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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on the Horace Harding Expressway in Queens, a pedestrian struck on 46th St. and Queens Blvd. in Queens, and a bank robbery on 33rd St. and Lexington Ave. in Manhattan.
- Imprisoned for 16 years after killing the man who raped his college girlfriend in 1991, John Valverde may soon be paroled. Valverde killed Joel Schoenfeld, who was on probation for two other sexual attacks when he raped Valverde's girlfriend.
- Andrew Bird's heading to Nashville to record a new album. He'll be blogging his journey at the NYTimes.
- Actor James Franco may be attending Columbia for a graduate writing program AND taking classes at NYU Tisch.
- Houston law enforcement are looking into the appearance of a discarded human fetus that was found in the lavatory of a flight from Laguardia to Houston.
- Curbed features some interior shots of the new Red Hook IKEA. Tastes like Jersey.
- Another derrick goes up at the Roebling Oil Fields. Whoops, that's not a wildcatter, it's a construction crane.
- Congressman Charlie Rangel is out of the hospital and back to work, making an appearance today. Whatever one's politics, that's happy news.
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