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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: Mary Immaculate Hospital is missing a patient in Queens, a bank robbery on 8th Ave. and 16th St. in Manhattan, and a three alarm fire at White Plains Rd. and East 211th St. in the Bronx.
- Copper capers abound in Brooklyn as the price of the common-seeming metal has soared. Construction sites and metal companies are being looted left and right.
- The U.N. emphasizes that the world needs more food to feed its population or poor countries around the world will destabilize.
- Falling debris from a building on 33rd near 7th Ave. struck a pedestrian this morning. He was taken to a hospital following the incident.
- A very cool panorama shot of midtown Manhattan.
- Staten Island politicians dropped the lawsuit against the MTA after the agency took measures to speed up construction projects on the Verrazano Bridge. Staten Islanders felt their complaints about increased traffic during the projects were not being paid sufficient notice.
- The Brooklyn parrots have found their way to Red Hook, where they're building themselves a nice big nest.
- Battle the skyrocketing price of living in NYC with the cookbook featuring recipes using ingredients exclusively purchased at 99-Cent stores.
- Scores no more in the near future?
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