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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A water main break at 96th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, a gas leak at Lafayette Ave and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Bronx, and a barricaded subject on Washington Ave in Brooklyn.
An informant who helped bring down the Gambinos is expected to name more names.
Discretion is important when a collection of coins belonging to the American Numismatic Society is moved to new quarters.
The Coast Guard is looking for a dead whale found floating in the New York Harbor.
The city is working on plans to rezone Flatbush, which will likely "define the future of Victorian Flatbush."
Bloggers are trying to fight the AP after the news organization demanded that bloggers not quote to their stories.
A 22-year-old man was charged for allowing underage drinking in his dad's home.
And the remainders of subways posters look a lot like abstract art.

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By Jen Chung on June 16, 2008 12:07 PM

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moocowtoo

Its interesting, Gothamist is a bit guilty of something similar, but its with posting all the main NYPOST headlines each day; don't get me wrong I love it but often most of the story they print is covered here.

matty

# Bloggers are trying to fight the AP after the news organization demanded that bloggers not quote to their stories. "

I've seen several incidents of straight up plagiarism on for-profit sitse like these. Linking and story synopsis is one thing, reposting the article that costs money to make is another.

whantmoore

The fact that the AP is going after bloggers shows how they do not understand changing medium of information. If the Blogger shows the source of the content its win win. The blogger gets to use the information and the the AP still gets the credit plus reaches even more people which is what all news orgs want.