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  • Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a serious trauma at East 16th St. and Moore Pl. in Brooklyn, a water search at Kosciusko Bridge in Brooklyn, and a bank robbery on Lexington Ave. in Manhattan,
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who popularized transcendentalism in the West with the support of The Beatles, died yesterday at an undetermined age.
  • Postmodern reality at its best: Silvercup Studios, where "Gossip Girl," is filmed could actually become an educational institution.
  • A Whole Foods location is opening in Gowanus, Brooklyn, after groundbreaking last spring and much consternation.
  • Going against the grain of many city mayors who are declaring their municipalities a safe haven for illegal immigrants, Mayor Mark Boughton of Danbury, CT wants to align his police force with federal law enforcement to crack down on undocumented workers.
  • Brooklyn's 4th Ave. has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last five years. The new-and-improved version seems equally unimpressive to some.
  • Customers at the Grand Central Oyster Bar who want to order New England clam chowder will have to ask for "Giants Clam Chowder" this week.
  • Big Brother is a salesman. He wants to follow you to sell you stuff.

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Water rescue under the Kosciusko Bridge?

Dude, if somebody jumped into Newtown Creek, all you're going to rescue is a withered skeleton. Impact injuries aside, that is the most disgusting water I have ever seen, including gutters on trash day.

Crackdown on undocumented workers in Danbury? Who is going to mow all the lawns in Fairfield County?

NY already has a clam chowder, Manhattan, and it's shit, just like the game of football in its entirety.

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