March 2, 2008
Extra, Extra
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing child on Union St. in Brooklyn, a shooting on Wyatt St. in the Bronx, and a fatal car fire on the Long Island Expressway near College Point in Queens.
- Colombian immigrants celebrate their roots with rolling parties aboard buses known as chivas.
- Is the person doing Amazon.com product reviews for ski masks under the screen name "Ninja Thief" Staten Island's very own Ninja Burglar?
- New York Times critic Kelefa Sanneh is rumored to be heading to The New Yorker.
- A horse marching in the Queens St. Patrick's Day pararade yesterday bolted free from its handler and galloped into a crowd of spectators. Four people were injured.
- A woman with the unwieldy street name "Brooklyn's Reclusive Cat Woman Bank Robber" was arrested after returning most of the money she stole several years ago and attempting to apologize to the the bank.
- For the first time in its 31-year history, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was held in Brooklyn. First prize is $5,000 and a dictionary.
- Police arrested a man in the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn woman that occurred Saturday night.
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Man, look at that ass that NY Times has for the article about the Columbian parties. How do I get on that bus???
That Daily News blurb on the Ninja Burglar... how did that pass an editor?
This picture reminded me of the vampire peacock killer from Staten Island. What ever happened to that guy?