February 20, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an amputation on Hudson St. in Manhattan, an under-a-train fatality at Lenox Ave. and Central Park North in Manhattan, and a stabbing on 34th St. in Queens.
- Auvryn Scarlett, the sanitation truck driver who mowed down a pair of British tourists as they strolled down a midtown sidewalk, was arraigned on manslaughter charges yesterday.
- Saturday Night Live will attempt to make up for lost time and laughs by putting its writers' and cast's noses to the grindstone with four straight weeks of new shows.
- Food for thought: Con Ed recommends customers save energy by turning off lights, yet the utility leaves its many office lights on.
- After ten straight losses to Obama, it may be the Alamo for Hillary Clinton in Texas, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Supporters are amassing funds to boost Clinton and offer "contrast" ads about Obama.
- The heiress to a vast (billions) fortune narrowly avoided death by deciding to sleep at her mom's place last week - that's what happens when the 400-pound Venetian chandelier over a bed tears free from the ceiling,
- Nathan Hale may have regretted having but one life to give for his country, but the Revolutionary War martyr has multiple locales of his execution.
- You think your super is crazy? Does yours write numerous signs threatening to kill you?
- The originator of the phrase "Ithaca Is Gorges" died last week at the age of 78.
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