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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a large fight at an election on Eldert Ln. in Brooklyn, a stolen DHL truck on Crown St. in Brooklyn, and a child stabbed on 220th St. and 133th Ave. in Queens.
- Brownstoner notes that the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for the best buildings in Brooklyn.
- Staten Island Assemblyman Michael Cusick wants 17-year-olds to have the right to vote in elections. We'd be happy to see if we could enable over-18 registered voters to reliably cast ballots in elections.
- This reminds us of Richard Linklater featuring Madonna's pap smear in his break-out film "Slackers." An ankle cast signed by Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz is up for sale on eBay.
- Artists used to do still life paintings of fruit, so why not auction off photographers' images of top chefs' dishes for charity?
- There is no end to the way that people will attempt to make money rubbing the salt in New England fans' wounds, including creative trademarking.
- Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte was willing to talk to a Congressional investigative committee for two and a half hours. He was speechless when confronted with the press outside of the conference room.
- The Giants were parading less than a block away, people were lining up to vote around the city, but it was Stupor Tuesday for Wall St. traders as the markets continued to dive for a second straight day on bad economic signals.
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