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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on 120th St. and 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, a stabbing on West 31st St. in Brooklyn, and a fall victim at MoMA in Manhattan.
- The New York Yankees took first place in franchise spending, with a total payroll of $218.3 million last year. The World Series-winning Boston Red Sox payroll totalled $155.4 million to finish a distant second.
- The New York Water Taxi is terminating its South Brooklyn service between Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Wall St. at the end of this month.
- Someone stole a replica of the Dukes of Hazzard '69 Dodge Charger, the General Lee, from a Long Island auto body shop, only to abandon it hours later.
- Say it ain't so! "Egg Raid on Mojo" by the Beastie Boys is based on lies. Those eggs never cracked on Mojo's back.
- Broadway stage directions are driving Clay Aiken even more crazy than before.
- Two Crips gang members were arrested in yesterday's shooting of an 18-year-old in front his Queens high school.
- Now even the average man or woman on the Web can view the progress of construction of Andre Balazs' Standard Hotel on the High Line in 15 minute increments.
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