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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery on Hylan Blvd at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island, and a bank robbery on East 17th Street in Manhattan.
- So much for going to the school dance on your own and showing your independence: St. Peter's Girls, a private school in Staten Island, requires that girls bring dates to the junior dance.
- The woman who abandoned her baby on a Queens stoop told the police her husband wanted her to get an abortion, but she was too far gone in her pregnancy.
- New York magazine--do a look book on chapeau-wearing robbers!
- Private schools and other organizations aren't getting access to tax-exempt bonds for construction because Albany and the city are fighting over whether construction should be forced to be union (Albany Dems say it should, the city says it would greatly increase costs).
- Forehead tattoos are either fashion-forward or this Barneys billboard is just not that great.
- Mets COO Jeff Wilpon confirmed there will be a home run apple at Citifield--maybe even the shabby yet sentimental apple from Shea!
- And the lawyer for East Side madam Kristin Davis wants you to know she's not a ham sandwich.
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