May 5, 2008
Early Addition
Photograph of a Washington Heights movie theater turned church by jptshawn on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A hazmat situation on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, a naked EDP on Bruckner & Lafayette in the Bronx, and a stabbing in Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan.
- Cardinal Egan has a cute new outfit, courtesy of Pope Benedict XVI.
- City Council member Melinda Katz, who announced her in-vitro pregnancy via the Post's front page, delivered her baby a month early. The baby boy is healthy.
- Today there are $5 lunch specials at Go Go Curry; also good to know: Go Go Curry gives out free toppings the day after Hideki Matsui (number 55) hits a home run.
- A Brooklyn synagogue employee was arrested for molesting two boys aged 13 and 14. The police report read, "the suspect [a nonreligious employee] had touched their private parts on more than one occasion while assisting them with their religious studies."
- A publicity stunt that will certainly go a little crazy: Long Island radio station WBLI is offering $1.06/gallon gas at a Lukoil station in Bay Shore.
- UBS may shed 8,000 jobs; it's unclear how many would be in the U.S.
- And the Staten Island Advance shows off prom pictures from S.I. high school students.
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It's Councilwoman Melinda Katz.
From the Gothaimst Newsmap
oh, Jen.
Rev. Ike said "The lack of money is the root of all evil".
What a great man.
All I can say is that I'm having a terrible case of the Mondays.
Long Island radio station WBLI is offering $1.06/gallon gas at a Lukoil station in Bay Shore.
Lukoil? Thanks, but I like to put actual gasoline in my car.
early ADDITION?
seriously?
Yes, nosidedown, that's the name of the feature. They've been doing it for a few weeks now. It's in addition to the other news, here's a roundup of what's going on.
Isn't that the United Palace Church, which also doubles as a concert venue?