a New Year's Eve celebration at the embassy of the African country.
- Comedienne Chelsea Peretti finds Amy Poehler a delightful ex-lover. Fred Armisen? Not so much.
- Mayor Bloomberg's mom turns 99 years old today. Happy Birthday Charlotte Bloomberg!
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