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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an aircraft fire at JFK terminal 4 in Queens, a robbery on Central Park West in Manhattan, and a missing child on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn.
- Surf cams (permanently installed cameras monitoring surf conditions) are a great way to notify surfers of conditions, until one realizes that surfers don't want conditions notified for fear of crowds.
- No matter what you've ever seen in the movies, crashing the guard rails on a bridge to land on the highway below will end with your fatality.
- A self-proclaimed tantric master stood in a container filled with ice and water for 72 minutes.
- The unlikely story of the NBA referee who was earlier an undercover cop who busted the Jersey mob. Meet Bobby Covert; he will blow the whistle on you.
- The Albuquerque PD billboard is drawing more 'old prospectors' than adventurous young men and women.
- The Times answers your questions on whether it's legal to hold a tag sale from your apartment. Make sure one notifies the IRS, and Park Slopers get ready for some competition.
- OMG! The Post reunited two of its New Year's missed connection kissers. One's an aspiring actress and the other's a musician. Now they're joking that they're engaged.
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